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  1. David Conwill

    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    It's funny. The illustrations with the NYT article have a real po-mo, ironic, hipster slant to them that I don't really feel is as present in the "dressing well" movement as it used to be. Certainly the present swell of sartorial interest owes some of its origins to the almost-parody...
  2. David Conwill

    New Buck Rogers

    I wonder: Will Buck teach the locals the lost art of the artillery barrage and bayonet charge to defeat their enemies? -Dave
  3. David Conwill

    My Grandfather's Borsalino Lives Again

    How wonderful. Oh but that I had one of my grandfather's felt hats. Sadly, even if I did, it wouldn't fit me. -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    Ah, I see that in the second pic. The sepia tone in the first pic had me fooled. Straight eights make me weak in the knees. Great car, and a great story to go with it. I'm glad you got her and not a street rodder, she's a real time capsule from the sounds of it. -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    Great looking coupe, Norman. I love the green and the whitewalls. Is she a six or an eight? -Dave
  7. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    I wonder if you could just eliminate the fluid coupling and run it as a standard trans. -Dave
  8. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    Thanks so much, Flivver. I can't wait to give it a try. Perhaps I'll pull out the radio and take it with me when I go home for the holidays. There's a truly excellent Radio Shack in Muskegon, too. I take it you've done this before? -Dave
  9. David Conwill

    Ecperience a WW2 POW Camp

    Sounds like the premise for Hostel IV or something. I'll stick to a DVD of The Great Escape . -Dave
  10. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    I think my shop manual has the schematic. First step will be to make sure the old radio works at all. It lights up when switched on, but the add-on radio is hooked into the speaker and antenna, so I’ve no way of knowing right at the moment. Mr. H (and I can’t wait for that video) mentions a...
  11. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    FoMoCo had a troublesome full-auto transmission in '41 or '42 called the Liquimatic. It has a poor reputation, though, and I believe most were recalled and replaced with conventional 3-speed transmissions. It did not reappear after the War and Ford was without an automatic of its own until the...
  13. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    Olds in the thirties could do things that more-conservative Cadillac could not, so after the Hydramatic had proven itself in the Oldsmobile lineup (along with the earlier "Safety Automatic", which I believe was a type of semi-auto), it was extended to the Cadillac brand. It was also used in...
  14. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    The same. -Dave
  15. David Conwill

    My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

    I would love to know how this was done. I have a tube radio in my Falcon that needs an auxiliary jack so I can plug in my iPhone (and get rid of the ugly ‘90s am/fm/cassette under the dash). My brother the electronics engineer says it’s just a matter of hooking into the amplifier - as if I...
  16. David Conwill

    The Resortes805 Collection

    Wow, I think I need some high-gorge double breasteds now. Beautiful collection, Resortes. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    I love the Fed IV!!

    Buckaroo Hatters’ radical alterations, actually. Mike refused to send me a sneak preview, citing Santa’s list and all that, so I’m waiting with as much eager anticipation as anyone! I had the seller of the base hat (Doublegun) send it direct to Mike, and Mike sent it directly to my parents...
  19. David Conwill

    To actually EXPERIENCE the era....

    I just did a 290 mile round trip in the Falcon today. Holy cow. I’ve been back for an hour and the cold is still in me. The car was a champ in the snow, though, even without snow tires. Despite several horror stories from older folks I know who had Falcons back when they were new(er), I...
  20. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    They've done away with guns, so I can only imagine there's no more crime. ;) -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    So when did the boater sink from popular wear?

    I was in Henry the Hatter in Detroit this fall and spotted the boaters on clearance (the Italian ones - which are back in production BTW). Alas, there were none in my size. I mentioned this tradition to the fellow behind the counter, and laughed that nobody would do that now because they...
  22. David Conwill

    To actually EXPERIENCE the era....

    What's your point? Clearly there is no way to experience any era but the present. But “Why I Wore A Car Coat This Morning: A close approximation of what it must have been like to start and warm up a Keller-era Plymouth on a cold morning in the 1950s” might have a bit cumbersome for a thread...
  23. David Conwill

    To actually EXPERIENCE the era....

    Experiencing the era? Probably not while driving in traffic, but while warming it up in the driveway or rambling alone down a back road, I think yes. In actuality, I think of owning my Falcon today as being somewhat the equivalent of owning a Model A back when my car was new. There is a...

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