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  1. David Conwill

    Welshmen never yield!

    Hmm. I learned something about my Welsh heritage today. Thank goodness I've got nearly as much Irish to balance out that excessive sobriety! -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Have you thought about how you're going to dress the engine? Right now it looks like a modern truck engine: functional, but not really in keeping with the '50s vibe of the rest of the car. I could see going one of two ways with it: 1) Paint it the same color as the flathead six, and top it...
  3. David Conwill

    The Fifth Wheel

    Don't certain driving schools use a similar device to simulate sudden loss of traction? I'm thinking that when these things wore out, they'd start dropping to the pavement at speed and... Sort of like all those Tuckers would have been, come about 1962, when their center headlights became...
  4. David Conwill

    Last Flight of the F-11A

    I'm glad somebody else asked first, because I was confused too. -David
  5. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    Good point; I actually find a mirror to be something of a handicap, because it makes me overthink the basic tying action. I only use one to fine-tune the look. -Dave
  7. David Conwill

    Vintage professions you'd like to see come back.....

    Regarding beat cops, I think when you see more people walking than driving, you'll see the return of the officer on foot patrol (I just hope he isn't wearing fatigues and carrying an assault rifle). In that vein, I would love to see the return of the pedestrian and the associated urban density...
  8. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    It's worked for me. I might also add that I find some bows tie easier than others, though I can't lay my finger on why. I have excellent luck with my Brooks Brothers "346" college-stripe number, and pretty good luck with my very first, very inexpensive Churchill-dot bow; but there's a...
  9. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    Yes, but it goes away with time if you wear bows regularly enough. Heck, I can still vividly remember being a little kid and having a pair of velcro shoes between two pair of lace-ups and realizing in the time it took me to wear them out, I'd forgotten how to tie my shoes. I can assure you...
  10. David Conwill

    What are you wearing today??

    Gosh I want a suit in that shade of blue. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    The DIY Vintage Repair Before/After Thread

    A vast improvement. Great work, L-o-L Gal! -Dave
  13. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Is that a Vortec 350? Looks like it's going to fit pretty well in there. What's the plan for exhaust manifolds? -Dave
  14. David Conwill

    Vintage Workwear

    I love that logo: (Street) Car + Heart = Carhartt. -Dave
  15. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    Hey, I didn't say it looked like a good boater... :D -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    Movies about the French Resistance, any suggestions?

    Apocryphal or not, that is a great story. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    They’re calling it a straw porkpie, but tell me this doesn’t look like a stingy-brim boater: -Dave
  19. David Conwill

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    Very nice! I always picture those on old Grapes of Wrath style jalopies crawling across the Southwestern Desert on Route 66; but the Coleman logo on yours makes me picture a near-new '35 Ford woodie in a Northern Michigan hunting camp. -Dave
  20. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    Today was a day for eyewear, evidently. This morning, my Phillips Model 70 safety glasses arrived: You can see why I use my grandfather as an avatar Then this afternoon, the optician called to tell me my vintage Willson safety goggles were ready: Please excuse my expression; I...
  21. David Conwill

    The Man Who Designed America

    I actually go back and forth on it; but you caught me at a bad time. Here's what I had to say one other time: -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    The Man Who Designed America

    I keep trying. ;) I do love the early stuff. The '53 coupe is a masterpiece (although Studebaker stylist Bob Bourke had arguably as much or more to do with that design than Loewy). Much as I love the designs of Loewy and Dreyfuss, I would argue that Daniel Burnham and the others who...
  23. David Conwill

    Misconceptions of World War II

    Or from period propaganda -Dave

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