The guy powered it up. Yikes. Oh well to say the least it's been sitting in the same spot for 40 years apparantly untouched. But he said it worked. So guess that blows the variac mystery. It's an awesome cabinet with sliding tambour doors and a remote set too. 2 remotes hang off the back apparently.
This should be a cool set. Now if I can just get a CRT for my CTC-9.
I'll take some pics when I get it home.
It will be nice to tackle one of these considering all I have been doing for the past few years has been repairing plasmas.