The CRT itself is the same as that used in the Plus, but the yoke assembly is different, so swapping a CRT from a Classic to a Plus/SE/etc. or vice versa is much more difficult and complex than swapping from a Classic to a Classic II. Also, swapping yokes will usually necessitate adjustment of the analogue board to get the image properly centered and sized.

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Retaining the SE's yoke and manually adjusting was a possibility I was prepared to face, yes.

If you're thinking about a tray or cartridge loading CD Hack, the Classic's case wide FDD recess/dado (woodworking jointery term for a slot, usually implemented for a shelf or divider support) makes it a perfect fit for your choice of drive. With a little jig work and a router, you could widen the recess to fit either Optical Drive.

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Yes, the recess could be widened, but the Classic II has only one recess line. Fitting a caddy-loader and the floppy drive side-by-side would be an adventure, to say the least. In fact, I'm fairly sure it's not possible without taking enough plastic out of the case to make your point about structural strength completely irrelevant ;-)

The curved Classic and Classic II are not by any means bad machines, not counting the fact that the computer guts themselves are pretty restricted... I don't know how to explain it, I find them pretentious almost. As if they're just screaming at you "Look at me, look at me, I'm so pretty despite being computationally weak!" ... Or perhaps that's just the voices again.

Glad to have your thoughts, gentlemen. If you think of anything else, please feel free to continue the speculamatin'