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  1. David Conwill

    Your golden-era model railroads!

    Ha!
  2. David Conwill

    Your golden-era model railroads!

    Very cool! I'm a little suspicious of that fella photographing all the trains. Is he a spy?
  3. David Conwill

    Vintage roadside

    And more's the pity! I already mentally redecorate most Chinese restaurants as tiki lounges. I'll probably start envisioning a similar treatment for Mexican places. Not that there are many, sadly, around here.
  4. David Conwill

    Your golden-era model railroads!

    Wow, looks quite authentic!
  5. David Conwill

    Vintage Cars

    Everywhere! It should have 40 to 50 hp, plus a Ruckstell and accessory brakes, so it will be quite competent.
  7. David Conwill

    Vintage Cars

    That’s already what I’m up to with my Model T project. Everything will be ‘30s-vintage or older (though some parts will be reproductions or what I call “period plausible”) with a stylistic date to 1933-’34. The Chevrolet would be a follow-on to that. I was given the mechanical parts of a 1936...
  8. David Conwill

    Vintage Cars

    Excuse the awful photos of photos, but with all this talk of specials, I've got to mention my enthusiasm for the road-race specials built by fellows in the Automobile Racing Club of America back in the '30s. I recently gained access to a copy of Joel Finn's book American Road Racing: The 1930s...
  9. David Conwill

    Vintage roadside

    I don't know why I assumed @Ghostsoldier 's image was in D.C. Turns out it was taken in New Hampshire in 1936.
  10. David Conwill

    Vintage roadside

    Referring to the 42nd Infantry Division, I'm sure. I wonder if he passed out free food to the Bonus Army?
  11. David Conwill

    Vintage Appliances

    We had a similar issue when I worked in the archives at Central Michigan University. The computer system used by the college in the '80s was made by Singer and used proprietary software and printers. The machines were dying and there was no money to reverse-engineer the software for...
  13. David Conwill

    Vintage Cars

    I've always enjoyed Austin Sevens. Their U.S. counterpart, the American Austin, was a staple of 1930s amateur road racing here, and I wouldn't hate owning an Austin-based special--though the hills around here might be a challenge. We have a Bantam roadster in the museum here and I am impressed...
  14. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    A couple good ones just popped up on Shorpy this morning. The one I didn't upload because it was too big (I'll try to resize later) is one of my favorites, but this one is pretty cool too!
  15. David Conwill

    What car to go with your flight jackets?

    Jack Richards here wasn't a pilot, but he worked in the aviation industry and I think he'd look right at home in an A-1 in this photo taken at Muroc in 1939. He's driving a '29 Ford roadster with a '36 Ford V-8 installed, plus that swanky Auburn instrument cluster.
  16. David Conwill

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    That is wonderful, @fireman !
  17. David Conwill

    Fountain Pen

    When I first got into Varsities, I purchased ink and refilled them by removing the end cap with pliers and replenishing the ink with a syringe. Actually, inspired by this post, I've refilled my dried-up Sheaffer and put it back to work! Those Chinese pens are sorely tempting. I actually have a...
  19. David Conwill

    Show us your Guns!

    That's how a revolver ought to look. One of those or a S&W in .38 Special would be my ideal handgun.
  20. David Conwill

    Scotch tape

    Yes, exactly. Just like the joke about the shortest books in the library including "A History of Scots-Irish Charity." Same reason penny-pinching Uncle Scrooge is portrayed with a Scottish accent, I suspect.
  21. David Conwill

    Your golden-era model railroads!

    Great job on the truck! And I love the attention to detail with the county code. When I had my '62 Falcon, I was adamant about tracking down plates with the right county code for where I lived. Those skinny whitewalls would have been perfect for 1965, but way out of place for the '40s.
  22. David Conwill

    Old gas stations

    I'm thinking it's Doeskin Tan and Colonial White. Generally speaking, I'm not a huge fan of '57 Fords (I'd much rather have a '57 drivetrain in a '55), but that one is pretty nice!
  23. David Conwill

    Scotch tape

    And don't forget the Studebaker Scotsman, a car so cheap they painted the hubcaps! Back on topic: Somewhere I've seen a wartime ad for Scotch Tape with a lady repairing an umbrella and lamenting that they were using all the tape to seal blood cartons for the front.

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