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  1. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    The low-crowned kind reminds me of Buster Keaton's porkpie. Does anyone know where the Harrow boys get theirs, and if they're available in men's sizes? -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    WWII Jeep in a Crate? Apocryphal? True?

    I think you're confusing '40s Jeeps with '30s roadsters: Either way, it does look good. -Dave
  3. David Conwill

    What A Bird!!!

    A poignant story to be sure, both the human and animal aspects. Does anyone know where the remains of this brave little bird can be viewed? -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    Vintage Phones

    I don't suppose you know of a similar procedure regarding Automatic Electric telephones? I'd love to date my AE 80. -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    The porkpie-ish crown on the hat in the foreground is interesting. Is that a "soft" straw, I wonder? -Dave
  7. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Ah hah, it looks like an FTC investigation in 1930 revealed that the Stransky’s only real benefit is that installation forces to owner of the vehicle to carefully tune up the vehicle for power and economy! -Dave
  8. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    I had to look it up. Fifty-seven miles per gallon in 1924 sounds a bit far fetched to me. -Dave
  9. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    With approximately 4,000,000 Model A Fords produced, I think it's a safe bet that there were many more 1930 Ford roadsters running around than Duesenbergs or Pierce Arrows. I'll take mine with a Winfield head, carb, and camshaft; and a Ruckstell Dual High transmission. -Dave
  10. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    I am not. Where do I go? Is it worthwhile? -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    I played Mayor Shinn, but you’re making me wish I’d been cast as a school board member! ”Lida Rose, I’m home again, Rose...” -Dave
  13. David Conwill

    I'm stuck in the 80s...automotively

    Here it is on Holley’s website. It should fit in place of anything that used a standard Holley 4150 flange (including the Autolite/Motorcraft carbs that FoMoCo used for years). I think you could build your own setup using the MegaSquirt system, or buy a packaged kit with a standalone setup...
  14. David Conwill

    Vintage Phones

    I want to thank you guys for the responses, but I don’t think we’re exactly on the same page. The problem I’ve experienced with trying to use my AE80 with non-POTS systems is that there is insufficient current in the phone line to actually operate the ringer, or to power the old carbon...
  15. David Conwill

    I'm stuck in the 80s...automotively

    Somebody (Holley?) makes a square-bore throttle body injection setup that should bolt right to a carburetor intake (or an aftermarket equivalent). -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    THE SUNBODY ASSOCIATION

    I love the cav cord! According to family history, my great grandfather (also named David Conwill) was an NCO with the 10th Cavalry during the Span Am war. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    Vintage Phones

    Tom, Im somehow reminded of the scene in Back to the Future where all the clocks in Doc Brown's lab chime at once. They're not all hooked up to ring, are they? :D On a more serious note, how much longer will the phone companies continue to supply current in the line sufficient to power an...
  19. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    If it is true, it’s sad but unsurprising, given the blurring between high end Fords and low-end Lincolns that has gone on, and also that Mercury was rarely really anything other than a badge- engineered Ford or Lincoln. However, there’s a disconnect between the title of that article and the...
  20. David Conwill

    I'm stuck in the 80s...automotively

    American automakers, or the American auto-buying public? -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    I'm stuck in the 80s...automotively

    Ack! Say it ain't so! Sounds like it's Ford who is stuck in the eighties, not our B-Body-and-Panther-driving brethren. -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    I'm stuck in the 80s...automotively

    Or was it that FoMoCo, like everyone else, wants to make their product more disposable and thereby increase consumption of new vehicles and undercut competition from their own used sales? That’s very interesting, I didn’t know that. Maybe that’s why in the ‘50s MoPar stuck to BOF for the...
  23. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    A carpetbagger’s house! Cool. The history of your house sounds a lot like mine. I wish I could find photos to go along with what I know, but the local historical societies aren’t very well organized or staffed. I wish I had more time to go through the newspaper microfilms at the local...

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