Thanks for the comments guys. I have to admit I'm torn on this one. I don't know what direction I should take. I know a lot of collectors are fanatics about restoring to like new condition, I am not one of those. If a light has a "story" I like to leave it. This light has sat for years unused and untouched on a farm in North Carolina and it shows. Sure I could strip it down and polish every nut and screw and remove the remnants of tape etc etc etc, but that is part of the story, part of this lights history. You may be able to replicate what it looked like when it left the factory but this light actually looks like it did when it left the factory only with decades of grime and minor corrosion. The dome hasn't even been removed in all those years, how often do you come across that?
So I'm asking for opinions. Do I leave as is? Do I do a minor cleaning? Do I strip it apart and do a nut and bolt restoration? Or for the right price pass it on to someone else and let it be their dilema?
