"Undisclosed Shill Bidder #7" wrote in message
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Not worth touching PERIOD. Only way the cover paint could
get burned off like that is if the radio was exposed to something
corrosive like salt water or chemicals.

I've fixed up radios which looked worse than that. They all looked OK on
the inside. It's my guess the damage to the exterior is caused by humidity
and temperature fluctuations. Dew collects on the outside, soaks into
scratches in the paint and under the plating and eventually rusts the steel
underneath.

I'd worry most about moisture damage to the coils and conductive deposits on
the cirucit boards. It is a pig in a poke.


My guess is this radio
was salvaged from a boat that was partially sunk in salt water
and he hosed it down and let it dry in the sun to make it look
pretty or it sat in someone's paint or metal shop and it took the
brunt of a beating. Ask yourself if you would buy a USED CAR
that looked like this radio.


I have. Rusty cars go cheap.

Frank Dresser