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  1. MikeKardec

    Vintage neon signs

    A few more form the heyday of Hollywood Neon ...
  2. MikeKardec

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    I can't think of a single problem we have that doesn't track back to over-population, whether you're into air pollution, climate change, violence, war or just general disrespect. I'm all for living sustainably (major advocate in my own way) but these days it's live sustainably so others can...
  3. MikeKardec

    New Radio Drama

    Here are some other photos from when we were recording sound effects. Cool boat. Lots of money saved because it's just butt joined pine on the rib structure, I doubt it would stay afloat for three minutes except that it's covered with clear fiberglass. Very light, very strong and best...
  4. MikeKardec

    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    I love those story Lizzy! The pumpkin set up was diabolical. I was always impressed with the difference in the female friends of my father's who moved during their lives, rather than staying in their "home town." Those who stayed home in whatever small town it was, there were quite a few...
  5. MikeKardec

    Power Wagon Porn ...

    It used to be that if you wanted a cherry resto you paid through the nose to have one done for you ... or you did it yourself, though that was rarely as much of a savings as many convinced themselves it would be. Often people ended up immediately doing stuff over because they were learning on...
  7. MikeKardec

    Power Wagon Porn ...

    http://www.legacypowerwagon.com/Photo-Gallery_ep_42.html Okay. I used to work in the custom car biz. I'm used to hearing that a complete resto costs above $100k, that just the time and materials it takes to do a ground up job ... I get it. These prices are nuts but the P-Wagons sure are...
  8. MikeKardec

    New Radio Drama

    I grew up listening to something like RMT that was on in the late 1960s, probably rebroadcasts of old shows though I don't have a good enough memory to tell. We just got our cover art, a beautiful piece by Craig Mullins. I can't show it yet because our contract requires there to be a title...
  9. MikeKardec

    New Radio Drama

    Wow! Almost a year later and I'm sitting with the mastering engineer finally wrapping this thing up. Because this sort of production is sort of a paying hobby it has to be done slowly to allow my producer/editor and I to do our other jobs and actually earn a living. But now it is approaching...
  10. MikeKardec

    How accurate is Mad Men with regard to the early '60s?

    When a show, novel, movie is all Ozzie and Harriet it's too boring and needs some dark side to liven it up, but when you have characters who are dark, troubled, angry they eventually need to band together to do something right in their lives ... if it's done right there is nothing more powerful...
  11. MikeKardec

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    As a young man I had an FJ-55 and then an FJ-60. LOVED THEM. The only cars I regret selling. However, they were impossibly slow and got really limited fuel mileage. A diesel seems like the ultimate variation. On a 4x4, range is everything! Lots of them in Oz and I noticed a bizarre...
  13. MikeKardec

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    Last time I was in Mexico I ran into a car shop that was taking large American vehicles, Suburbans and Crown Vics, the more dented and faded the better, and turning them into armored vehicles with high performance mechanicals for wealthy (and some not so wealthy) clients. A finished and...
  14. MikeKardec

    I wish I had the $$$!!!

    I love old Mopar products (though for some reason I always relate "Mopar" with their 1960s designs) and agree that they were the premium ride in their day. Now, however I appreciate the Fords particularly for the amount of aftermarket and custom support and experience available. I had a 1948...
  15. MikeKardec

    I wish I had the $$$!!!

    Nope, not me! I like to look at cars like that but when it comes down to it I want disk brakes and either a powerful or efficient motor ... I'd be tempted to start tinkering and I posted that one because I thought it deserved to remain just the way it was. If I can't make them a daily driver...
  16. MikeKardec

    WWII Photos - Taken / Collected by Family Members

    One more. Dad, just after getting his black panther (Tank Destroyer) Patch, Camp Hood, TX. Amazing to think that not too much earlier they hadn't wanted him because he didn't have enough teeth ... the regs on teeth must have been fairly strict but I guess they didn't want to pay for dental...
  17. MikeKardec

    WWII Photos - Taken / Collected by Family Members

    My Uncle Parker, Mexico then WWI with the North Dakota National Guard then WWII. He was briefly head of security at the port of New Orleans then somehow got out or on detached duty and covered all the Four Power conferences for Scripts-Howard (his old employer, he'd been their foreign desk...
  19. MikeKardec

    How Old Are The Members of The Fedora Lounge?

    We're all at least ten years older than when this thread started ... yikes!
  20. MikeKardec

    I wish I had the $$$!!!

    Perfect patina ... http://carbuffs.com/inventory/1933-plymouth-pd-coupe/ Oh, for a bigger garage and a few more dollars!
  21. MikeKardec

    Do you buy a straw hat every year?

    I can see the trouble if you buy those very white straw hats. I bought a cheapo Whole Earth "natural" (warm tan) colored straw before I went to Australia 10 years ago and it just keeps gaining character. The pinch is about to finally fray or break and then I'll toss it but it's been a great...
  22. MikeKardec

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    Mojave Jack - Don't feel too outclassed, when I lived in Australia there were a lot of people who knew the outback well who preferred the Mitsu and Isuzu trucks. I lusted after Series 70s, same as you, and I own a D 90 and I have to say, while the D 90 is the style maven and a descendant of...
  23. MikeKardec

    Fury

    It wasn't a bad movie at all and that final scene is satisfying on an emotional level, the most important level, but it's sure not Saving Private Ryan or any of the greats The primary issue is that neither party needed to engage the other at that site. The film makers needed to create...

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