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Originally posted by OldCarKook

I have over 20 of these radios and I'd say at least half of all the ones I come across are missing the back cover. Typically, they would stop working and someone would pull them out and start tinkering with them and then invariably not get the radio working and the back cover would never get put back and would separated for the rest of eternity.

I have a recurring dream that some day, I'm going to go into a junkyard that has only suburban seats, panel truck tool box covers, radio back covers, panel truck passenger seats and a pile of other frequently missing parts.[/QB]
I have that same dream also Kook. My dream includes a few " Cattle Guards " in addition to your list.
The reason many of the radios are missing the back cover is ..... its easy to take the cover off & jack with the tubes & get the radio to work without actually removing the radio.
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