All American Four

I first saw this sad little radio at a yard sale. I think I paid $2 for it. Clearly it did not work, it was badly beat up, and ugly. I have a soft spot for neglected vintage electronics, so I bought it, brought it home, sat it on top of a book case and forgot about it. It sat there untouched, dirty, sad and ugly for nearly 25 years, progressing from merely old, to antique status.

Then one day the restoration bug bit me, and I got it out and began to look at it with an eye toward fixing it up.  This is what happened.