Bose Sound Dock -> 1940's Radio Conversion

Step 2 Remove the back panel and old radio...

Then I unscrewed the service door of the cabinet, to reveal the radio guts. Underneath the cabinet, there were four more screws that secured the radio to the case. When I took those out, the radio came out.

Now I was left with a radio, with a dial and frequency pointer attached, and a case with a small, clear window. This window displayed and protected the dial. I gently removed the pointer from the radio dial - it was like a clock hand, sticking to the end of a rod. It had a thin cylindrical catch on it. I took tin snips and cut slots into the cylinder, making it like four little metal tabs sticking up

Next, I unscrewed the dial face from the radio, removing the four screws. It was flat, like a clock face, and dirty, so I cleaned it. Then I stuck the pointer back in through the hole in the face and bent the tabs back over the hole to keep it in place. Just to make the pointer stay in place, I duct-taped the tabs down as well. After cleaning the window on both sides, I put the dial back in place in the window, and duct-taped it on the inside, to the inside front of the case.

Now, I had a radio with a dial/pointer in it, and three holes where the volume, tuning and on-off knobs went. I stuck the knobs back into the holes and bolted them in from the back (just for aesthetics). I also put two little hinges on the back cover of the radio box, so that it would afford easy rear access.