Well, I just scored my first (and a really rough example) Trans-Oceanic over the weekend. The seller claimed it played, despite my demonstrating to her that the dial pointer should have moved when the tuning knob was turned. Since there were no convenient power sources in the area and I didn't have a "dim-bulb tester" handy, I just gave her a severely-skeptical "If you say so." look and left it at that. Since the Leatherette covering didn't look too bad and the dial glass, Wavemagnet, and Wave Rod were intact, the $35 price on it didn't seem too terrible if I could do a bit of haggling. I scored it for $30, but got the distinct impression that I should have driven a harder bargain and tried to haggle the price down farher once I got the thing home and did a full inspection. The interior was a real mess. Not the worst condition I've ever encountered in an unrestored radio (that distinction goes to a National NC-46 that I picked up at a Hamfest once, and that Jamie and I nicknamed "House of Mouse"), but definitely one of the five or so all-time worst I've seen. Lots of rust on the chassis. It looks like it languished in storage in a garage or barn for some time before or after being the victim of a failed Restoration attempt by some newbie along the way who subsequently swiped the 1L6, both 1U4, the 1U5, and the 3V4 (stuffing the empty sockets with 6BA6's and other obviously-incorrect types in an obvious attempt to scam an unsuspecting buyer) before it ended up at the flea market where I spotted it. Whoever cannibalized it forgot to steal the 50A1 Ballast tube, though, which checked good. Overall, I paid a little more for it than its condition warranted, but didn't get totally "hosed" on the deal. The chassis will obviously need to be stripped down to bare metal, and I have plenty of good used-unboxed 1U4's, 1U5's, and 3V4's in my junkbox, so the 1L6 will be the only expensive tube I'll need to replace. I forgot to take "before" pics, but I'll post some "during" and "after" pics as things progress on it. So far, I've removed and disassembled the cord reel, installed 6 feet of new line cord, re-assembled, and fitted it with a new "side-entry" snap-on replacement plug which seems to make a suitable replacement for the (unobtainium) original molded right-angle plug. I've also removed and packed up the dial glass for safe storage and I'm about to remove the speaker and tuning condenser to allow for a thorough cleaning of the chassis and tuning condenser. When finished, this will be virtually a "from scratch" Restoration. Since I learned from one of the sites dedicated exclusively to the Trans-Oceanic that a 1R5 can be safely substituted for the 1L6 during the less-critical steps of post-recap checkout, I'll be using one of the (many) 1R5's from my junkbox as a temporary sub before ultimately obtaining a NOS or good used 1L6 to install once it's ready to be aligned for maximum performance.