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  1. Flivver

    Harold Lloyd fans?

    Amazon still offers the Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection both new and used. This is by far the best compilation for the Harold Lloyd fan. It was issued several years ago by the Harold Lloyd Trust and contains nearly all of his feature-length movies, some shorts and many extras. I highly recommend...
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    The death of the American luxury sedan

    Most countries (other than the U.S. and Canada) taxed vehicles on engine displacement since very early in the history of the auto industry. This led to very small cars there, almost from the start, compared to what we had here. More recently, other countries have taxed fuel quite heavily to...
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    The death of the American luxury sedan

    I fully agree with you Foofoogal. My 2000 Grand Marquis has 172,000 miles on it, drives like a new car and has cost me $50 in repairs since I bought it 3 years ago at 100,000 miles. And it's economical too...28 MPG on my backroad 90 mile roundtrip commute to work...and that's with a 4.6L V8. My...
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    1937 radio - McMurdo Silver "Masterpiece VI"

    In the 1930s, radio manufacturers were each striving to create the "ultimate" radio. This was similar to what was going on in the auto industry at the same time. In the auto industry it yielded the great classics like the Duesenberg, Cadillac V-16 and Packard Twelve. In the radio industry we...
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    1937 radio - McMurdo Silver "Masterpiece VI"

    The Masterpiece VI certainly was capable of high-fidelity performance...as were many high-end radios made from 1934-1938. The VI has a high-fidelity amplifier and speaker as well as variable selectivity in the tuner section. In order for a set from this era to be able to receive high...
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    80 Pierce Arrows?

    The George N. Pierce Company started out making bird cages then switched to safety bicycles during the bicycle craze of the 1890s. Pierce bikes were often equipped with premium features like shaft drive, spring front fork and cushion frame. They're highly collectable today. Pierce Arrow...
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    The Party Line....

    We had a two party line in the early 1950s but I was just a toddler then and don't remember much about it. It didn't seem to be much of a problem. But, my grandparents (with the TUxedo exchange) had one into the 1960s that I do remember. It was a four party line and often, when you'd pick up...
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    EXchange names for phone numbers

    I believe that phone numbers with a 1 or 0 in the second position are relatively new...issued long after exchange names went away.
  10. Flivver

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    The company that now owns the Gruen name has been making Curvex replicas for some time now. I have two of them...purchased about 15 years ago at Filene's Basement for $39.95 each. As has been said, they appear rather small to today's eye for a man's watch. I think that's why they often wind...
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    EXchange names for phone numbers

    In the city I grew up in we had PLeasant, SWift and VIking. Ours was PLeasant2. My grandparents' exchange, several towns away, was TUxedo. In this area, I seem to remember the exchange names disappearing around 1963.
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    80 Pierce Arrows?

    In 2007, the Pierce Arrow Society had an 80 car show in Williamstown MA which I attended. Seeing 80 Pierce Arrow vehicles from turn-of-the-century bicycles to the last passenger cars of 1937 is an experience I won't soon forget. For those of you within easy shot of this year's show, I would...
  14. Flivver

    My New Old Car

    I learned to drive in a '67 Falcon that belonged to our high school driving teacher. Regarding compact cars, GM, Ford and Chrysler were all planning compacts in the late 1940s...inspired by the small cars the GIs saw in Europe during the war. But their market research indicated that Americans...
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    1950's & Early 60's TV Shows

    Unfortunately, most advertisers don't believe that people over 40 are worth targeting. They're wrong (it's the older folks that have money to spend) but that's their problem! So it's unlikely that an all 1950s or 1960s TV channel will ever appear. My solution to this unfortunate situation is...
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    My New Old Car

    I believe the first mainstream American car to offer seatbelts was the 1949 Nash Airflyte. They didn't prove too popular. (Tucker had offered them on the 51 cars it built in 1948.) Ford offered seatbelts on its entire 1956 line as part of a group of optional "Lifeguard" safety features that...
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    Where I get my victrola needles

    As I'm sure you all know, Victor used to sell fiber needles for those who preferred a softer tone. They were also advertised as causing less record wear than a steel needle. These needles were triangular in cross-section. A tool was sold to renew the tip of the fiber needle after each play by...
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    Radio Company Promotional records

    Fletch...thanks for posting the link to that Brunswick recording. I never knew it existed. It's so nice to hear what radio actually sounded like in the 1920s. And, until hearing it, I didn't know how to pronounce the "Balke" part of the Brunswick-Balke- Collender name!
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    Radio Company Promotional records

    Those Victor-Northern Electric Superheterodynes were magnificent radios. They were based on the Western Electric 4D Superhets that were sold as broadcast monitors only. But the Northern Electric sets had a power output stage added because they were intended for home use. Here in the U.S...
  21. Flivver

    My New Old Car

    David...that's a great looking Futura! Be glad you don't have the 144 CID engine. My endiring memory of the early Falcons back in 1960 was how owners of manual transmission models with the 144 engine had to rev up the engine and slip the clutch just to get the thing off the line. I heard this...
  22. Flivver

    You Big Softy! - Your Favourite Soft Drinks

    My favorite soft drink is still good old Moxie. My grandfather introduced me to Moxie 'n milk when I was about four and I still drink it. But at home, my parents were more economical about soft drinks. My Mom often used Za-Rex flavoring syrup which could be mixed with either water or milk. It...
  23. Flivver

    Car Talk - WW Fluid in the Old Days.

    Windshield washers are a relatively modern invention. This feature didn't become popular until after WWII. But, after doing some digging I found that the wiper blade manufacturer Trico claims to have introduced the first windshield washer system in 1936. It was called "Two Little Squirts" and...

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