Awesome job in saving that poor machine. It looks fantastic.
Looking forward the rest of the story, especially the replacement backglass.
I am just completing my 1st machine (CCM Cinema) and was not sure I would want to write a restoration story but I think I will. I see a lot of common struggles and pains.
Like you said, my main pet peeve beside the $$$$ of importing everything, is that even simple things like a missing screw is a major headache since in Canada, most screws are using Square Robertson drive instead of the Phillips one.
Keep the story going please and take care.