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I'm hopefully going to look at a different radio (from the one in the title) later today (one of these) but the seller also has most of a Silvertone 4577 that he wants to part with as well.  It's a console model, and from what I can tell, the 4577 is one of those battery-operated jobs that seem like so much fun to power these days.  It is missing the speaker, so it's basically just the cabinet, the finish of which is a little rough, and only the chassis.

I have no great desire to get this Silvertone, and as I said, I understand the battery-operated models seem to be their own special ball of wax, but it's also interesting in that there doesn't seem to many records about this model.  Radio Museum doesn't have a single photo, though I did download a copy of their schematic.

Is it just an unfair impression of mine that Silvertone as a product of Sears is probably a lower-end model in the first place?  Given the missing speaker, if I were to try to get this fixed up, would it make sense to adapt this to a newer, permanent magnet one?  Is it not even worth the effort with this chassis, and maybe just try to upcycle the cabinet?  It is at least structurally sound from the photos - the owner wanted to put shelves in it and make it a rolling bar cart.

Best wishes,
Roy