restoring a narrow panel princeton

[dragonbat13]

I have an old beat up tweed princeton sitting on the floor not working. I am almost sure its a power supply cap. I plan on replacing those with as little altercation to the amp as possible. Right now the only other things I want to do is put a three prong cord and another handle (original broke).

This is a project, for a learning experience. I have done lots of mods and repairs to amps with success.

What I want to know is about reforming the non polarized caps.. Is it necessary? Its been sitting almost ten years.

What about transformers? Is it viable to pull them and have them rewound by someone? Or should I just leave them alone?

Should I pull the working, original speaker and put it away? I would replace it with something similar, most likely a weber.

I want to use a NOS rectifier, and NEW tubes everywhere else, so thats in the plans already.

So should I reform the caps? Or will I be doing more damage than good? I dont mind the work, its for fun and to learn something new. Is there anything else I should consider?

Thanks

[mmmoser]

Hi- A narrow panel tweed Princeton is over 50 years old. Replace all the power supply electrolytic caps (you can put them in a bag to save for a future sale or some guys actually pull the innards out and put a modern cap inside the old paper housing so they "look" correct).
I would not do anything to the transformers if they are working right- if its not broke don't fix it. I thin your idea of swapping out the speaker (once again, put the original to the side for later sale) with a new one is a good idea. Yes, your old one is probably OK but a new one will be one less vintage part not to have to stress over.
Your other electrolytic caps (on the preamp cathodes) are probably ready for a change as well- proceed like the power supply caps.
This is what I would do. Others may have different options. Don't change the tone caps or resistors unless they are bad however. Same with the pots.