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This is the kind of dumb crap I dread to see. If someone was going to attempt something like this in the first place, they could at least find a presentable way to do it. You cut the cabinet out to expose the very modern controls of the crap television you've tucked in there, and you've pretty much destroyed the retro "look" you were going for in the first place.
If I could get any point across to people in regards to vintage televisions, it's this: No matter how many old televisions are around, and no matter how inexpensive they might be to acquire, the point is that they don't make them anymore. Irreversibly installing a modern set into a vintage cabinet creates a novelty at the expense of destroying an antique. It's not wise in terms of investment in the first place, and it's pretty much like giving the finger to those who spend so much time restoring and preserving these sets. Scrapping the chassis of a vintage set in order to do something this absurd, is more or less throwing away the actual antique and destroys any chance there might have been for someone to give it the appreciation it deserves. It's simply criminal in my mind.
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