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  1. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    The discussion of Wadhams' pagoda stations led me to the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee's James Blair Murdoch photo collection, which has numerous stations, including these two pagodas from 1932 and 1935. Lots of good stuff in there!
  2. David Conwill

    Vintage Motor Clothes

    My good friend, Barnstormers clubmate, and managing editor Dan Beaudry recently wrote a piece for the Hemmings Daily on vintage motor clothes (for both automobilists and motorcyclists). I thought it might be of some interest to those here.
  3. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    This 1928 Ford Model A roadster pickup is simple and sweet. Wouldn't it make chores easier? This theme would work really well on a roadster or phaeton also.
  4. David Conwill

    Zombie Apocalypse : What would you wear?

    An amusing thread concept, and appropriate in light of George Romero's recent passing. I expect what I would realistically be wearing is a bloodied, torn-up version of whatever I had on when I got turned into a zombie!
  5. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Found an early Model T coupe body for sale cheap and was attempting to entice some of my friends to contemplate building a gow job around it. I happened across a few pictures I thought I'd throw up here for kicks. A photochop of the Multy Aldrich roadster into a coupe. A 1917-'22 runabout...
  7. David Conwill

    Your golden-era model railroads!

    Wonderful stuff! I grew up with an HO-scale layout in the basement set in the early- to mid-1960s. I am interested in someday trying my hand at an HO- or N-scale layout set in the '20s or '30s and capable of operation.
  8. David Conwill

    Who do you use to host pictures on forums?

    I had no idea, thanks Scotrace! And thanks to Kahuna for asking the question!
  9. David Conwill

    Replica pre-war Hawaiian shirts?

    Speaking of "the earliest," check out this interesting shirt from 1921!
  10. David Conwill

    Homburg Nation

    Apologies, gents. I meant to write "porkpie type crown" rather than Homburg-type. The "Lords Hat" look is a good one also, but different from what I was thinking, which was inspired by Buster Keaton.
  11. David Conwill

    Homburg Nation

    Question for the Homburg Nation: I have a nice old Stetson St. Regis but I don't really wear it due to the casual nature of my work these days. I've been planning to sell it but it struck me that it might look good and be more versatile with a homburg porkpie-type crown instead of the center...
  13. David Conwill

    Replica pre-war Hawaiian shirts?

    Isn't a shirt from From Here to Eternity more likely to be from 1952 than 1941? Hollywood isn't known for its attention to period detail--especially in that time period.
  14. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Those buildings are both still standing and only about two minutes drive from my house. The Gulf Station doesn't look much like that anymore, though. The Cherry Court is right around the corner from the Tydol station I posted above.
  15. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Lindberg produced a 1/32-scale '40 Ford convertible, but I'm not aware of one produced in 1/24 or 1/25. I built the AMT coupe model myself as a kid.
  16. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    The car on the lift looks like a '39 Buick.
  17. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I'm pretty sure that's a 1940 Ford.
  19. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Omaha, Nebraska in the early 1930s.
  20. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Not strictly a gas station, but it appears the Widtsoe Mercantile Company sold Texaco gasoline in 1936.
  21. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Conoco's (or rather, ConocoPhillips's) current line of lubricants are sold under the "76" trademark, though "Super" is still a part of the name. It appears straight 30-weight is still available in the 76 Super line.
  22. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I did subsequently read about the postwar bumper shortage, but I didn't find anything in the context of the original suggestion that bumpers were part of the initial wartime material restrictions. I also found more than one photo of donated bumpers, so it appears that it was a bit more than an...
  23. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    Here is the Texaco in downtown Bennington back in 1930. This is a parking lot now. And a Tydol not far away from my home in Pownal, which is now a private residence.

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