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  1. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage cars, golden era photo shoots

    No, in the US traffic has always passed on the right as it does today. It was customary to have steering wheels on the right side early on - a carry-over from horse and wagons/buggies. The greater concern then was how close the driver was to the curbstone or boardwalk and how close his wheels...
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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Big Man - I have been through this before on my stuff. Gaskets and sealing washers get petrified and need replacement. First, using a rag to wipe away oil, see if you can determine the exact point of the leak. It is normally an easy t6ask to see where the oil is pumping out. Sometimes the...
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    Vintage cars, golden era photo shoots

    The bottom photo is President William Howard Taft (1909-1913) in a Pierce-Arrow.
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    Vintage Cars

    GHT - That was pretty enjoyable, thanks for posting it! Even though it isn't flattering, this You Tube of Jay Leno firing and driving his 1922 Stanley Model 735 4-passenger brougham gives perspective of the Stanley car of the day. The history of Leno's brougham is known since the day it was...
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    Vintage Cars

    I don't know if anyone is interested in the Stanley sedan or not, really. It is not a car with a huge following, there are only a comparatively few people who are into steam cars. And there are two vintage car threads, one for parts and discussion and this one, "Vintage Cars". Well, even if...
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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    It seems like years since I wrote the above post, but the 1923 Stanley sedan got here from Pennsylvania. I got a few photos of the two cars, the one I traded and the one I traded for. They may never be side by side again.
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Not a problem, it would drop right onto my melon.
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    Vintage Appliances

    Of all the things about this house, one of the dearest were my long and frequent talks with the daughter of the builder (she was then in her 80s). Her father gifted the house to her as a wedding present in 1936. Her memories of it, going back to about 1920, were riveting to me. When the house...
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    Vintage Appliances

    So. Since the Central Valley in California has been getting up into the thousands of degrees this year, there has been zero cooking on the wood stove and that really bums me out. I love cooking on it beyond all telling, but there is just no way without air conditioning in the house. But a...
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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I hope everyone, not just me, has moments in which you question your judgment if not your sanity. Last year I saw a car for sale and thought to myself, "I'd look pretty cute in that!" But the price was out of the question. As it was, the seller is a good friend of mine who was handling the...
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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    This is going to be way too early for most of the denizens here, but after selling one years ago to make a down payment on my first house, I bought another 1914 Ford Model T runabout. It's very solid car, restored from a great original. One of the things, though, the gas headlights had been...
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    Reviving an Old Garage

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    Your First Car....

    My first car was a 1920 Model T Ford pickup. No, I did not buy it new.
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    How many custom hat shops are left?

    Yes, but I've been collecting about 45 years and many of those years yielded not a single find. The only explanation I have is that few people can wear hats that big, unless it is for comic effect. At estate sales, flea markets or antique shops, I find nearly everything to be under a size 7...
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    How many custom hat shops are left?

    Bowman is the only custom hatter I've bought from, all my other hats have either been true 'teens/'twenties vintage (a dozen or so) or purchases of new felt & straw jobs; Stetson (3 felt), Akubra (3 felt) and 6 or 7 straws and about the same number of peaked caps. A perfect fit seems...
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    How many custom hat shops are left?

    Bellfast Boy: Sorry your result with a conformateur was so unsatisfactory, I guess every experience can't be a good one. While in the hands of a buffoon, even the right tool will not insure success, a professional without the tools of his trade is working with a disadvantage.
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    How many custom hat shops are left?

    I've ordered two custom jobs from Parker Smith at Bowman Hats in Los Angeles, one a modified sort-of-Tom-Mix hat and a second one with less in-your-face personality for daily use. Parker was on his way through town on his way from LA to Oregon or Washington and he obligingly stopped by to fit...
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    How many custom hat shops are left?

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    Best place to acquire reproduction WWII uniforms?

    I don't know if they'll have what you are looking for, but I bought a few reproduction WWI era things from What Price Glory. http://onlinemilitaria.net/default.asp

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