Well my old mates at LA Guitars have set me a real challenge now ....
Pic by Haim Algranati.
These are quite the worst condition pickups I've ever had for restoration! They look like they hit the iceberg and have been languishing on the bottom of the Atlantic for a hundred years! Not only are they as dead as a dodo, but so heavily corroded you can't even make out the springs around more than a couple of magnets. Strangely the guitar itself is in quite good condition ... certainly the same can't be said of the pickups!
I will post more pictures as the stripdown progresses ... this could get messy ...
To be continued ..............