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AbbaDatDeHat

I'll Lock Up
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Jon Green (apparently, a really high end bespoke tailor) Suede leather jackets. Stunning quality. 2 of these:

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Jacket from Gieves & Hawkes

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4130 steel GT mountain bike

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squier strat standard

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Gazelle 753 steel road bike with campagnolo parts

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AE walnut strands in my size

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Schwinn LeTour in my size after a quick cleanup/restoration

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Nice all!!
I remember when that LeTour was THE bike to have. At least in the states. Sweet.
 
I was pretty stoked to find an original work of art by Georgia folk artist R.A. Miller at a yard sale today for only $5.

Knowledge is power Dale! I wouldn't have known to give that a second look. Very cool...

Today's finds, a water jug from Westinghouse made by Hall China co, from the forties. My wife appreciates vintage kitchenware, so this was her find of the day at $8. My finds were a boot jack for $2, and a box of leather tools for $40. I like finding older American made leather tools, they are better than tools available now. The envelopes contain tools that were never used.

I gather the pitcher was an accessory for a Westinghouse refrigerator? I know we have some of those glass refrigerator dishes you see fairly often. Nice boot jack -- fits in well with the carved leather look. Great snag on the tools! My sister has my Grandfather's leather tools. She would probably use them more than I would (as I have no skills in that area). Congrats on the finds!

Gazelle 753 steel road bike with campagnolo parts

Nice Gazelle! (great finds all-around there D.) I wish the LeTour would have been in my local Schwinn dealer's showroom in '73 when I bought a Super Sport.
 

Desert dog

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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California
Jon Green (apparently, a really high end bespoke tailor) Suede leather jackets. Stunning quality. 2 of these:

11c12719fe99bcf65d9d5374342c333b.jpg


Jacket from Gieves & Hawkes

17a521495ac9f2502e8d0f066726c63c.jpg


4130 steel GT mountain bike

0d07d266203714f18fc68293abbab597.jpg


squier strat standard

8486744e2d8fd039c0505c42d6a29e6b.jpg


Gazelle 753 steel road bike with campagnolo parts

d25832146c8cd20ee740b125088e3da8.jpg


AE walnut strands in my size

dbad19acd7755b1fd5d275baa1001be0.jpg


Schwinn LeTour in my size after a quick cleanup/restoration

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What a nice group. You did really well!

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Dnewma04

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MI
I hadn’t been on this site in quite some time, so these were some of the highlights since the last time. It wasn’t all in one stop. :)


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Bugguy

Practically Family
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Nashville, TN
Sorting through the remnants of my mother's possessions, I came across this find... a 1934 Chicago Century of Progress book mark in great condition. Being from Chicago, I've seen commemorative spoons and other items from 1934, but this is really nice. Brass with light blue enamel showing the Sky Ride, Ft. Dearborn, Federal Bldg. and Science Tower. I would have loved to have been there at the time.

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Woodtroll

One Too Many
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Mtns. of SW Virginia
I would say it was how I was raised, but Dad and Grandpa had Fords (or Internationals). I married into the GMC religion. :D

I think that's how most of us developed our vehicle preferences - what we were raised with, and in my case, what I am used to working on. Our family has always been a Ford and Jeep (Cherokees and Patriots) family. We use a lot of GM pickups, Suburbans, and Tahoes at work as utility and response vehicles though, and I will readily admit that they are solid vehicles too. My "poking" is intended as a friendly jab. :)
 
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Riding around in that truck, wearing that beautiful Pendleton. Life must be good !

Life is good Ed (it was before the coat and truck too). I fit in the truck, but I don't fit in the Pendleton. If my daughter rejects it (like my wife did) it will go on the "pile of things to sell" (that I never seem to get around to selling).
 
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The wife picked up this vintage Mexican chair last week.

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Today we found this paint-by-number (16” x 20”).

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A vintage two quart jar.

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A round puzzle of Key West.

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And a miniature version of my dog.

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Nice finds!

The paint by number ducks are making me real happy!

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