Before christmas i shot this box at austria ebay.
It looked nice at the pic and so i got it.
The price was ok, but the discription was more than less. Only "collectible", nothing about working...
Normally i would be more carefully, but too late.

Today i got the parcel:



Opening it, poor packed.
Only one gluestrip, it opened nearly from itself.
Littlebit paper and only styropor on one side.



Good luck, the guy from the post is a friend of me. And the transporters before must have been careful too, so it survived.



Some damages and cuts around, scratches on the scale... But not from shipping!



At the bottom is a little batteriebox for the clock. Door missing!
But the clock works. The buttons need some help because of the dirt inside...



Then testing. Plugging in - nothing. Nothing at all. No tape, no radio!
Means "collectible" dead and only for watching?

Ok, maybe the trafo is dead.
So i will try it with batteries.
BATTERIES !!???!!!
Just noticed...why is this box so heavy?
Bad remembers grow up.
Opening the batteriedoor.

Aaaargh!
I hate old batteries. I hate it!
But luck, they just began to leak.
In the last moment i took them out.
A few month later and they would start corrosive destruction like at the NORDMENDE !



Then i connected it with the testing trafo.
Nothing! Hrmpf
All switches tested - dead.
I was near to shoot it out of the window and give a very bad statement at ebay...

For a short moment i went out of the room (it was still connected with the trafo).
Suddenly horrible noise!
The box has started playing with maximal volume.
Running to it to turn the volume back.
Not able!



Disconnecting the trafo, plugging in with 220V.
Plays! The volume regulators working too.

Testing the expanded stereo, clock, station switch... working.
Tape is dead. Motor works. Maybe only the belts...

Short look at the LEDs:



Clock:



One of the strangest boxes i bought.
When i´m writing this, the box is just joking with me. Volume comes and go, Clock beeps,....
I think it needs some more work.



But i´m just glad, that it is´nt finally dead.
So i will try to make a fully repair.

Label:



Finally a very short video of it:

TENSAI

Thanks for reading.

I havent yet been brave enough to try a mystery box from ebay!

Glad to see it worked out and arrived ok too!

I really like it!

Very nice!

never seen!

congrats !!!

Yes, normally i don´t like ebay.
Flea´s are better.

But sometimes...

I hope my second shot will be in better condition:

ROLLER!

Nice one I like it!

Interesting and nice looking box Roman.


I hope that you will repair him very easy and fast.