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    When they say "Butcher's cap", do they refer to a newsboy styled cap? In the 1930s

    After reading some interviews from old hpt rodders back in the 1930s, it was said that guys would buy white "butcher's caps" because they were cheap, and after they got dirty they'd throw them away and buy new ones. The only "white" caps I see in photos in the books I have dealin with hot...
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    Alternative "Vintage"ways to heat your home

    Hey, they'd make one hell of a mailbox!lol
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    Who would be interested to see a WWII era garage display? WWII Weekend?

    HA! Yep, on the east coast that's one part of it,...that, circle track racing, and on the west coast the dry lakes of muroc, and the birth of the SCTA, etc.
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    Tune in for vintage radio in the PA, NJ, NY area!

    Sure is! Couldnt remember the call letter at the time!!:eusa_doh:
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    Who would be interested to see a WWII era garage display? WWII Weekend?

    For those of you familiar, and unfamiliar, with WWII Weekend put on be the folks at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, (http://www.maam.org/maamwwii.html), I had been wanting for a long time, to get together with the homefront reenactors/living historians, to get them to work with us and allow us to...
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    Alternative "Vintage"ways to heat your home

    You need to look at the statistics as to how they were used and then how many fires, etc were caused by them. There's a right and wrong way to use them, like everything else, thats all. Such as, say a hunting rifle. I was raised and grew up around hunting and fishing. I was raised and...
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    Anyone from Philadelphia, PA area know "Vintage Steve?"

    Steve used to be good friends with us,....used to sell vintage on south street but had closed up shop years ago. Wondering what ever happened to him,...if he ever got back into it, etc?? Sure do miss him!:(
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    Historic Hot Rod Club Revived! est. 1936, reborn 2007.

    yep familiar with those guys,..very neat site! thank you.
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    Looking for old 1930s-40s vintage garage door plans! (or garage plans w/doors??)

    Looking for vintage garage door plans such as the old one piece shin kicker doors that opened up as,...well, one piece. Also interested in any other old designs/plans for others such as the two-door sliding ones, etc. (example of one style of sliding doors, on 1930s garage) (example of...
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    Alternative "Vintage"ways to heat your home

    Oh yes, my mistake,...on the noxious fumes on the coal fired one,...I forgot to mention that the one my father's friend had used a chimney pipe that extended from the back of it. You cant see very many ads for these where they show anything more than the front, BUT if you look at the first ad...
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    Vintage Sunglasses

    Definitley NOT 50s,...had a pair JUST like them in the past,...dont ask what happened to them, lets not go there!...:eusa_doh: Anyway, the design and material that they're made of is dead on to the stylings of the 1930s and possibly 1920s! Great look.
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    Vintage Sunglasses

    I always liked those 20s/30s driving goggle-type sunglasses. Very cool, dinerman . . . bk Sure do look like the same type od "safety" glasses that were availible as burning glasses for industrial and construction workers. I'm a boilermaker/welder by trade,..have several old magazines...
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    Historic Movie Palaces

    Theaters in the Allentown, PA area and so on Well, there are four great theaters all within a small drive from my home in PA. The Roxy Theater in Northapton, PA. (The theatre was first opened on Feb. 1st, 1921 as the LYRIC Theatre) Restored to the early 1930s condition! AMAZING PLACE...
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    Why doesn't anyone stop this madness?

    Big business ala developers with deep unfilled pockets, eyes filled with dollar signs and a get rich quick mantra swirlin in their heads. Its easier to tear down and build new than to preserve,....or so they mutter! That's like the "State Movie Theater" in Nanticoke, PA. Said it was beyond...
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    Alternative "Vintage"ways to heat your home

    Actually, as I'm doing some research right now on them,....from what I've found thus far, they are nothing more than what you see in many modern homes as a wood burner,....just an older version, and depending on the model, burned wood, oil, gas or coal as mentioned. I'd say the safest would be...
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    Alternative "Vintage"ways to heat your home

    My father picked up what is called a "Heaterola",...of course this might just be the manufacturer's name only,...not sure yet. Anyway, its an old coal-fired heater, that looks much like an old wood heater. They made them to burn oil, wood, gas and coal. My father's came from a close friend's...
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    Historic Hot Rod Club Revived! est. 1936, reborn 2007.

    Twitch... Is that a Packard straight eight? I notice its a flathead configuration,...packard comes to mind.
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    Show us your TIES

    Last time I counted,....(about a year ago),...I had a total of 250 old ties dating from the 1930s to late 1940s,....and you know, its just a fact, there is NO substitute for the REAL THING! You can buy a modern tie with some deco-inspired design on it, that's made in Indonesia and made of...
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    Historic Hot Rod Club Revived! est. 1936, reborn 2007.

    Well for now we've got four members,..small but I think its better to be a small sized club sometimes. We're small because of the fact that these are rods being built as period correct rods,...so its hard to allow someone with a nice hot rod that looks like it belongs in 1941 to join when he's...
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    Historic Hot Rod Club Revived! est. 1936, reborn 2007.

    a 238 six?? I know an inline six in the mid 30s late 40s was a 216 CI engine,...later they came out with 235 CI in the late 1940s/50s....GMC had the 228, 248, 270 ,298 and later in the mid 1950s the 302 inline six. What's the 238 from?? My speed tech is old stuff,...if its pre 1955 I can...

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