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is it pure co-incidence you posted a pic showing a McEwans (a Precision dealer) ad with the garden seat shown in the 2nd pic

Hi Claude
Oh no, I did extensive research on garden seats ... grin

Claude, I will shortly update the Precision History Record for the reels.
I now know Precision was doing these reel conversions in late 1949.

I also better understand the chronology of the reel models.

Precision were prodigious advertisers in the early 1950s.
Digitization of records prevent a better understanding post-1954.
For this reason the rotaries will remain less-understood,
but it is clear a grab handle was added to the rotary in the 1960s

Many thanks for all your work.

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Jack