This is another Johnson Messenger 250 I picked up at a yard sale. It was pretty dirty, and the mic looked like it was headed to the dump. I did a blog on the mic resto, but I'll throw the pics in here, too.
The radio had a bad power switch, some off-freq crystals, a few hacks to undo, needed caps, and a full alignment. I also added an external speaker jack...these are odd in the way they switched the rx audio, so the ext speaker jack has to float above chassis ground.
In the end, it was another sweet piece of history saved from salvage. Here's a few pics...
