I got mine from a friend. He was moving and didn't plan to take it with him. So he said I could come get it, but had to remove it from his basement. It is about the size of a thin desk, and weighs maybe 200 lbs (it is a table top like design, not the more stereotypical upright as seen on Happy Days). So I arranged to get a pickup, and a few large friends to help haul it wait for me, and had put it out on curbside. I last spoke with him a week earlier, so I'm not sure how long it had been there. It had been raining all week to boot! The top had been opened by someone else, and any of the 45's that were reachable had been removed, as well as much of the carousel had been damaged from attempts to remove 45's that weren't reachable. Needless to say, I was pissed! But I took it, and spent the next two weeks on my back inside the thing, taking it apart, cleaning the rust, and repairing damaged parts. (I lucked out, the service manual was still inside, and remained mostly dry, so it was readable). It runs 99% fine now, and sounds pretty nice (very nice for an early 50's sound system, but obviously not quite as good as my surround sound system). The only problem it still has is one of the carousel selector sensors doesn't always make good contact, and if you try to play the 45 in that slot, it sometimes get stuck and just keeps spinning, never selecting the record. My guess is a spot of rust (much of it was rusted when I worked on it), but it is a pain to remove the unit, so I have ignored it for now. I still of course have to refinish the outside, as it was just totally damaged in the rain (the chrome plate rusted and bubbled off, the woodgrain siding peeled, and some decorative trim came unglued). When I buy a house, and have more room to work on it, I'll refinish the outside... but for now it lives at my parents house, and they just can't have nice things, so no sense fixing it up just for them to trash it again. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>