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I have had this King Model E for some time and completed the cabinet work in the fall lacquering rush.
I have a few Kings and the cabinets have similar problems. The metal front panel finish gets cloudy patches and the finials on the front trim get lost. The panel can be cleaned up by carefull wiping with Methyl Hydrate. It will remove the cloudy finish but you need to work slowly letting it dry often to reduce the chance of damaging the base finish and gold trim.
A coat of automotive clear coat brings back the gloss.
The finials were duplicated by making a silicone caulk mold from ones on another radio and casting them with automotive body filler thinned down with polyester resin.
The King “E” radios have single dial tuning. the older “D” ones were three dialers. While the faceplate was off I took a picture of the system King used to operate the three tuning capacitors. The left hand knob on the radio changes the angle of the antenna side tuning capacitor in relation to the others to ensure tracking.
The radio was in good condition other than an open grid leak and one open audio interstage transformer. This is a six tube set so there were three audio transformers under the chassis. The King audio transformers are a little different. They have rather small coils and appear to have fewer turns. The good transformers had primaries reading 1172 ohms and secondaries of 1354 ohms. Considering that they are wound with #44 wire, that is not many turns. They are also 1:1 ratio. When tested 11.5 volts AC in gave 11.2 volts out.
The open one was rewound with 3500 turns of #41 wire for a 1400 ohm primary and a 1700 ohm secondary.
King radios were manufactured in Buffalo New York and Bridgeburg, Ontario. I have an Ozarka chassis that is a rebranded King “E”.
Ed.
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