Radio Restoration: 101

[silvertonguedevil]

I will be installing a CD player/radio in my glove box but I wanted to have a nice stock look to my dash. A friend of mine took this radio out of his '69 Chevy pickup to put in an aftermarket radio and he gave me this one for nada. As you can see in the pics it was pretty ugly. Because this radio will be used as decoration only, I didn't care if it worked or not so I took it all apart and cleaned it all up. The outer case of it had some rust which I sanded off. Once I did that the finish didn't look right so I figured since no one will see that part of it anyway, I painted it a semi-gloss gray (also to protect the bare metal to keep it from rusting again). I sent the radio bezel and two of the knobs in to be rechromed and in the meantime I did small things like repaint the dial indicator and the background and then I cleaned up the push-buttons and installed a new bulb in it. Even if it doesn't work I thought it should light up at night!
I went and picked up the radio bezel and knobs today and they look great! I carefully painted the backside of the bezel black and of course painted black inside the "GM" on the front and then assembled it. The radio looks brand new. The pictures don't do it any justice. I can't wait until the rest of the truck is this nice. Tell me what you guys think!