Vendor advised his father acquired this in 1970 and was the sole owner, naturally he had no speakers or means to test but felt there was every chance it was fully functional, the red power lamp glows when powered up, therefore was sold as spares or repair.....I cant resist a challenge. The front face text has all but worn away but cosmetically is doesn't look like it has been in the wars, screw heads look untouched.

Dragooned the variac back into service and slowly put some power to her....no runaway current or nasty smells (and the lamp started to glow) so pretty good so far.

Plugged in my Ipad and a couple of speakers, PHONO set to HIGH, and had a listen......mixed result. lots of snap, crackle and silences as I played with the volume slider and various front switches....but overall I think its all there, Powered down and took the top off.

Massive amounts of dust...….

Little wonder the switches and sliders are a little twitchy......

A good cleaning is in order before any work can be done

Some of the transistor cans have started to oxidise quite visibly..I suspect they will have to go

I think Frede could possibly help with the front panel. He has arranged to get them etched rather than the original transfer type. I don't know if your ever saw his black Beolab 5000 system!