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  1. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Pinterest really mucks up Google search results, especially the reverse image search. You can exclude one version of Pinterest, but the foreign versions just fill in. It's very frustrating, to say the least.
  2. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Note that I updated my language choice, turns out the German spelling is "BENZIN."
  3. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I think "BENSIN" is the Swedish word for "benzine," which is how a lot of European countries refer to gasoline/petrol.
  4. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    The free-standing garage in my first house was built sometime before 1914 (I know this because an early owner had calculated his fuel economy on the wall in pencil and left behind the date July 2, 1914). It had a pit in the bay nearer the house, all brick lined. Someone in the past had...
  5. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I've eaten there a couple times. AWESOME place.
  7. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    You should read some of the comments here regarding a proper tow rig.
  8. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Here, perhaps this will help: An idealized image of the ultimate marketer of That Good Gulf Gasoline.
  9. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Somehow I got unsubscribed from this thread. I think this was somewhere in New York.
  10. David Conwill

    List of Reproduction Vintage Clothing

    This was splendid. As a generously sized individual and someone who is rather hard on clothing, it's nice to have a source for reproduction pieces. I was particularly delighted to re-discover Golden Age Motorcycle Clothing, as I remembered them but had long ago lost their name and website.
  11. David Conwill

    Formal Wear Primer

    Someday, when the kids are grown and the house will stay clean for more than 15 seconds, I will host a swanky NYE party and wear black tie. Until then... Well, I'll just enjoy this thread, I guess.
  13. David Conwill

    Most overrated movies?

    Le Mans. Sure it has Steve McQueen and is considered a paragon of technical accuracy but it's a literal snoozefest. I've tried watching it at least four times and have yet to stay awake for the whole thing.
  14. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Not a public gas station, but a decrepit one on a farm near where I live. Can anyone ID the clock-face pump in this 1959 image? I spent some time on Google Image Search and didn't find anything that matched real well.
  15. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I dunno, this is the time of year I have to de-fog my windshield the most! I remember my school buses using something similar back in the 1980s and '90s, but with a cage around the blades instead of the flexible rubber blades like these.
  16. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Not a gas station, but how about the automotive display in the window of Montgomery Ward in Amsterdam, New York (Kirk Douglas's hometown!), back in October 1941?
  17. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    That is heartbreaking, @Studebaker Driver I am so sorry.
  19. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I don't think Lee Chapel pumped any gas here, but his facility dealt in used auto parts with an emphasis on racing equipment. Here it is in 1932 with a hopped-up Ford Model T out front and his Chevrolet 490 roadster Muroc racer alongside.
  20. David Conwill

    Fed IV Deluxe Size 61 $100 shipped

    If RJR doesn't bite on this, I have a friend in this size who may be interested. Hopefully we can get some pics soon.
  21. David Conwill

    Any baseball historians on board?

    The more I look at this, the more I think he may be "Lee Cornell." Cornell played for both the Waterloo Hawks and the Cedar Rapids Raiders in 1938, didn't play for anyone in 1939, and played for Waterloo again in 1940. The pseudonym may well come from still being in college in 1938, the year...
  22. David Conwill

    Any baseball historians on board?

    Cornell is a pretty common misspelling of the family name, so it would make sense to use it as an assumed name. I wondered that myself, since his name never came up connected with baseball in the Des Moines Register, whereas it comes up pretty commonly in connection with basketball, both in...
  23. David Conwill

    Any baseball historians on board?

    Same as mine, Conwill. It appears he also played for the Rath Black Hawks basketball team, which makes sense, since that was his sport in college, 1937-'38. Thanks!

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