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  1. David Conwill

    Vintage Workwear

    Wow, very thoughtful and insightful, resortes805. Not knowing the history of the Japanese repro market until now, I would not have arrived at that conclusion myself, but it makes good sense when put that way. Thanks for putting that out there. -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Rue, I'm highly jealous. I think the '52-'54 Fords are some of the best-looking postwar automobiles. Congratulations! -Dave
  3. David Conwill

    Vintage Workwear

    My theory is that it is a cultural reverence for victors. American men in the mid-20th Century defeated Japan's warrior culture, and they chose to replace that culture with one venerating those American men. Whereas Americans have always been forward looking, next-big-thing oriented, and...
  4. David Conwill

    Show us your Guns!

    He's just showing us what "loaded for bear" really looks like. -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    1955. Gorgeous. -Dave
  7. David Conwill

    Cuba ends ban on new cars

    I don't see where anybody has mentioned just how rough most of these vehicles really are. They're neat curiousities, but they've been kept together with spit, bailing wire, sheer force of will, and modified parts from Soviet autos. The tenacity and ingenuity of their owners is a monument to...
  8. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    In America they were mostly called “hop ups” and “gow jobs”. After WWII, the term “hot rod” came into vogue and persists to this day. They were unique, because virtually every one was different; popular, because they were built from the inexpensive remains of inexpensive cars (largely...
  9. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    A certain Ford designer bought a used '58 Oldsmobile, rearranged the hood lettering to read "Slobmodel", and drove it to work as a reminder never to revisit the excesses of the late 1950s. The message was apparently effective, as we're only now once again getting cars with shiney trim. Oh...
  10. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    Agreed! I have a friend who defines hipsters that way. And well put: That's a signature line right there. I can't wait. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Bourne ID - stupid question, but what are you doing for crankcase ventilation on the 350? I know I've seen pictures of your engine before, but I can't recall if I saw breathers and/or a PCV system. The more I tinker with my Camaro, the more I come to believe an intact, functional PCV system is...
  13. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    I sympathize with this. Good style is its own reward, seperate from the pleasures of nonconformity. And, as fashion moves on, lots of good reproduction garments should soon be available inexpensively. -David
  14. David Conwill

    The Devil In the White City

    I tried, and enjoyed the parts about the Columbian Exposition, but the murder parts so nauseated me I finally gave up. -Dave
  15. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    I've heard the same story. I believe in a Rodders Journal article on a '58 Impala. That essentially makes the '58s the last of the Harley Earl "longer, lower, wider" GM models, and perhaps the purest expression of his design philosophy. -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    I see a fascinating Moderne house, but I'm sorry to say that is not a roadster. It's a sedan. I never got into Cords, myself. They're all front-wheel drive. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    I know guys aren’t supposed to like them, but I think a Metropolitan coupe, suitably tweaked (Buick 215/5-speed/disc brakes; all black; radiused wheel wells) would make an awesome commuter. -Dave
  19. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Are you trying to upload them to the board? The board won't host photos, you have host them externally, like through Photobucket or Flickr. Interesting that you skip directly from the prewar style of Hudson straight to the "Hash" Nash-based Hudsons. I'm a fan of the '55s myself, but we're...
  20. David Conwill

    Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps

    I just saw a pile of them in the Salt Lake City Visitor's Center - all modern DI-type; and what appeared to be a genuine vintage fur felt on a mannequin dressed up as a NPS Ranger. -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Well, if we want to keep talking postwar Buicks, I vote for the '54 as the ultimate postwar Buick. It has all of the division's trademarks for the era: the waterfall grille, the Nailhead and Dynaflow, the portholes, the radiused rear wheel openings, the sweepspear side trim, and the available...
  22. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    I dunno, were one to pair it with some to-the-knee leather boots, a good hat, and a stick, I could see one doing some semi-serious hiking in those locations with it. Certainly most people I saw this past weekend in Moab, Utah were overgeared for a lot of the trails you encounter there. -Dave
  23. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    There is definitely a part of me that wants a '58 Oldsmobile or Buick. Like you, I have a major soft spot for that era's "patio culture" lifestyle. -Dave

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