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  1. J

    favorite cars of the golden era

    I guess it would be more accurate to say the newer cars require less routine maintenance. Not too many tune ups anymore. That is quite a history of cars you have there. I usually keep my cars for a fairly long time, but you have me beat. New cars are nice, but costly. I have only had two...
  2. J

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Thanks Flivver. The service manager at my dealers is checking with his tech support people to see what they suggest in terms of years instead of miles, but after reading your message I started thinking that I am most likely going to keep the car for a lot longer and that I am going to have to...
  3. J

    favorite cars of the golden era

    18 months is certainly a short loan compared to today's 5 year loans, but back then cars did not last as long as they do today. Back in the day, a ring and valve job was probably due in about 60K miles and if you go back far enough, that might be more like 20k miles. Today, cars don't need a...
  4. J

    Packard International Show, Grand Salon.

    Thanks for posting the link - very interesting reading. Cheers, Jim.
  5. J

    My New Three-Piece

    I think you are spot on. I have a habit of leaving my suit coat unbottoned which I think does not look the best, so the last three suits I have had made were three piece and when I am wearing the vest I usually leave the jacket unbuttoned which I think looks okay. It is comfortable too. A...
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    Packard International Show, Grand Salon.

    My family had two Packard Clippers. I think 1930's and the first generation of Packards after the War were great looking cars. Tis a pity that they, like so many things from my youth, are long gone. Cheers, Jim.
  8. J

    Hotel rooms?

    If any did not have bathrooms ensuite, they would have been rather old hotels in probably an older, perhaps, run down part of town. The only hotels that I stayed at where one had to go down the hall to use the facilities were rather good hotels in England in 1962, but never in this country...
  9. J

    Black or Blue?

    That is an easy one as I don't wear black suits. I share Matt's view that grey is a more useful color than either black or blue. Cheers, Jim.
  10. J

    Feeling the Love? Opinions, Please.

    SNOW - Is that like the white stuff in my freezer - I would rather have it in my whiskey than on my driveway. Jim { Running and Ducking }
  11. J

    My shopping experience

    The above two posts are very good advice. I would like to make a couple of suggestions though. As to suit colors, for a first suit the conventional wisdom is to buy either a plain (no pin stripes) blue suit or a plain dark grey (charcoal). I prefer grey, but I think more men would say blue...
  13. J

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Wow - what a fountain of knowledge this place is - I love it. I thought I had read someplace that the natural color for tires is white - now I understand. I had never heard of the after market bodies for the Model T before. Using Google I found a Paco body armor and a face cream and then...
  14. J

    Automobile racing.

    In the late 50's I raced with SCCA and Cal Club - they were seperate organizations at one time. At first I drove an AC-Bristol rather poorly. In 1959 I switched to an Alfa, won a few races and had a lot of fun. It took a couple of races to get used to the Alfa because it had so much...
  15. J

    favorite cars of the golden era

    That 1939 Aston Martin is a great looking car. My favorite British car of that era was the SS 100 Jag, but I think the Aston is my new favorite. Speaking of Aston here is a bit of trivia: they had a bit of a problem with the new James Bond movie as the actor that plays Bond (dern it, I can't...
  16. J

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Back in the day, young people would think those shades along with curb feelers (remember those?) were most uncool along with hood ornaments and most chrome that cars came with. Amazing there was not a lead shortage from filling up the holes left after removing factory trim. Actually the holes...
  17. J

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Oh, yes, Turboglide. I didn't keep that turkey long enough to suffer any reliability problems. The problem was a smooth flow of not very much power. It took forever to get hooked up and moving. Maybe the stall speed of the trans or adjusting the idle speed of the engine might have helped a...
  19. J

    Evolution of Colonial English Accents - Australia and New Zealand

    Yes, in the South I always heard it as 'Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick'. There are a couple of others that I have heard the same or very similar in this country. 'Two shakes of a lambs tail' I have heard, but probably not since the 1940's. If I ever get to OZ, I think I...
  20. J

    favorite cars of the golden era

    1954 was the last year before Chevy had a V-8, so it would be the slowest of the bunch, but other than the sun shield over the windshield, I think it is the best looking of the four cars. When I see those sun shields, I think of old people driving Buicks rather slowly. Of course, those 'old...
  21. J

    Air Corp Service Pilots

    I was an instructor for mechanics in the Army Aviation School in 1954 and never heard of a Flight Officer. I assume that was similar to a Warrant Officer which was a rather strange rank. Enlisted men became Warrant Officers upon graduating as Helicopter Pilots. In the three years I was in...
  22. J

    1938: Length of Ties

    From photos I have seen of younger men clubbing, that look does not require a vest nor even a proper jacket and sometimes the shirt is only half untucked. I don't have the slightest notion why that looks good to people and I always wonder how those trends get started. Btw, I think a club is...
  23. J

    Waistcoat Pockets: Without Purpose?

    The last three suits that I had made were with four pocket vests. Unlike a lot of folks here, I don't keep much in them besides a pocket watch, but the garment looks unfinished without the pockets to me. Cheers, Jim.

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