Originally Posted by incoming2me
I'm pretty much a "keep it original" type of girl.. but if you find a great deal on a FW with a straight face plate that you can't walk away from... you could buy a scroll face plate on ebay (or elsewhere) to put on it purely for decorative reasons.
I'd keep it original, myself. If I wanted a scroll plate, I'd buy an older machine. Besides, as I understand it, the earlier wiring is actually safer-the 1947 to @1955 have aluminum wiring which is brittle-I'm having mine replaced.