Glad to see AK finally caught up with this find
Someone pulled the electronics long ago and mounted a piece of walnut face plate (does not match) for some other piece of unworthy gear
I have broken the replacement face plate free and need to pull the mid door to remove it
Then there will be room for the pre-amp and tuner
I am convinced these drivers are original, the pictured side had the back removed to attach wires to the crossover so it had been disturbed
but I pulled all the screws on the other side and was greeted with pure fiberglass packing which looked totally factory installed
I will check on the release for the grill cloth, thanks for the hot tip
I will pull the drivers and crossovers to recap them
The fiberglass requires long sleeves and dust mask and its above 100 here
And I have all the components to mount and restore the console to AMPEX
plus a 301 to make it a super AMPEX Signature
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....-ed-component-reconstruction-complete.712047/