"starman" wrote in message
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As you may know, there's an SX-88 on Ebay. The pictures show it still
has the original paper capacitors like the 'Tiny Chiefs' and 'Black
Beauties', which are known to become leaky. Should a valuable radio
like
the '88' be run with these caps' and possibly damage an irreplacable
componant, such as an I.F. transformer? Would it lessen the value if
it
was recapped?


In this case, I think a recapped radio would be less valueable. The
people buying these things must think these things are more than just
radios. So keeping the original capacitors in their original positions,
with the original solder, etc. preserves the what -- nostalgia value?

I noticed the pink Tiny Chiefs and the Black Beauties as well as the
electrolytics, too. I'm sure the Hallicrafters engineers were well
aware that the steel cased oil filled paper caps were more reliable.

Frank Dresser