fixing am radio?

As electrical repairs go, this should be fairly do-able, especially with Rani's post (I filed the manual away). These old circuit boards are easy to follow, with large traces on a single side. Nothing like modern multi-layer boards with miniscule surface-mount components. As mentioned, capacitors are a common failure, and today's parts are better and smaller. Ditto for transistors. To be affordable, you need a bin of parts to choose from. If you buy parts in bubble packs at Radio Shack, you soon start hitting $100. Perhaps stripping the innards of a modern radio to substitute most of a board makes sense. I wasn't thinking of using my 65 Dart radio since I don't want to live with AM (mostly rant and sports channels).