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  1. David Conwill

    Happy Straw Hat Day!

    It only just got warm enough up here. I kinda consider any time between now and Memorial Day to be an either/or season. If it's too warm before now, I go hatless. I won't even contemplate what happens if it's too cold after Memorial Day...
  2. David Conwill

    Happy Straw Hat Day!

    Old thread, but I didn't find anything more current in a quick search. Am I the only one celebrating today?
  3. David Conwill

    NPR: What Killed Men's Hats?

    Joe Galamb, one of Henry Ford's chief lieutenants in the early days. Yes, the T started the push toward hatlessness, suburbanization, the death of traditional culture both urban and rural, etcetera, and the Great Depression an WWII put things on hold for a bit. The freeway system accelerated...
  4. David Conwill

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    What a happy ending. Thanks, Big Man!
  5. David Conwill

    Subverting Technology -- Golden Era style

    "Modern" faxes. That's funny. The fax machine cannot finish its slow death soon enough for me. I wouldn't mind printing e-mails on a teletype, though.
  7. David Conwill

    "Battleship"

    I've been marveling at it myself. I've also been trying to think of a better plot, set in the golden era, derived from the boardgame - perhaps involving the RCAF.
  8. David Conwill

    A Hat for Camp

    I missed this when it was first posted. What a great story, and what a great guy your father was.
  9. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Here's a '30-'31 Deluxe "A" done in a similar style to the Deuce above: A's of this vintage seem far more attainable.
  10. David Conwill

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Seeing this made me wonder: What's my moth-eaten, tropical-worsted, WWII crusher cap with a neck strap worth? Size 7 1/4, IIRC.
  11. David Conwill

    Most depressing song you know?

    I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Frank Sinatra. It was always sad, but when I found out the story behind the song, I could no longer listen to it without choking up.
  13. David Conwill

    Plymouth's as Daily Drivers?

    A nice '51 Cranbook on Bring a Trailer right now. The perfect period road-trip car, and plenty of hat room thanks to K.T. Keller.
  14. David Conwill

    Vintage Sunglasses

    I keep thinking my next pair of sunglasses will be MacArthur 52 frames from Shuron. Genuine deadstock from the '40s - how do you beat that?
  15. David Conwill

    Period Films and Inaccuraces

    If the only thing that can cut Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris, it seems to logically follow that the only person who can catch Steve McQueen is Steve McQueen. :D
  16. David Conwill

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    I'm curious as to what the car in the foreground is. It reminds me of my grandparents' '59 Mercedes, but smaller perhaps.
  17. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Teach me to post from a phone. Those are obviously FORD hubcaps. Turns out they're also pre-war (1941). Spoke wheels would still be more period, of course.
  19. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Well, he's a bit self absorbed! How do you do that to Clara Bow?? Cool car, though. I wouldn't mind integrating that shooting-star graphic into my T.
  20. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Some Golden Era rodding thoughts on a rainy morning. This ‘26-‘27 Ford speedster was posted on the HAMB recently and it’s of particular interest to my Chevy-powered project as it uses the 19-inch Chevy wheels I intend for my own. The owner even gave me a rundown on how he adapted the Chevy...
  21. David Conwill

    Which items of vintage clothing would you never wear? And why?

    Sock garters. The hatred is amazing. How often are you guys seen in public without pants on? Further, I vastly prefer my sock garters to crumpled socks.
  22. David Conwill

    Which items of vintage clothing would you never wear? And why?

    Double-breasted suit coats. A great look on some men, they just don't work with my build. I look like a B-movie heavy.
  23. David Conwill

    1945 Gas Stove - $100

    Anybody want to buy my 1945 Caloric? Great stove with a few problems (half the burners and the oven have to be hand-lit). I was going to restore it, but other things have taken priority and we ended up with a killer deal on a Frigidaire electric in this width. The door without a window is a...

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