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  1. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    I think we need a couple display case threads out of you: One for Golden Era cars and one for WWII aircraft. When you say "large scale", I'm imagining 1/18 and larger. Is that about right? -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    "Ask the Man Who Owns One"

    I love the mansions of auto magnates. I wish more of them were located in Michigan! -Dave
  3. David Conwill

    European vs. American Automotive Histories

    Aero-Engined Vintage Racers. -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    What do you do for Living?

    I'm a lawyer, and not nearly so well dressed as some folks around these parts. -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    "Ask the Man Who Owns One"

    It never had one, as it's a base model. The poor 200s get no respect. -Dave
  7. David Conwill

    My New Old Car

    I think a lot about this comment, and have decided that while it may be true of the way a lot of Falcons are hot rodded, mine is more of a "thinking man's Thunderbird". -Dave
  8. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    +1 Also, I’m curious as to in what oilfields in Michigan you work. I grew up in the Muskegon area, and there was a miniature oil boom there in the 1920s, but not much that I recall for active fields. I went to school in Mount Pleasant, and there were plenty of scattered wells around there. -Dave
  9. David Conwill

    European vs. American Automotive Histories

    Vitanola, that's a fascinating insight. Previously, I've always heard it explained as a socialist/class-envy thing. -Dave
  10. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    I have heard that TR took one of the first M1903 “Springfield” military rifles to Africa when he was president - so how about a Winchester Model 1897? They acquitted themselves well in France, so it seems they’d be plenty rugged to go on safari. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    My two-year-old will be happy to hear that. I need to start hunting Craigslist for a vintage upright that she can "play". -Dave
  13. David Conwill

    The Perfect Desk.

    I don't see any compound curves on those tanker desks, I would think anyone with basic sheetmetal tools could build one if you can't find one. I'd still rather have a vintage piece, as the pulls, tracks, and the like would undoubtedly be superior to off-the-shelf stuff available today; but it...
  14. David Conwill

    "Oldies" radio stations

    Focus group radio has come to the whole nation, it seems. Thank goodness for my iPhod and soon-to-be-installed aux jack. NPR is the only thing worth listening to in the mornings, and while I sometimes enjoy "classic" hits radio, I'm a bigger fan of the sixties-and-earlier stuff that has...
  15. David Conwill

    Your Drinking Partner From The Golden Age?

    Edsel Ford or Billy Durant. I'd love to get their take on Michigan's current situation. Henry Ford didn't approve of alcohol, and the Dodge Bros. Are kind of pre-Golden Era, otherwise they'd be interesting too. Well, on second thought, the Dodge Bros might end up kicking my rear axle, so to...
  16. David Conwill

    Home is where the Kitchen is

    Alas, our kitchen is one of the few non-vintage rooms in the house, as the schoolteacher who owned it from 1944 to 1995 had it remodeled about 1970, albeit in a mid-century style that could just has easily have been 1957. My wife and I have compromised on someday remodeling to a modern layout...
  17. David Conwill

    European vs. American Automotive Histories

    The Rover 3.5 (or, as I like to call it, the Buick 215), is amongst the five engines I might swap into my Falcon. They weigh less than the Falcon six, are 15ci larger than the easiest bolt-in six, have two-more cylinders, and look like a baby Nailhead. And before anybody gives me grief about...
  19. David Conwill

    family members on the "wrong" side

    Spitfire’s post makes me think of a tangentially related topic I heard about in college: One of my history professors was a Wayne State University graduate (a moderately large school in urban Detroit). He mentioned once seeing on campus a memorial to Wayne University (the “State” part came...
  20. David Conwill

    Can Anyone Recommend "Pearl Harbor"?

    That’s a very good way to view it. In literature it’s what you’d call an Epic. I really enjoyed the film, personally (but then, in high school Advanced English, I authored a WWII-set epic, so maybe I'm biased). The big thing that bothered me was the use of real, anachronistic ships and planes...
  21. David Conwill

    I love the Fed IV!!

    I wouldn’t have the guts, personally. Further, both of my Fed IVs have gotten satisfactorily broken in just in the wearing. I’m still massaging one side of the dent in my Buckubra Aero, but aside from that, I have no complaints about their stiffness. -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    Suggestions for hat stores in Detroit

    You might also try taking a tour -Dave
  23. David Conwill

    Suggestions for hat stores in Detroit

    I haven't got any hat stores or pubs to offer, but I'll encourage you to check out the Henry Ford Museum or the Rouge plant while you're in the area: both Golden Era marvels. -Dave

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