Thanks guys, I was thinking no one was reading these posts.
Anyways, here's a few more pictures.
The Shroud for the optics is in rough shape, it wouldn't be all that bad except it looks like the Mice ate a big hole in it, other than that it could be fixed with some iron on patches.
I have a nifty 1953 Swiss made Elna Sewing machine (bought it cheap because it looked so totally cool) and I think I might be able to figure out how to use it well enough to make a new shroud, it's not that complicated really, probably should be Fire Retardant material considering the potential for arcing and what not.
I washed the old one today at work in a bucket of hot water and Purple Cleaner, the water turned to blackish muck, possibly some of it was the black dye but most of it was years of smoke and dirt.
I took out the upper mirror so I could work on the pop up lid, the mirror is in pretty good shape but looked a little hazy. I hosed it off in the Tub and rubbed it gently with a soft cloth to remove the film, it came out better but it still has some haze, I think it'll work OK though. It's a surface coated mirror of course so a common back coated mirror won't work correctly.
I have been experimenting with Stain to see what color it should be.
Originality is out the window with this set, it's so far removed from factory now I just want it to look good, even if it's not exactly the right color.
The Base is such a mish-mosh of Glue and Filler that it won't take stain evenly, it's going to have to be toned somewhat dark to hide the flaws, the rest of the cabinet is either in good shape or will have new Veneer so it should be OK to stain and Lacquer.
I have some new Poplar Crossbanding material on the way, this goes between the Plywood and the Veneer to provide a smooth surface for it to stick to.
The two top edges and front on either side of the screen are the worst, I'm just going to replace the crossbanding and veneer there, the sides I will attempt to repair the Veneer, worst case I rip it all off and replace it too.
The other option was to build a new cabinet out of Cardboard boxes and Duct Tape.
