Mystery radio, French? from Golborne.

[Yorkie]

With regard to the EM34 display, you may find that without a decent external aerial, the signal strength is insufficient for the AGC to operate or give enough voltage swing. I thought I'd got a duff magic eye on a 'Fenman 1' so obtained a new one, to no good effect. I thn made a simple magic eye tester which proved that both the old and new eye were fine. I then connected an external aerial and the magic eye then worked fine in the set.

Good luck with the restoration Sam - assuming that you're still in the Northen Hemisphere! 

If not, I guess this set won't be a 'winter project' but a Spring one.