Un-Google-able interests.....

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

Most cosmetic items varied by continent - get a Worldwide service manual, and you'll find all of the differences for Asia, Australia, South America, Europe and US Forces Europe units. Some parts weren't available in the US - patent infringement initially kept the parts unavailable. Wafer rotary switches were one - Oak and Mallory had patents on the "bend" of a contact, and the Alps parts infringed on the patent, so if you needed say, a rotary speaker switch for a US marketed unit, you could order the part from AAFEEs in Europe and they'd sell and mail it to you, but Sansui left you hanging, making the part unavailable to the US market. We went through this with a couple of units.

I know the 7010 is the European equivalent of the 661 and has a blue dial scale, but I'm thinking it would be tough to find one.

Edit: Seems I can just get a 5050 0r 6060 dial and cut off a meter window, good enough.