I've never seen one with the purple tag on the PLATE control before and it does look like an open box/never-used rig.
One thing to be cautious of is that trapped moisture in that factory bag can wreak variable havoc inside.? I bought a B Line station that was almost never used but had been stored in their original packing and the outer cabinets had spots of bubbling in the paint and there was a small amount of mould on the wiring.? The copper chassis were and are still mint on them and the mould was rectified by doing a full wash and dry.? I? swapped cabinets with the equipment I was replacing with these and sold them with photos of the blemishes.
I do see some white spots in places that could be mould.? Still, it's essentially an unused rig that's 45 years old and will need to be brought up slowly to reform the capacitors, but man! what a find!
Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
Time flies like an arrow.? Fruit flies like a banana.
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