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  1. StraightEight

    Photo time portals

    Great stuff, Davep! Some of those pics are very familiar, especially the one of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Here's Mrs. StraightEight holding the 75-cent postcard of liberation day up to the real thing 65 yrs later. The one of the tank rolling past the jeep through Carentan was used on the town's 65th...
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    Photo time portals

    Interesting Russian website mixing WW2 and modern photos. Apologies if this has been posted already. http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/
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    Who needs four-wheel drive? Offroading in the Golden Era.

    I don't know of any company that rents jeeps, but perhaps there are. It definitely be easier than what we did. Our trip was a complex logistical operation that started seven months in advance. We bought ours from a guy near Stansted, UK the December prior through a website called www.Milweb.net...
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    Who needs four-wheel drive? Offroading in the Golden Era.

    Our favorite (and first) vintage 4wd trip. The GPW has a pretty crude 4wd system by modern standards. Three modes: 2 hi, 4 hi, and 4 low. The front hubs are locked so the front axle is always turning, even in 2 hi. There is no center differential so 4wd is for off-road use only. Front and rear...
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    Who needs four-wheel drive? Offroading in the Golden Era.

    Not to diminish the accomplishments of those old cars, but the Rubicon was a much more developed trail in those days, to service the trappers and the Rubicon Springs Hotel.
  7. StraightEight

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Doesn't look correct to me. I've never known a starter to rely on some kind of interference fit of two parts to make the connection. If your car is still 6v and that connection is as bad as it sounds, you could be losing a volt or two across the connection if not the whole six, and that will...
  8. StraightEight

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I have catalogs for the following Mopar outlets: The Paddock Dodge/Plymouth, Atlas Obsolete Parts, Pro Antique Auto Parts, and Andy Bernbaum Auto Parts (www.oldmoparts.com)
  9. StraightEight

    The Sunday Drive

    Smithy, here's one for you and the Aussies. The car that pic of the Elan was taken from was my '72 Chrysler Valiant Charger 770. Imported it out of Sydney and owned it just for a couple of years. It went to Chicago, then back to Australia!
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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    We have several threads for cars in various parts of the forum. But there's always room for more. I have posted pics ad nauseam of my two oldies, but here they are again. By the way, Silver Dollar's modeling skills are amazing. 1948 Buick Special Model 46S Sedanette 1958 DeSoto Firedome
  11. StraightEight

    Any modelers on Fedora Lounge?

    Hey, is there room in this thread for diecasts? I used to make plastic kits until the Chinese got better at making/painting them than me. Various brands here, including Dragon, Hobby Master, etc.
  13. StraightEight

    The Ludendorff Bridge

    Terrible. If you've read the Ken Hechler book, the movie is a travesty and pretty awful on a cinematic level. Made with way too much late '60s anti-war sentiment to be accurate. And why did they change all the names? Karl Timmermann was an instant celebrity. He made the front page of US...
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    The Ludendorff Bridge

    Stole a rental car early Tuesday morning from our film shoot at the Nurburgring and dashed up to Remagen. It was a spectacular June morning for a visit to the remains of the Ludendorff Bridge. Old Glory still flies over the west towers. It's more than 65 years after Able Company of the...
  15. StraightEight

    New found color film of VJ Day in Honolulu

    Love the footage. Haven't decided if I like the dubbed in sound. It does immerse you in the film more, even if its not real.
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    Vintage cars, golden era photo shoots

    Amen brother! Well, at least, as stunning as a Virgil Exner Mopar.
  17. StraightEight

    Yesterday I attended a Jeep Wedding

    Congratulations! It looks great. And the crane technique has some historical precedent... Assembling jeeps for the front in a field in Le Cambe, France, in Normandy, 1944.
  19. StraightEight

    The Sunday Drive

    Saturday and Sunday drives are almost every weekend around here. Here are pics from various drives over the years. Wish I still had all of these cars... Friends took this one of us in the DeSoto. Boy, I miss my Espada! That was a hot car. My pal Morgan's '67 Elan. Now gone...
  20. StraightEight

    "Air-Camping"

    I don't think you'd live to tell the tale. Actually, it's pretty much impossible. Even if you leave both the canvas and the mosquito netting tied up, the openings are at your head and feet, so you'd have to do some pretty vigorous rolling to fall out, and you don't generally do that kind of...
  21. StraightEight

    "Air-Camping"

    There are several varieties. We put a South African-made Eezi-Awn on the Montero about four years ago and have used it all over the American west and as a portable hotel at the race tracks. It has proved warm inside during snowfall, dry during rainfall, and very sturdy in high winds. I only lose...
  22. StraightEight

    Green Detroit, 1942

    Great photo! Looks like a relatively quiet Saturday in the summer. I'm wondering why you can't see the letters on the GM building. Did those come later? Recently, a friend pointed them out as we drove down I-275 near the airport, lying in a scrap yard.
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    favorite cars of the golden era

    Better move this post: he's got three pics of the bikes, but only one of the car! ;)

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