[Hallicrafters] Origonal color of SX 28 cabinet

[John King via Hallicrafters]

I own   71 year old SX28 and a 69 year old SX 28A receiver and am trying to determine the original  color of the two cabinets for repainting. I have the bottom cover from The SX 28A and the color of the inside of the cover ( side that faced inside) looks as if the cover was originally a shade of blue. The paint isn't bright blue and is smooth with no texture such as wrinkle or grainy texture. Both of my cabinets have badly faded paint with no rust, but splotches of weathered or worn off paint.

The front panels appear very nice and good condition except for needing a good cleaning and enhancing the red and silver lettering with  the sticks for that purpose.

Does anyone on the list have an SX 28 or SX 28A with the original paint that is in good enough shape to tell what color the cabinets were? I have read many pages of the articles detailing the restoration of SX 28s but have not gotten a clear picture of the original paint on the receiver cabinets. I have seen everything from light to medium gray and some shade of blue. While my cabinets have paint weathered smooth by time and use, I have a feeling that the SX 28 cabinets were NOT smooth textured. I have seen where the color of the R12 speaker (bass reflex wood cabinet) was supplied wit a "gun metal blue" finish

If anyone has first hand knowledge of what the color and texture was originally, please email me and tell me about it. If anyone has a good color photo of an SX28 showing color and texture as original, I would greatly appreciate having a look at it. Somewhere there must be a pristine SX 28 that looks almost  original.

The benefit of your first hand knowledge  and experience will be greatly appreciated. Thanks and 73, John, K5PGW