Structurally it looks to be in pretty good shape. I have toyed with the idea of making new knobs out of wood on my lathe and then making a new wooden faceplate for the tuner. As you can see in the pics, some of the knobs are broken so I will need to find replacements. I haven't opened up the back yet because I am getting ready to move back up to Tennessee around the Nashville area so I don't want to get to involved before shipping it. The turntable does spin but I'm sure needs a complete overhaul before throwing a good record on it. Only one speaker works at the moment, but it does pick up radio stations and play audio. I aim for this to be a focal conversation piece in our home with complete functionality. I have seen some people take these and gut them to make cabinets or dressers out of them, seriously depressing. I want to do a complete restore on the stereo cabinet back to as close to original as possible. My wife is also a very classy chick and just LOVES vinyl records so this 1966 (I think) Magnavox Astro-Sonic was an awesome find from an estate sale a few weeks ago. I am a woodworker by trade and am always on the lookout for unique furniture pieces to work on. I found this site from doing a ton of Google searching while I am trying to research restoration ideas for a new piece I just picked up. I am new to this site and this is my first post as well.
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