HERE IS ANOTHER SHOT OF THE RADIO.  I DID PUT IT ON THE VARIAC A WHILE BACK AND IT CAME UP NICELY.  ALL CONTROLS WERE CLEANED AND ALL DIAL LAMPS REPLACED.  I THOUGHT THE AMP WAS STUCK IN MONO.  AFTER I PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND RECONNECTED THE SET'S SPEAKERS, I DISCOVERED SOMETHING.  THE "LOUDNESS" AND "BALANCE" CONTROLS ARE ON A DUAL GANGED POT.  IN REALITY, THEY ARE TWO SEPERATE VOLUME CONTROLS.  AFTER PUTTING ON A STATION WITH GOOD STEREO SOUND, I CONFIRMED THE AMP IS OK AND WILL NOT NEED ANY REPAIRS. 
  ON THE TV'S POWER SWITCH, THERE IS A SINGLE POLE SWITCH THAT IS CLOSED WHEN THE TV IS TURNED ON.  IT PUTS BOTH SIDES IN MONO.  I COULD USE THE AMP IN THE RADIO AND TIE IN MY VCR.  THAT SWITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE DISCONNECTED (EASILY REVERSABLE). 

  I WILL NOT RESTORE THE TURNTABLE.  PARTS ARE GETTTING HARD TO FIND.  I REALLY DON'T WANT TO RISK MY VINYL ON THE TURNTABLE.  THE TURNTABLE USED HERE IS THE SAME KIND USED ON THE OLD "CLOSE AND PLAY" RECORD PLAYERS.  THESE THINGS JUST EAT UP VINYL.  I HAD A HELL OF A TIME GETTING SOME OF MY VINYL.  I'M JUST NOT GOING TO RISK IT. 

   WITH THAT SAID, I CALL THIS SET TOTALLY COMPLETE.
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