that is just wrong!
I can see if the cabinet is in ruins
like this one
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/atq/1854667784.html
but for a wonderful old machine to be treated this way!
this is why I buy so many at auctions! a few years ago when the living room(25x30 ft) was sitting full of machines my hubby wouldn't let me buy any more.
well passed one up at the auction house and the next week when we went back it was burning on the trash pile!
He lets me bring them home now!