did you have to re-jig/repair the electrics on it or anything? It looks like a pretty sturdy turntable.
Sturdy - yes! It weighs 16lb - 6lb of that is the platter. The only electrics is the motor wiring and a capacitor across the switch to supress sparking, which didn't need replacement.
I used the unit until the mid-1970s, when I retired it because it was unsuitable to have around with small children. I got a B&O, which was excellent, but by the time the children had left home, it was falling apart - plastics just don't last like metal! - and the bearing had got noisy as well. However, by then the Garrard's bearings were drying out, and eventually I had to strip it right down - not just the main bearing (which is large, and therefore quite easy), but also the motor bearings. The motor had to be taken apart to reach its bearings, and reassembling it and centering the drive pully on the top of its shaft were the trickiest jobs. When the main bearing is freshly topped up with oil (I need to do that every couple of years), it is not
quite silent, but it's still quiet enough for me to hear the rumble recorded on many LPs, so I can't complain too much.
When I left uni, I worked at the BBC for a time as a sound engineer in radio. Many of the turntables in use there at that time were built round a customised version of this deck.