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Thanks for posting the pictures Ron and thanks to others for the comments so far. I was told by the guy who restored this that it had been restored before and that the work wasn't professional, but I was told that the final result would be "museum quality" and we can all see the work on the cabinet is far from that. As for the electrical work, he did a great job. The tuner is exact and reception is very good as well as sound etc. This radio didn't work at all and was in poor shape internally, so as far as that goes I did get what I paid for. Reviewing what I did pay for the restoration, I see that the cabinet gets shipped out to someone else who does that part and of the total amount paid, I only paid $195 for the cabinet work. While not the original color scheme, the refinishing seems to be done very well and any sign of scratches or nicks etc. are gone. I'm just confused as to how someone who does this work for a living and has tons of refinished radios waiting to be picked up etc. could miss something like this on what seems to be a fairly common radio. I'm going to go email the guy who had the work done and enquire, stating my "confustion" and will let you know if I get an answer. Unfotunately he's 65 miles away. I paid less than $100 for it on eBay, so I'm assuming I'll now just have a working antique radio that, to the untrained eye, is very nice looking. Could someone give me an idea of the year based on the escutcheon? I'm having a hard time telling if it's the larger or smaller one. The numbers for both bands seem to be about the same size, but that's still hard to tell as well.

Thansk again!