[DeckApe]

I've actually obtained another 36-1479-4 speaker as well as the mounting board to which it was attached, thus saving me a hellacious amount of work. What had happened to the one pictured above was that someone had slaved it to another speaker for whatever reason, at least what I recall of the photos from Fleabay.

The finish was redone by my mother-in-law, who stripped the original off (it had lived for twenty years in a barn and the finish was destroyed, according to her) and rubbed in many coats of tung oil. I'm not going to re-do it as it looks quite pretty. I have the replacement decals ready to be installed. As listed elsewhere in the thread, I've also stripped and repainted the faceplate in the correct color instead of the gloss black that someone though looked sharp. I've never seen any photos that indicated the presence of any multi-tone lacquering on the 40-190... has anyone else found otherwise?

I'm hoping to get the garage wiring done this winter so I can actually set up a decent workbench to get started on the electrical work.