After gluing the bridge, the final major step was to glue the back on. I had a heck of a time getting the back to fit with the sides again. My guess, is the back probably split away from the sides many years ago. Over the years (plus a previous attempt to fix it) I think the sides simply were shifted out of shape. I did my very best to get everything fitting as well as I could, and it turned out quite well considering what the guitar looked like when I got it! In the pic below, you'll notice that some of the joint line is a little ugly, but some of it is also very well matched.
I reglued the nut (it was a bit loose and not sitting perpendicular to the fretboard), cleaned the fretboard and buffed the frets with steel wool, and used some fretboard conditioner to make the fretboard look like new again. Then I cleaned the whole guitar with some polish and strung it up. I admit, I was a bit nervous when tuning the guitar to pitch - I was hoping the bridge would stay in tact and not go flying off the top of the guitar! The guitar certainly is no valuable collectors item, but it was a fun little project! Its a bit of a difficult guitar to play (have you ever seen a Harmony or Stella that had a good action? ha ha) but it doesn't sound too bad and has good sustain. Wonder if I can flip it and put the money to some luthier related toys? Now on to my other projects!