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  1. Stanley Doble

    How do you think a vintage diner would do in modern times?

    I'm also leery of any business with deep fat fryers because of the increased insurance cost and the cost of installing, not just the fryers but the ventilation and fire safety equipment. This is why I would be looking at things like sub sandwiches, soup, pizza, or possibly an ice cream store...
  2. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    When you step on the brake pedal does it move freely for an inch or so before you feel any resistance? And do you then push a little farther before the brakes take hold? If not there is not enough free play in the pedal. The relief port is not blocked by dirt or by the sleeve. It is blocked by...
  3. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The break you describe sounds like metal fatigue possibly caused by the stop and start routine described earlier. I hope that is not going to happen every 73 years :)
  4. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    It could be the brake pedal rod does not have enough clearance in the master cylinder. There is a little hole to release the pressure off the brakes but the master cylinder piston has to retract all the way to open it. There should be 1/2 inch or so of free play on the brake pedal before it...
  5. Stanley Doble

    Period Films and Inaccuraces

    Really? I thought the only 20s thing in it was the title.
  7. Stanley Doble

    How do you think a vintage diner would do in modern times?

    I always wanted to have a diner called "Mom's Home Cooking". So when people asked, where is Mom? I could say, she's home, cooking. :) You can use that if you want. I'm never going to have another restaurant. Here's another idea. In the local area, in the last 20 or 30 years, there were 2...
  8. Stanley Doble

    How do you think a vintage diner would do in modern times?

    You would need to keep in mind that most of your patrons would not be concerned much with "vintage" style. To them it would be just another gimmick. In other words it would not be enough to be vintage. You would need the right location, good food, advertizing, whatever goes into a successful...
  9. Stanley Doble

    Good deal on a Demob suit

    Demob suit? Wasn't that a cheaply made suit issued to British soldiers on leaving the army after WW2? Demob short for demobilisation? I thought they were a distinctive style of suit made for a short period of time like 1945 - 46. I understood they were usually only worn for a short period of...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Before you laugh at the Nash-Healey with its six cylinder Nash engine, one finished in the money at Le Mans in 1952 - third behind 2 factory entered Mercedes 300SLs. A Ferrari came 4th. Their Le Mans record: 1950. 66 cars started the race, only 29 finished. Nash - Healey ran 4th 1951. 4th in...
  11. Stanley Doble

    Why has the "sanforized" label disappeared?

    Perhaps today's synthetics and synthetic blends do not need to be sanforized because they do not shrink in the wash like pure cotton.
  13. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    In recent years I have noticed a large number of late thirties and forties Dodge, Plymouth, DeSoto and Chrysler cars coming out of nowhere. I don't know why they should be so common as they were the least popular of the big 3 makes when new. They do seem to have a high survival rate. Too bad I...
  14. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Ha ha ha, that's the one. It is even the same color as mine. Now imagine me @ 6' 3" and 265lbs behind the wheel. Clown car for sure.
  15. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Likes and dislikes are a funny thing. Our family had 6 or 7 slant six Dodge and Plymouth cars back when they were popular. All were good, reliable, economical and long lived - except one. My brother bought a new Aspen station wagon when they were going through a molting period, 1976 I think. He...
  16. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I had a 71 Mercury full size wagon that was terrible and put me off Ford products. Then 7 or 8 years ago I took a 97 Lincoln as a trade to make a deal and it was a great car even though it was an ex limo service car and had over 300,000 miles on it. So 4 years ago I bought a 2000 Ford...
  17. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    You are right about the accent thing. It jarred me the first time I heard a professor lecture with a southern accent. As a northerner from Canada, my only exposure to southern accents was from TV and movies and they never portrayed a southerner as an educated person. No doubt there are millions...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    If you like large cars.... how about a 1926 Renault sport model with 9 liter engine? If you are tired of those little Cadillacs and Lincolns. Jay Leno explains: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/cars/renault/1926-renault-40cv-labourdette-skiff/
  20. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The Renno did require some repairs during its 10 year life. But not as many as a Ford, and not as expensive. In fairness the Renno head gasket would not have blown if the owner had stopped when the engine overheated due to a leaking rad hose. And the starter would not have failed if the owner...
  21. Stanley Doble

    If you could solve just one mystery....

    You would have to read Hodel's books. He is a police detective who knows how to find and evaluate evidence. He also has family photo albums and other personal information that was not available to the police. He connected the Black Dahlia killing to his father who was an important official in...
  22. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I had a Renault and loved it. A 1984 LeCar, I bought it off the back of a car lot for $400. It was only 4 years old. I replaced the blown head gasket and it was good as new. Then I waxed it and detailed it, and it was like a brand new car. The dealer I bought it from saw me driving it one day...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Is chivalry dead?

    If you say "chivalry is dead" today most people will think you mean your Chevrolet broke down.

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