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My first thought was that someone "upgraded" it to the nicer front long ago, I talked to the customer that gave it to me in 1981, Yes they are still around! both are in their early 90's and in good health, And couldn't believe I held on to their "old" set that long! Turns out they bought it used from a tv shop that used to be near them. It was to be used in the basement as a second set but never got used much as they didnt like the ring that was forming around the tube and felt they might have been "taken" on it, However never said anything about it because they were friends with the shop owner. When I asked about the shop, They said it closed in the late eighties when the owner died.
My assumption is that it was put together with whatever the shop owner had on hand and sold to Mr Cutter in the mid 70's Heck, He said he only spent 75.00 for it back then, Not really a lot of money for a color set under 10 years old at the time.
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