This the listing picture from ebay. The finish was shot, it had missing veneer chips and something had fallen on top of the radio and put a good sized dent in the arch. (Of course, they didn't mention that little defect.)
ebay listing picture
This is the radio after refinishing. I still need to refinish the knobs and find a replacement knob. This radio is interesting because someone glued a piece of paper over the dial scale with the names of radio stations. This particular radio has the Chicago stations listed.
After Picture
back of radio
This is the back of the radio showing the cleaned chassis and electrolytic capacitor. The tall copper tube is the capacitor. It is either solid copper or is copper plated. I polished it and coated it with a clear acrylic to keep the shine.
I cleaned the chassis with No. 7 rubbing compound and paper towels. The chassis was coated in years of grime and I was surprised how nice it cleaned up.
I didn't do much in the way of a re-cap except to replace the electrolytic capacitors in order to test the radio. Two coils were open and I needed to repair them. Once I did, the radio worked fairly well on local stations. I have not played the radio much because I didn't replace all the capacitors and did not want to run the risk of damage.
