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  1. David Conwill

    If you went back to the Golden Era, what would you notice first?

    Completely.
  2. David Conwill

    If you went back to the Golden Era, what would you notice first?

    Ah, so you mean I could still be David Conwill in 1941 instead of having to be a 1910 infant.
  3. David Conwill

    If you went back to the Golden Era, what would you notice first?

    Well, the post office is only a block away, so that's convenient. Thanks for the tip! Did you need a passport to get into Canada in 1941?
  4. David Conwill

    If you went back to the Golden Era, what would you notice first?

    My house was built in 1941, but even if I hit that year or later, I think the dentist and his wife that lived there until 1959 might object to me moving into their new house with them. If I were transported right this second, I'd be in a marble bank lobby with a cathedral ceiling right to the...
  5. David Conwill

    Show us your Guns!

    Sure makes me want to write a story set in the 1920s or '30s, though. Maybe picking up where the ill-fated "Biggles" television pilot left off...
  7. David Conwill

    The End of an Era - After Almost a Century

    Thanks Lizzie. I figured that was too simple.
  8. David Conwill

    The End of an Era - After Almost a Century

    Tell me, telephonistas, is this device for providing line power to a rotary dial phone for the microphone and ringer when no power otherwise exists in the line? I could have used this back when I still had my Automatic Electric.
  9. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    Italianates are probably my second or third favorite house style after Four Squares and possibly Bungalows.
  10. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Here's a sketch kindly whipped up last week by Clayton "Mr. Model T" Paddison: This is exactly as I described to him except for a Duesy-inspired dual exhaust in lieu of the Lakes Style header I originally planned. I like this better, frankly. Now, I need to find a Model A rear axle, a...
  11. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Thanks! I love to think about it and hunt for parts. Sometimes I get down that I don't have more time and resources to devote to it, but I also love that it's a very low-pressure project when compared with the Falcons and Studebaker. I would like to have it on the road by the time my oldest...
  13. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The theme is going to be more "built from junk" than "speed parts". I'm taking great pleasure in puzzling out how to get all the disparate pieces to work together in a cohesive whole. The Chevy engine came to me by chance - it was on eBay semi-locally and my lowball bid was the only one. I...
  14. David Conwill

    The End of an Era - After Almost a Century

    I was still five months and a week in the future when the consent decree was entered - tell me again why breaking up Ma Bell was a good thing?
  15. David Conwill

    1942 in your driveway

    I hope so, I've been searching for two or three Carter WO carburetors from one, and it would be swell just walk into my local Chrysler-Dodge-Willys dealer and pick them up new in the box...
  16. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    You mean the Studebaker? That was more of an accident than anything - although I’m really loving it. I’ve been trying to get my hands on this body for probably six months now, and the fellow that had it finally decided to pass it along this week. I didn’t waste any time getting it home. The...
  17. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    This is the plan:
  19. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    No pics yet, but last night I finally dragged home a '27 Ford touring car body.
  20. David Conwill

    It's a Wonderful Life sequel underway

    But Zusu plays the angel! How can that be bad?!?
  21. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    Tesi and Olney are the standbys and I can personally attest that a Tesi is very much like my vintage Lee. I still say that Dorfman Pacific was pretty nice. I've been wishing I'd bought it.
  22. David Conwill

    What do you use to shave?

    Well, after a few days at this it looks like there are only four SE blades on the market: 1) Treet 2) GEM stainless 3) GEM uncoated carbon steel 4) Persona I'm about to give the GEM uncoated blades a shot. I'll have to store them someplace low humidity, but I'm encouraged by the reviews...
  23. David Conwill

    What do you use to shave?

    I got into SEs by accident. When I went looking for a safety razor, the first one I found in an antique store was a $5 GEM Micromatic. Since then, my technique has developed to favor it, I guess. I also had two vintage Gillettes - an adjustable that I never really cared for and passed onto my...

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