The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture.

"RHF" wrote in message
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The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture.


So just asthetics.

FDR wrote:

"RHF" wrote in message
ups.com...
The "Handles" were in style at the time of manufacture.


So just asthetics.

Yeah, a lot of portables that came out during that era had the handles. Sort of
a pseudo military rack handle look to 'em.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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FDR wrote:
"RHF" wrote in message
ups.com...

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.

D Peter Maus ) writes:
FDR wrote:
"RHF" wrote in message
ups.com...

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

Michael Black wrote:
D Peter Maus ) writes:

FDR wrote:

"RHF" wrote in message
groups.com...


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




Only if you'd pick up a Cobra by the fixture behind the driver's
seat.

It doesn't take long for those leather handles and leather radio cases
to rot away either.I have a bunch of radios with rotten handles and a
few rotten leather cases.
cuhulin

cuhulin wrote:"It doesn't take long for those leather handles and
leather radio cases to rot away . . ."
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
How long,35 or 40 years? I'fd write a letter.

The very last issue of "White's Radio Log" I ever saw (which I bought
at a newstand in May, 1986) has that radio on the cover. It was a
classic - used to see them frequently.

Tony

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wrote:

It doesn't take long for those leather handles and leather radio cases
to rot away either.I have a bunch of radios with rotten handles and a
few rotten leather cases.


That's what happens when you try to make soup out of them. Refrigerators (1)
help store 'food' longer.


(1)

Main Entry: re·frig·er·a·tor
Pronunciation: ri-'fri-j&-"rA-t&r
Function: noun
: something that refrigerates; especially : a room or appliance for keeping food
or other items cool


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