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The Stratoliner Society {VINTAGE}
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Stratoliner kissing cousin to the B-17? It looks quite a lot like a '17 with a pressurized cabin. As for the ad with the businessman/traveling salesman/adulterer, isn't it possible that it is his wife but she's just seeing him off? I don't think...- David Conwill
- Post #172
- Forum: Hats
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Clothing on my sidecar...
The extra trim you're referring to was around from '41 to '46. In '47 they went to the chrome badge with the orange ball in front of the Harley logo. Those aren't aftermarket wheels, I don't think, but rather XA-style wheelcovers. I have only recently seen those on two XAs (Harley clone of...- David Conwill
- Post #18
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Boater faction!
Face mashing! Now that's funny. BTW, you do look swell in that boater. -Dave- David Conwill
- Post #60
- Forum: Hats
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Boater faction!
It's funny you mention that, because oddly enough, I saw two boaters last Friday at the parade. Not in the parade, mind you, but attending it with their respective owners.* And you know what? They looked good! Not in the least bit novel or "look at me." I think it's just further evidence...- David Conwill
- Post #58
- Forum: Hats
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favorite cars of the golden era
I'm pretty sure that's a Tatra 77. -Dave- David Conwill
- Post #410
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Show us your motorcycles!
A few more reasons I find myself wanting a flat twin more and more... Civilianized Harley XA Military Harley XA Original BMW R71 1953 Ural solo Zündapp KS 750 - love that frame! -Dave- David Conwill
- Post #52
- Forum: The Display Case
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Sky Captain Review!!!
I was just thinking about writing a Dieselpunk short story today and decided to see what the board had thought about Sky Captain when it came out. I thought the film was pretty decent, but my criticism is the opposite of Mr. Deckard's above - the crudely animated automobiles were a bizarre...- David Conwill
- Post #32
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Stratoliner Society {VINTAGE}
Gosh guys, these are nice. If I weren't so concerned about looking like a cowboy, I might have to someday get a Campdraft and try to fit in with you stylish gents. -Dave- David Conwill
- Post #115
- Forum: Hats
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Vintage Appliances
Late fifties, early sixties? Can't go wrong with white, of course, but I think by that time metal colors like copper and aluminum had come in, along with oranges and avacado green (kind of like a foretaste of the '70s). For a repaint, I would treat it just like an automobile. Remove...- David Conwill
- Post #2
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Driving golden era cars in the modern era
No, quite the opposite, actually. Lots of people in big SUVs get a power trip out of intimidating anyone in a more vulnerable position - compact cars, motorcycles, and classics. They're kind of taking advantage of the fact that the average old car person's vehicle is "their baby" and they...- David Conwill
- Post #14
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Driving golden era cars in the modern era
Well, to start out, I should confess that I'm a recovering hot rodder and my "old" car is from 1968, but my true love is cars of the '30s, '40s, and '50s. I prefer original engines with modern trannies and brakes, but I don't think they're absolute necessities if you drive reasonably and...- David Conwill
- Post #2
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Just visited a wonderful music shop in Grand Rapids last night. They have an absolute ton of used and new vinyl. It's a more punk-rock oriented shop, but that just means all the "good stuff" is relegated to the $1 bins and you can get some real steals. I didn't have much time, but did...- David Conwill
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- Forum: Radio
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Borat- the new Sherlock Holmes!
Something like the old "Sherlock Hound" animated films but without the anthromorphic animal characters and aimed at an adult audience. That could be good, in fact. As for a comedy version? Bleh. -Dave- David Conwill
- Post #11
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Non-suit wearers, lend me your ears!
I wear sportcoats, sweaters and slacks a lot with my fedoras. I rarely have call to wear a tie, but sometimes I do anyway. However, on the occasions when I do wear jeans with a fedora, I'm usually still wearing a collared shirt along with a cardigan. I think of it as my 1940s-yardmaster...- David Conwill
- Post #8
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps
I would love to see that stuff too. My great-grandfather was an EM with the 7th Cavalry in the 1890s and retired as an officer right after the Great War. -Dave- David Conwill
- Post #479
- Forum: Hats
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Clothing on my sidecar...
This is a little earlier than you want, probably, being from '31 (advertisement is for the 45 ci DL), but when I think "good guy" (the post-war 99%er) motorcyclist from the '30s, this is the image that springs to mind: Detail: Big Apple cap, Plus Fours/Knickerbockers, and some kind...- David Conwill
- Post #15
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Fed and Fed Deluxe not available now???
They ought to be right, I cut-and-pasted them right off the David Morgan website. I couldn't remember the old Fed III dimensions off hand, I actually thought it had a 3" non-dimensional brim. Nevertheless, if one is concerned about the new Fed IV being too narrow, this would be a decent...- David Conwill
- Post #12
- Forum: Hats
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Show us your vintage home!
I would be very interested. I have been planning to build an AM transmitter for an MP3 player so as to get vintage tunes in an original radio, but that would be a great project for one that was cosmetically good but had bad internals. Perhaps a seperate thread is in order. -Dave- David Conwill
- Post #615
- Forum: Your Vintage Home
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Fed and Fed Deluxe not available now???
Having read the post about "Hats in Melbourne" it would appear that David Morgan is now carrying an Akubra hat called the Adventurer (it having replaced an earlier hat by the same name) that is sold as an 5-1/2" open-crown, medium brown, Indy-style fedora with a dimensional brim of 3-1/8" front...- David Conwill
- Post #10
- Forum: Hats
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At the Dog Track... The Whippets
Thanks Gene, I'll add that to my list of "acceptable substitutes." More than acceptable, actually. Fact is, I don't care if what I've got on my head is a Stetson or something I've never heard of, I just want a hat that looks like that. In fact, buying a Dobbs would be perfect, since all I own...- David Conwill
- Post #113
- Forum: Hats
