This is only my personal felling and I’m not faulting anyone for what they want to do with their property but I’m a believer in preservation. Rather than modifying your original radio I would buy one of the reproductions and preserve the original one. The mere fact that they are bringing such a high premium is a clear indication of how rare they are getting. Once you modify it ya taint never gonna be able to put it back the way it was. Of course as more of them are destroyed that just bumps up the value of those of them that are left.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL