This old guitar came in to be made playable after it had been left to degrade, I can only imagine where it had been kept; a garage a shed? Either way it was in pretty bad shape.
These guitars were made in the early 60s and were based on Hank Marvine’s Guyotone which he used before he got his Strat. They were cheaply made and this didn’t really help when it came to getting it up and running again.