If the clamshell back doors are good, it's worth the effort to salvage it. Yhey're very $carce! I'd suggest grabbing it up, and either part it out on Ebay, or put it on the project list. I'd love to find a set of clamshell doors for my 59, but i don't think the earlier ones will swap.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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