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I'm really surprised that the one cab is unpainted.......... makes me wonder if they were in a time crunch to meet the delivery date, which was a really big deal back then to keep freight costs down as much as practical.
Well, as I have said from the beginning, even though the two cabinets are both called 820Cs and resemble each other externally, they are constructed quite differently. Robert, the fellow who is doing the work, says the later cabinet looks like it was easier to contruct.

On the paint, you really only see it when you shine a flashlight through the grill cloth. He says the '55 box just had a bit of overspray next to the sides. There were also the tips of nails poking through, etc (which he cleaned up). So it was really built kinda messy compared to the '57 box. There are no date or serial # markings. With this in mind, #3 is my choice.

I had to attend a meeting last night, so he is bringing the '57 box by this morning. The '55 box comes tomorrow morning. GM (or anyone): Do you want any particular photographs or measurements before we put the drivers in and close up the boxes?