[Ron Ramirez]

After quite a bit of effort, I now have this jewel in my collection.

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Looks like a nice Model 70, doesn't it? Barry Jones did a great job on the cabinet. I added the escutcheon, grillecloth (glued onto a new speaker gasket), and chassis.

The escutcheon is brass. Most of the patina had been stripped off, and it was blotchy. I used dark walnut toner to make it the right color, then polished the highlights for effect. The shading effect around the "SUPER HETERODYNE 7" was unintentional, but really turned out better than I expected. After polishing, the escutcheon received a coating of clear Deft for protection.

The knobs are not correct for an early 70, but I do not have any small rosettes at present.

Now here's the kicker: This, too, is a hybrid or Frankenradio.

I have had two rust bucket 71 parts chassis for years. Last year I acquired this cabinet, which was very dark (nearly black), and had no front panel. I actually acquired the front panel before I bought the cabinet.

I had no 70 chassis.

Hmmm...

One of the 71 chassis was completely stripped, repainted, rewired and rebuilt. It also has some modifications - 6A7 first detector, and a tone control potentiometer.

I did the 6A7 mod just to see if it would work better than the often finicky Type 36 tube, used in an autodyne circuit. Boy, does it ever! With a good longwire antenna, this is the HOTTEST 71 in existence!

Let me know what you think, folks.