Need a Front Cover for a Panasonic RF-5000A

[Sandy G]

As the title says, I'm looking for a cover for my Panasonic RF-5000A.. This is was Panny's 1967-1970 or thereabouts TOTL ginormous "Portable" set. It has 11 bands, LW, MW, a BUNCH of SW bands going from top of the old AM band to at least 30MhZ., & of course, American FM. It apparently originally had a cover that attached over the dial/speaker assy, & gave it a modicum of protection. If this thing is Portable, then I REALLY am a Monkey's Uncle, it has to weigh 25 lbs, w/o batteries. Wouldn't mind if I had the owner's manual, but I realize getting THAT would be a miracle on the same order as the Loaves & Fishes, but you can always hope, I guess. I also have its Nemesis, Sony's CRF-230, which I big dealed my parents into for Xmas, 1970. Honestly, the Sony is a better radio, if nowhere nearly as pretty as the RF-5K... But OTOH, I never have had the Panny "Looked At", it seems to be a tad on the "Deaf" side. Oh, & the Panny's REAL moniker is "National Panasonic", I think they only used that on their Hot Schitt/TOTL kind of stuff. Should you ever run acrost either set, if its in any decent cosmetic shape, I don't think you'd be disappointed in snapping either one-Or BOTH- up posthaste. They BOTH truly look like they REALLY Mean Business.... in the same manner as the flagships of Hallicrafters, Hammarlund, National, Collins, et al did all those many moons ago...