My new project is a late model ST-70... I assume it is a later model as some of the caps and the bias pots have a 1970 date code and the chassis has the modern Dynaco logo on it. The transformers have the original paint on them--no rust at all--but with the worst runs I have ever seen in any painted "anything". It is as though the covers were dipped like Krispy Kreme frosted doughnuts... I am assuming that the white "Dynaco" and part numbers indicate factory paint. My Mark IIIs were just the opposite--barely enough paing to cover the metal (and no primer). Anyway I am trying to decide whether to strip and repaint or leave the factory satin black. The cloth leads coming out of the power transformer have a black tarry "coating" (like auto rustproofing) on them that continues for maybe an inch before the bright colors appear. Have you seen this before?
...j
...j
