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Victor Records Website
As a fan of Victor Records from the Golden Era, I was delighted when a friend sent me this website: http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php It's from the University of California at Santa Barbara and contains some very interesting and useful information for anyone interested in Victor... -
My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey
That's right...I forgot about the switch! An SPST switch between the plate of the second detector tube and the tap-in will interrupt the signal from the radio tuner when radio is not desired.- Flivver
- Post #150
- Forum: The Display Case
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Digitizing alternatives
This is great information, Orion. I had forgotten to consider the importance of using correct equalization when digitizing pre-1955 records. Since I have several mono preamps with adjustable turnover and rolloff, I think the best solution for me will be to use my regular turntable with... -
My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey
The development of a workable automatic transmission was no easy task ca. 1940. GM had been working on automatic transmissions since the late 1920s and gained important field experience with the semi-automatic "Safety Transmission" used on Buick and Olds in 1937-38. The Ford Liqua-Matic was an...- Flivver
- Post #147
- Forum: The Display Case
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My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey
It's really not too hard to do if you have the schematic diagram for your Falcon radio. You need to tap in with an RCA jack and a small capacitor between the plate of the second detector tube and the input grid of the first audio tube of your radio. Armed with the schematic, I'm sure your...- Flivver
- Post #146
- Forum: The Display Case
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crosley radios
Looks 1929-1930 to me. If you post the Model number I should be able to tell you exactly. I particularly like the lightning-bolt speaker grille design...very attractive. From your photos, the cabinet appears to be in excellent condition and should not be refinished. I use Howard's Finnish... -
Digitizing alternatives
If the software has a line-in level adjustment, it should work. Thank you! -
Digitizing alternatives
Thanks for that great outline on operating the Ion, Bassman. I was given one of these recently but haven't had a chance to use it yet. Regarding the line-in connection on a computer, do you know if the software will correct for (amplify) a low level output from a magnetic phono cartridge... -
Driving Around New York City
Thanks for posting that great clip, Carlisle, and the stills from it. Thoroughly enjoyable! If anybody cares, the double-decker bus at the end of the video is a Fageol Safety Coach that Lloyd borrowed from the Los Angeles Street Railway. It's not a movie prop, just a regular city bus taken...- Flivver
- Post #13
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Show us your vehicles
"Drive a DeSoto, then decide" "And, don't forget to tell them Groucho sent you" When I was five, our local DeSoto-Plymouth dealer had a life-size cardboard Groucho Marx standing next to a beautiful Firedome convertible in their showroom. I sure used to love driving by that place since...- Flivver
- Post #701
- Forum: The Display Case
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Toy Train Help?
A good way to find an inexpensive, yet serviceable O-Gauge train set for a child is to go to a train collector's swapmeet. There are many independant shows this time of year, but the best ones are sponsored by the TCA (Train Collector's Association). Their meets used to be for members only, but...- Flivver
- Post #19
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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crosley radios
But it was the radios that originally made Powell Crosley wealthy. Throughout the 1920s, Crosley focused on entry-level radios that the masses could afford. His slogan then was "Better Costs Less". Powell Crosley was often referred to as "The Henry Ford of Radio". -
Crazy driving in 1939!
Cars depreciated rapidly in the pre-war era because technology was moving so fast then. I have some NADA Used Car Guides from the 1920s-1930s that show this quite clearly. Today, a ten year old car is not much different from the new ones, but in 1939, a 1929 car was an antique. A pre-1925 car...- Flivver
- Post #21
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Driving golden era cars in the modern era
My friend wound up buying Coker's B.F. Goodrich P205-75R15 wide white radials for his '59 Corvette. To my eye, they still look too modern because they have a 75 aspect ratio and a modern tread pattern, but, at least they have the correct whitewall width of 2-3/8". He admits that a set of BFG...- Flivver
- Post #144
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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hits from the 20's-50's
Back around 1990, RCA issued a series of CDs called "Nipper's Greatest Hits". There was one or two cds for each decade from the 20s to the 60s...and beyond, I think. I checked and found they are still available from the larger retailers like amazon.com at around $7.95 each. I have the whole... -
Driving golden era cars in the modern era
One key to getting the right look in vintage tires is to maintain the original aspect ratio. The aspect ratio of a tire is its sidewall height divided by its tread width. A 75 series tire has an aspect ratio of .75 meaning that its sidewall height is 75% of its tread width. I just went...- Flivver
- Post #134
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Raccoon/Fox Tails on Radio Aerial - Why?
The tiger was Esso/Exxon's trademark in the late 60s to early 70s. I seem to remember Esso stations handing out the tiger tails. But, as I remember, it was Pontiac who got the tiger tail fad started with an ad for the GTO (around 1966) that showed a tiger tail coming out of the gas filler...- Flivver
- Post #9
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Opera Fans In The FL?
Back in the late 1960s, when I was a teenager just getting interested in the history of radio, I used to listen to the Saturday afternoon broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera, announced by veteran announcer Milton J. Cross. It wasn't so much the opera that I was interested in, but hearing... -
Want a record player
Lizzie's recommendation to look for a classroom phonograph is a good one. They are self contained and much more ruggedly built than modern phonographs. Several years ago I purchased a nice classroom phono made by Rek-O-Kut around 1954. This is a company that specialized in making portable...
