Love-or-hate it 1938 GE GD-60

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Yup I understand and am sometimes swayed by purism.
If a small modification is easily reversible, tasteful and is something one could see the makers or users of the day then adding it can't hurt.
I can even understand significant modification if a set is common, cheap or was a bad enough example that your not loosing anything hacking it up.

I only did slight customizing to 2 sets in my collection. One was a small wooden Detrola that had severe front damage and I applied faux finish details to help hide the repairs. The other is a damaged Kadette bakelite that I gave a non-factory paint job to. These fell into my hands and were basically "rescue" radios. I would never customize a set in or out that's in fine condition.