[Drake] ugly Drake

[N4ue@aol.com]

No offense!!!!
Last year, I bought a complete station from a non-ham. It was described as 
'rough'. AMEN! It was described as being "in storage" for years......
The reason I bought it, was, it had an RV-4C VFO which I needed  The price 
for the whole station was the price of the VFO alone.  This poor old radio must 
have been underwater or something, cause it's butt ugly. The face plate of the 
VFO cleaned up about 90% and I resprayed it's covers. The AC-4 was a 60K 
serial # and worked FB. 
Recently, after having built my new shop/shack. I decided to tackle the 
TR4-C. Darned if it didn't have a 34NB in it (that went into my 4-CW). I spent 
probably wayyyy too much time getting the radio going (including 3 new finals), 
but it now works fine, all except for the meters. I guess the conditions were 
just too much for them.
My silly question is this:
Should I leave the radio as-is, or try to restore it? I do this as a 'hobby' 
and have done a ton of Drakes, but none as 'cosmetically challanged' as this 
one. It has all kinds of odd knobs on it, also........It's really ugly!!!
My primary Drake, is a nice TR4-CW, so I don't 'need' this radio.
But like a lost puppy, it has a certain 'beauty'.......

Any suggestions? Please be kind!!!!


ron

N4UE