Whoops, I meant to say flat blade instead of flat head. Not familiar with "minus head" term, but after looking it up, that's the type the Motorola used.

The legs screw in, should be easy to remove, but you have to remove those masonite bottom panels to get to them. I agree that grille cloth would be better looking, just have to get the right color! I was happy to find that this cabinet is solidly built, and uses Phillips head screws instead of flat ...

A great example of thinking "inside the box", assuming what the customers wanted, without considering that a longer playing record would be a more desirable feature. People were already used to the 12" records. 20-20 hindsight, of course. In my youth, 45s were kids and teenage records...

Thanks for those suggestions, Chris and Bill. To use a mat, I think I should completely remove the old glued-on stuff so I wouldn't have a double thickness. Maybe even salvage the silver ring to apply to the replacement mat! I'll first see if I can locate some of the black goop that might match the ...

Finished up the changer, everything works now! One of the trip parts on the cam was completely seized, a common problem with this model, apparently. Had to use a heat gun to get it loose, everything else was just cleaning, lubrication and adjustments. The guy in the video I consulted did not do a co...

So to work on the electronics, I flipped this guy upside down on top of my trusty old B&D Workmate. 1000002190.jpg I replaced the 3 filter caps and the bias bypass cap, there's really no mounting location, a little too thick to go under the shallow chassis, so I put them inside a piece of PVC pu...

Cleaned up the surfaces (grey/black film on everything), straightened the twist in the tonearm, cleaned the cartridge and straightened the bend in the stylus shank. I even found the little round insert that fits in the control panel when I flipped the cabinet upside down to work on the chassis! And ...

While waiting for my electrolytics to arrive, I pulled the changer (yay for connectors!) and began cleaning it up cosmetically. The tone arm has a twist in it as if someone tried to remove the cartridge head with a lot of violence (I removed it just fine). Hopefully just a bent mounting plate above ...

Thanks for the advice and observations, y'all. It's a maple finish, in keeping with the colonial motif, I suppose. It'll be darker by the time I'm through with it! The little louvers are also "colonially" looking, and directed down, which surely doesn't help with sound dispersion. I may re...

I would never plug these things in before recapping, at least any electrolytics. The seller said he plugged it in and the pilot lit up, "but it just hummed", I told him to please don't plug it in again! Maybe it's a good sign that it at least "hummed" and wasn't dead... The enclo...

Here's another model year I found on the web which is not colonial style, I like those legs better! Should be easy to make copies to replace mine.

Brought it home yesterday--I actually made it fit in the back of my VW Golf. Great Marketplace seller, wish they were all like that! 1000002135.jpg 1000002106.jpg So here are a few pre-restoration pictures to show how this thing is put together (it's lying on its back). The down-firing 8" "...

Picked it up today, it has the GE C-100 cart, very dirty, but actually still has the stylus in place! I will start a new thread in the Other Consoles section in a day or two. Planning a full restoration, and will probably darken the finish a little in the process, the maple is a little mismatched fo...

Yeah, all electolytics replaced, the .1mf in the feedback circuits were not replaced, I didn't have but one handy, but the originals both checked good. While one channel was oscillating, the one with the single larger speaker, I tried substituting my one new .1mf, but no change in the oscillation, s...

Correction on the balance control --it's connecting the negative feedback circuit of each channel together through that pot! I can't figure out how that works, and in practice it really sounds crummy: there is a significant change in the fidelity/loudness as the control is rotated, with the center p...

it's a Garrard, maybe a "slimline" from my research, but I haven't seen it in person yet. Hopefully the cartridge is OK, but we shall see!

I did find some schema for the amp this thing has, single ended 6AQ5's, same as some of the mid-60's GE portables. Not going to be as robust as my SK111, but I think the cabinet is going to look really nice!

Yes, I see the site info now, I guess the other stats that I was looking at are just for a particular thread....

I've arranged to meet the seller Saturday to pick up the unit. He's been kind enough to meet me halfway to save me a long drive. If all goes well, I'll start another thread for the restoration project!

Well, the oscillation was because my left channel test speaker had a loose connection on the rear terminals, and I didn't realize it, so that channel didn't like an open circuit load! :oops: Now the little amp appears to work just fine. It's not a very sophisticated amp, of course. What's really str...