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  1. David Conwill

    What are the stereotypes associated with different hats?

    Oh. Porkpie. Buster Keaton; Jazz musician. -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    What are the stereotypes associated with different hats?

    Interesting topic! The easy ones in my mind are: 1) flat cap - to me the flat cap says you own a British sports car, you golf, or you are balding (primarily because most balding hat wearers I know wear flat caps). 2) 8-panel cap - newsboy, I suppose; but moreso the 20th Century working...
  3. David Conwill

    seersucker suits

    Still no seersucker suit, but today I'm wearing my handmade seersucker bowtie: Imagine a suit made from that! -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    Green Detroit, 1942

    Your dad was the same age as my paternal grandfather who grew up in Chicago. My paternal grandmother grew up in Flint, Michigan, which was another one-industry town. The crazy and sad part of all this is that if you look at Detroit, Flint, and Saginaw (the three Michigan cities where most of...
  5. David Conwill

    What has quality and style today

    Tightening emissions rules have been working against the Enfield Bullet here. I think the 350 is no longer available at all, and the 500 engine was redesigned a few years ago with little care as to making it resemble the 1950s original. Still, they are cool bikes, if a bit small by American...
  7. David Conwill

    Green Detroit, 1942

    It's from this week, methinks. One of my partners is a huge WSJ reader, and he mentioned it over lunch a day or two ago. You're referring to the article about the woman who was pulling out after trying like mad to make a go of it? Still, I think the WSJ is just as biased as the NYT, albeit...
  8. David Conwill

    What has quality and style today

    The Milwaukee Belle WXL 883 Liberator These showed up in my inbox a day or two ago. Loungers will appreciate this customized Harley-Davidson motorcycle by a fellow in France. This video and this video show how Milwaukee Belle can customize a run-of-the-mill Harley 883 EVO Sportster to...
  9. David Conwill

    Green Detroit, 1942

    I just wanted to share this picture with you. I can’t stop staring at it. It makes me feel exactly the way I feel when I’m actually in the city, and its bittersweet, because I can imagine how great the city could be again, if folks would just give it a chance. The photo is looking north...
  10. David Conwill

    How to use real vintage phones on your cell phone line

    Wow, that's like a dream come true! And would be perfect for my wife, who never seems to be in the same room as her cellphone. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Early War Birds or Late War Birds?

    I’m an “early bird” fellow myself, and I think for much the same reasons. There’s something more romantic in a few brave men in obsolete equipment facing up against a seemingly unstoppable wave of aggressors than in the industrial might of North America and the Soviet Union crushing an...
  13. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    I think the "Classic Workwear" thread is the new Adventurer's Gear thread. Lots more of us have easier access to farms and old industrial areas than we do Africa. -Dave
  14. David Conwill

    Home is where the Kitchen is

    I remember seeing a couple years ago where a fellow made a Breakfaster into a Streamline Moderne PC. -Dave
  15. David Conwill

    Vintage Phones

    I flipped mine over last night, and on it is stamped “5-67-5". Nearby is my handwritten note that says “AE 80, 1961-1968"; so I’m going to guess that my phone was produced in 1967. Perhaps May 5, 1967. I wish I could remember how I figured out that 1961-1968 date range, but it’s slipped my...
  16. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    You fellows are talking about two radically different cars. The 1960 Lincoln was the same as the one that debuted in 1958, with sculptured sides and canted quad headlamps. It’s very late-1950s. The ‘61 was the “cool” restrained Lincoln that everyone associates with JFK. Both definitely...
  17. David Conwill

    Michigan Anyone?

    Most of the good Southwest Michigan spots that I can think of have already been hit. If you like aircraft, the Kalamazoo Air Zoo (in Portage) is worth a look. I’m not sure if South Haven has a lighthouse or not, but it’s got some vintage charm to it. There are two settlements of Frank Lloyd...
  19. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    Interesting, I didn't know that. Moot point, though, I can't even afford the inferior stuff. -Dave
  20. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    For the record, the only thing even resembling workwear at the Birch Run, MI J. Crew outlet was a denim chinstrap shirt. Not surprising, but somewhat disappointing nonetheless. I just can’t work up the excitement over chinstrap shirts that some of you do. -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    Simeone Foundation

    Wow. Add that to my gearhead bucket list: NHRA museum, Peterson museum, Simeone museum... -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    Vintage Phones

    The old phone books in Caro have a request to customers printed on them to "kindly unwind your cords from time to time". I guess I understand why, now! -Dave
  23. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    Those canvas-and-rubber boots remind me of the Israeli desert combat boots my brother picked up a few years back at the Army-Navy store. I love that J Crew sweatshirt; methinks I'll cruise down to the outlet store and see if I can locate one. -Dave

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