I had one of those Ithacas, too, Jim- sweet gun for the price-

I swapped a dang-near burnt-out Kawasaki 100 for it- rode it into the desert, helped dig out a guy who had stuck his pickup in the sand, and he asked if I'd sell the bike so he could keep it in the back of his pikkemup as a backup. Offered the Ithaca. I walked home with the scattergun. Nice trade. Blonde furniture, no plug, 20" barrel. Schweet.