[Ron Ramirez]

Thanks, Greg, for the suggestions. I've ordered the new dial scale; it takes a few weeks for Radio Daze to fill orders for dial scales so I have plenty of time to remove and paint that back plate as you suggested.

Attaching the antenna Fahnestock clip back to the chassis isn't going to be easy. There was a "sandwich" of two pieces of phenolic. The antenna clip was riveted to the outer piece. Then there was an inner piece to insulate that from the chassis. Both pieces were riveted to the chassis. The antenna lead comes through a hole in the chassis to the left of the two pieces of phenolic. (Yes, I should take a photo to better illustrate this.) Both pieces of phenolic are broken where the clip originally was fastened. If I used pop rivets, I would have to drill an extra hole in the back phenolic piece, and through the chassis, to keep the pop rivet from grounding the antenna to the chassis. Or, perhaps I could pop rivet the clip to one piece of phenolic and then grind it off to the point that there is only a tiny amount of space between the sheets of phenolic? I wonder if the pop rivet would hold if ground down? Hmmm...