Lynn, I guess I'm the newbie. I bought it unsuspecting this was an issue 16 years ago.
Lee, yup, heck of a shop radio. Got it for free 30 years ago. Wife says she can hear the bass in the house 40 ft from the shop...
Dustin, I ordered a new dash panel this morning and cut off the glass channel to see how bad the 2 layers of inner/outer cowl was under it. Not good. Major surgery needed here.
Freddie, YES, if I could find a good donor, this would be a walk in the park.
Thanks for the confidence, Tony. I will get it repaired, but it sure is a setback I wasn't expecting.