Update necropost again! It's been a week or two since I checked, but I saw both of those remaining CRT's disappear the first week, and then the second week -- one was back! I guess some nimrod didn't "realize" it was a big huge CRT and actually took it back!
Anyway, it's been a very slow tail-end to the project. After I had it painted pretty satisfactorily, I had to try and deal with that front panel. The rubber sheeting layered is...okay, but still very rough and ghetto, and the paint is a bit leathery on it, but at least it covers over the ugly controls, plus leaves them usable since the rubber is flexible. Anyway, I finally got around to making a "Commodore 1302D" logo in the style of the original C64 logo and Mod Podge'd it to the front, and worked up a quick "model info" for the back, and...well, I'm calling it good now, as I'm sick of it lingering.
Took a grainy picture this morning in room light:
http://www.lavadomefive.com/Commodore_1302D_1.jpg