Bonjour – just a quick hello – I was lucky enough to win the beast in question, and it arrived today. I’ve just been playing with it, and as far as I can tell it seems to be working ok – there’s signal out from the main outs anyway, not yet checked the monitor outs but so far so good. The odd scratchy crackly pot and fader here and there, but the desk itself is mint, and a bit of TLC should see it back to full health. Overall, I’m over the moon with it! 
It’s going to be joining my larger ACM desk – I’ve got some quick piccies of the two together, which I’ll post on a new thread for anyone interested.
Cheers,
Dan.