Estelle has a matching radio!

[panthera]

Oh, silver tape is cool, too.

Mostly, GE used pre-punched grids, but the tape works as well. The main thing is that there has to be something to deflect the heat - that plastic malformed and became brittle very easily when exposed to heat.

I do enjoy your finds, thanks for sharing!

 

[speedqueen]

If you replace the filter caps yourself, I believe that some of the YouTube radio/tv restorers say that these GEs have rather flimsy circuit boards.

Since you have audio amides the hum I would forget about bothering to test outside of the case. Just replace the caps and put it back together, if it still doesn't work it is probably time to find a radio hobbyist in your area, try audiokarma.org

 

[panthera]

The GE PC Boards of this era

Were still good. It's not until the 1970s that I noticed a real decline in quality - and, by the time Welch was done with the poor company, it was all trash.