I haven't had a good restoration project in a couple of years.  Anxious to get back in the groove!  Found this Stewart-Warner R-1361-A on ebay at a good price and am anxious to dive in.

Looks like it will be a pretty model.  Its one I have never seen before.  Coincidentally ANOTHER one popped up on ebay just a week later.

Can't seem to be able to paste the photo inside the post.  There's a photo of it in the Gallery.

Yippee!  Such joy today when the postman arrived with the box.  But what disappointment when I opened the box.  The dufus seller packed the radio FACE DOWN in the box with nothing more than a piece of that one inch styrofoam house siding for packing material.  The two glasses probably broke before he got it to the Post Office.

What a shame.

Oh well, we'll do what we have to do.

Got the chassis cleaned up today.

Man, it was nasty.

Commencing the restuffing...

Restuff done (except for the cans).  There were two non-originals in the mix.

Paper dial replacement.  Needs some refinement but I think this will work.

Finished the chassis today.  Everything has been restuffed and installed.

Checking out the speaker is next.  Almost ready for a smoke test.

Yay, it works.  I suspect the previous owner had a lot of problems with it.  The AC switch is defunct, it squealed like a stuck pig at about 1/3 volume because of the glass 6F6.  Both RF amp and IF amp tubes were very weak.  And way out of alignment.  Could use a new volume pot too.

One of the filter caps had its top removed previously.  I wonder if someone tried to 'refill' it?

Fishing day tomorrow.  Will investigate the cabinet 'project' next week.