[sapper740]

Thank you all for the response to my question. My initial visual inspection shows this set appears to not have been tampered with. There are no notes inside the set detailing any servicing and the leads and loom appear to have the original varnish cambric. I'll do as you suggested and clean the set, test the capacitors, grease the dynamotor and see if it fires up. I seem to remember a quote about proper radios having a hiss, crackle and faint smell of ozone...hopefully mine doesn't emit a snap, boom and a strong odour of burnt insulation when I first power it up. Texas is known for it's high humidity in the summer, which lasts about 9 months of the year so I think this radio will have to be stored inside the house as my garage has no A/C. My wife is going to love this! Derek.