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Hey Jake, those holes were for pushbuttons. Maybe the assembly was sticking or something and someone removed them.
Nice info on the radios history and it's a nice cabinet style.
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Yes John...I would think so. The schematic just shows variable condensers.
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Other than the baby blue paint the case seems solid, so maybe some citrus strip and could be saved.
They made a pretty good set.
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" . . . so maybe some citrus strip and could be saved."
Thanks for replying bud.
Are you saying that citrus strip will remove paint ?
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That is beautiful...
Meaning that the cabinet and look are a real nice looking design. Citri-strip is a paint remover so yes it would work.
It will be handsome again for sure!
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"Citri-strip is a paint remover so yes it would work."
Thanks bud. I'll check it out.
I usually use more-heavy-handed stuff, but I can see the benefit of a milder stuff, if it still gets the paint off.
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I've finally opened this radio up . After dealing with the asbestos in the cabinet, and removing a few added caps with messy soldering, I noticed it seemed to have EIGHT mica caps!
I thought that kinda odd, ( the Motorola 51X17, with the same tube compliment, only has 2),
. . . . until I started trying to trace them on the schematic. At least 4 have turned out to be resistors. 
Why on earth did they have to make resistors look like mica caps?! Just thought I'd vent this frustration. I already know at least one has to be replaced. It's supposed to be 33 ohms, ...it's 41 ohms. Good bye and good riddance!
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Jake looks to be your radio without the push buttons 03-5S
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"Jake looks to be your radio without the push buttons 03-5S"
YES...that's it. Thanks David.
Mine is supposed to have the pushbuttons, but they seem to be missing. 
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Jake Maybe a late production run after the start of WWII, so they used the parts on hand to build the set. Some tubes have date codes on them look see if any are from the time frame of 1939-1940. The date code would be week and 2 digit year. Good luck on getting her going. David
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" . . . look see if any are from the time frame of 1939-1940."
Of the 3 metal, 12-volt tubes, the Raytheon 12SA7 appears to have what might be a date code - the numbers 280 and 617 stamped on the body. If it is, I'm not sure how to read it.
The Ken-Rad 12SQ7 has the number 62 stamped on the base. Would that be for 1962? But we know this radio is older than that.
The Tung-Sol 35Z5GT has the number 12 stamped on it's base.
. . . and the GE 50L6GT has 3-09 and 188-5 stamped on it's base. Could that be the ninth week of 1943? 
Thanks David.
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Jake, nice patina on the cabinet. I have used the citri-gel stripper the last few winters. The directions wanted me to leave it on for at least 30 minutes. That worked fine but I had to apply twice more before I got results. Next time I decided to leave it on longer, more like 2-3 hours, just kept it wet. Boy, what a difference. Everything came off in one try.
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