Another Hello from Southern NJ

Welcome aboard those 70 swingers rock don't they? You will find great information and knowledgable and friendly people on here. You will enjoy I have and find answers to your questions. Heres a pic of a thumbwheel radio for you these knobs are turned by running the thumb down or up the knob to adjust the wheel. The post knobs are the more commonly seen type radio knobs.


So why the 2 radio types? which is more desirable?
I turned the thumbwheels on the radio when i was looking at the car the other day. figured the left ones were on/off/volume...and tuning .....but what do the wheels on the right side do? (they both turned as one)
think the car only has 1 speaker so didn't figure it to be fade or balance.