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  1. David Conwill

    Vintage Phones

    Try walking into your local Radio Shack, hobby shop, or independently owned hardware store. Ask the clerks and anyone that looks like they tend to hang around if they know of anyone who solders electronics and tell him or her about your project. Odds are someone will volunteer to do the...
  2. David Conwill

    Golden Era phone books

    http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/tuscola/Directory/Carophonedirectory.htm The above link is to scanned images of phone books for Caro, MI for 1939, 1940, 1944, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1966, and 1969-1970. Note that the system was neither Bell nor GTE like it was in most of the state, but rather the...
  3. David Conwill

    Student Jalopies of the 1940s

    I thought everyone might get a kick out of these old LIFE photos I just discovered: A California Tech student driving a Ford jalopy, 1941. Russian flyers Anatoly Barsov and Peter Pirogov enjoying a ride in a topless jalopy, 1949 Available full-size by plugging jalopy source:life...
  4. David Conwill

    Vintage Phones

    Bingles, you PM’d me about this the other day and I’d quite forgotten about it until just now. I’m very sorry. There’s not too much tech savvy required to build a plug-in handset for a cellphone, just (minimal) soldering skill. This link explains how to do it. I started down this path...
  5. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    Actually, the house is huge, though the front elevation makes it look small. It’s something like 3400 square feet (though this counts the enclosed porch, something that I believe was added in the late 1960s). The house is known in town as the “Neal House” because the Neal family owned it from...
  7. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    Well, the barn doors are in okay shape. The track has sagged a bit and the right-side door needs to be tilted out a bit to slide. The left side door hadn’t been opened in many years and the bottom board had soaked up so much moisture it had expanded and glued the door in place. I ended up...
  8. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    Here's mine: I’m not sure how old, but I’d guess it was built c. 1882 (newspapers from 1881-1882 fell out of the dining room ceiling), with substantial remodeling c. 1918 (newspapers from 1917-1918 came out of the upstairs bathroom floor). It’s 90% original with a couple very high-end...
  9. David Conwill

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

    I’m glad to hear it - though I hope we don’t have to ever see Don Draper with shaggy sideburns and polyester double-knit bell bottoms. -Dave
  10. David Conwill

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

    Yes! It made me want to (re)learn the Charleston. Not that I was ever that good, mind you. I enjoyed the whole ‘20s nostalgia thing. It was funny watching people in a show reminiscing about 40 years ago themselves reminiscing about 40 years ago. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Deuce Coupe and other hotrods

    Nobody has mentioned what a cool hot rod the Austin 7 roadsters make. Might be a little easier to find in the UK, too. -Dave
  13. David Conwill

    Lawn Mowers

    Mine came with a crank and some lapping compount (like an abraisive suspended in grease). You insert the crank in the side gears and it turns the blades backward, if you smear lapping compound on them first, it sharpens itself. Your hardware store may be able to sharpen blades, mine does. Of...
  14. David Conwill

    We're here because...

    Is there such a thing as Golden Era Football still being played? Y’know, with leather helmets, sweaters, and lots of mud? I might go to see that! -Dave
  15. David Conwill

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

    I should mention that I think this season is getting better, but one thing I caught. When Don sent William packing without his father-in-law’s Lincoln he advised him to take the New York Central and specifically recommended the Broadway Limited. That’s not right - the Broadway Limited was the...
  16. David Conwill

    I love the Fed IV!!

    To further your indecision, let me note that I didn’t see the discussion on the shortcomings of the brim before I posted the above. I agree, but with the caveat that I was able to train the brim to flip down in the front and up in the back after about a month of fiddling. I’m still very...
  17. David Conwill

    I love the Fed IV!!

    I agree that the Fed IV is probably the best production hat available right now. I’ve long wanted a Stetson Whippet, but they’ve been priced out of my range right from the get-go (especially for something 60 years old that I can’t inspect first). The Federation seemed like a nice compromise...
  19. David Conwill

    Lawn Mowers

    When I became a homeowner back in March (very cool 19th Century house with WWI-era updates that I really should post here sometime), I rushed out and bought a new reel mower from Ace Hardware. It’s no antique, but it’s an identical design and great to use. Unfortunately, it doesn’t deal with...
  20. David Conwill

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

    I loved Don’s sunglasses in the “Maypole” scene - I wonder if they’re vintage, or available new. WARNING: SPOILER BELOW BTW, did anyone else notice that Roger’s daughter is getting married the day after President Kennedy is going to be assassinated? -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    I like them very well. So does my wife. So well, in fact, that she’s suggested I use them for work and not for hard work. :rolleyes: -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    They do, and I ordered it but the sleeves are too short for me. They are sold by chest size, so I’d have to step up to large to get sleeves long enough, and I don’t want one that loose fitting. I’m in the process of returning it. -Dave
  23. David Conwill

    We're here because...

    Why are you here? I came because Port Halcyon died and I wanted to be amongst those with an understanding and appreciation of the past. What are your main interests? It depends on the day. I don’t lurk on the board very much, but rather I use Google to search it for topics that I’m...

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