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  1. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    What does the H-C stand for anyway?
  2. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Somebody on Shorpy just pointed out the planter made from a Ford Model T gas tank. Great touch.
  3. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I don't think Rexall is dead! Much smaller, probably, but my home town still has one, and I've seen them elsewhere. And not just as ghost signs, either.
  4. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I just wrote up a piece on a '59 Edsel! INTERNATIONAL EDSEL CLUB 1215 Houston Drive Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 37130 www.internationaledsel.com Dues: $30/yr. (U.S.); $40/yr (Int’l) EDSEL OWNERS CLUB 1740 NW 3rd Street Gresham, Oregon, 97030 www.edselclub.org Dues: $35/yr (U.S.); $40/yr (Can.)...
  5. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Here is a station in Texas, back in 1939. Fresh from Shorpy!
  7. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    I wrote up a real-deal Fronty not long ago, but probably my favorite is this one--thanks to the spare-tire cover. Note the reference to "Sterling Garage" on the door. Sterling was an outfit in LA in the '20s and '30s known for building hopped up Model T's.
  8. David Conwill

    Stars And Their Cars

    About 18 months ago I really wanted a Maxwell Model 25 from this era ("The Good Maxwell"). They're remarkably hard to find, which is a shame, but the earlier cars had kind of killed Maxwell's reputation at that point and it too a name change, to Chrysler, to put the company back on track.
  9. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    In modern use it's shorthand for a pre-WWII hot rod, since the term hot rod wasn't in common use until the late 1940s (and remained quite pejorative through the early 1950s). Gow job, hot iron, and hop up were all common terms for modified vehicles during the Great Depression--with speedster...
  10. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I have the mechanical remains of a '36 Chevrolet in my basement (and a few other places). Good to know it's a worthy basis for a project!
  11. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    1949
  13. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    It's a '47-'49 Studebaker Champion. Give me a minute and I'll narrow down the year.
  14. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    I'm slowly slogging along on a gow-job project and, of course, I'm keeping a good file of inspiration. Here are a few that have been on my radar today. This was taken at some kind of race in San Jose, California, in 1933. Note that the Model A's in the picture are also hopped up and stripped...
  15. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Funkytown must be Dayton, Ohio, then!
  16. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    This image deserves a link to the high-resolution original. There's SO MUCH detail to see.
  17. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    This looks like somebody's attempt at a DIY Railton.
  19. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I'd love to understand that Smirnoff ad a little better.
  20. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    A couple from the town where I live currently, back in 1925-'27.
  21. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    That's interesting! My mother, born in 1954, is still afraid of the under-wrapping grille of the 1950 Buick. When she was a little tyke the barber near her parents' house owned one and she was terrified to walk by the grille, which was right at eye level back then.
  22. David Conwill

    DAMNATION

    I keep seeing teasers but haven't figured out what it's about. Prohibition? Evangelicals? Reds? All of the above?
  23. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    This is exactly how I remember Christmas looking and feeling when I was a kid. I'm not sure if the world has changed, or I have. Feel better, @Ghostsoldier. Sorry to hear of your malady.

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