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Definately restorable! It will take some work but it is doable. I recently acquired a CTC4 console. It is the Director model. It was in a leaky shed down south for years. The entire mahogony veneer cabinet has delaminated. ALL, yes ALL, every bit of the mahogony veneer and 80% of the plywood has delaminated. My only recourse will be to completely rebuild the exterior of the cabinet. I will be able to save the frame, but all of the mahogony cabinet ply panels will have to be replaced, including the top. Even the front will have to be re-veneered. I will restore it electronically first before attempting the cabinet.

I would suggest before you do anything cosmetic, you get the set running to your satisfaction. I have made the mistake of doing the cabinet first only to find out there are major impediments to getting the set opperational.

As far as the cabinet... I would do the black lacquer paint job and forget about the fake woodgrain. There is no way I know of to replicate it short of having a very tallented artist hand paint the thing and even then it will never look like it did as it came off the line.


Good save, and good luck