D Peter Maus ) writes:
FDR wrote:
"RHF" wrote in message
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The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture.



So just asthetics.




Not exclusively. The forward handles, were common on radios with
a high profile and gross weight. In the event of a tip over, they
prevented the knobs/switches from being crushed, broken or the face
cracked.

Then wouldn't that be a "rollbar" and not a handle?
Michael