[ARC5] Gibson Girl question ( BC-778 ? )

[Hubert Miller]

I received this email from a friend from the Northwest Vintage Radio Society ( NWVRS ) club based in Portland, Oregon:

"Hi Hue -
My folks gave me a Gibson Girl emergency transmitter many years ago.  In comparing it to another that I found recently, I noticed that there are two different systems for attaching the leg straps to the cabinet of the radio.
One version uses a system kind of like a door hinge where the radio and the straps have interlocking metal loops that are joined by a "hinge pin."
On the other version, the end of the strap is simply folded over and sewn, creating a loop.  The cabinet has two simple metal ears.  A long pin passes through the ears and the loop, joining the strap to the cabinet.
I realize that this is a rivet-counter type of question.  But, I was hoping that you, or one of your contacts in the green-radio group might have some thoughts on the two different versions.
- Dan

Any comment from the members here? I have never been interested in this set, altho i am very interested in the category of two-way, full receive and
transmit, lifeboat radios, so i am not equipped to answer. 
-Hue Miller