Thread: Wishlist

it's only a matter of time.. i'll be driving one someday.. only question is.. which colour do i go with?

The ETA 2824 is the Chevy Bel Aire of the watch world. Nothing wrong with it at all. At that price point it's what you would get in any similar watch.

I'm old enough to remember when my uncle took us for a ride in his brand new Ford Falcon. I thought it was a piece of junk back in those days.

My wife bought our 1963 Falcon while I was in the service. She loved it.
It was not exactly a road burner. You had to make an appointment three weeks in advance if you wanted to pass another vehicle.

The Falcons I drove that had the small block V8 in them were a lot of fun to drive.

A friend of mine had one and we would take it up in the mountains and try to do a little canyon carving. The brakes would soon fade. But back then none of the vehicles had brakes that would hold up.

Electronic ingnition, disc brakes and radial tires were a God send.

Jimmy's post about the clothing worn by welders and ironworkers triggered some memories for me:

When I was a kid all carpenters who considered themselves real carpenters and not nail drivers favored the Blue Grass brand of hammer and Diston saws.

The old railroad workers I knew considered the Hamilton Model 992B as "The Railroad Watch".

In the early 50's many of my Dad's friends who were resturant owners, jewelers, bankers, etc. carried a pistol made by Smith & Wesson called the "Terrier". I think it was the Model 31. It was a 5 shot revolver chambered for the S&W .38 cartridge, often called the .38 Short. It looked just like the Chief's Special only slightly smaller. At one time this same pistol in .32 cal was the issue sidearm for New York City Police Women.

Hickey Freeman was the suit of choice for those who could afford them.

50 years ago when I was a young teenager if you did nt have a hand tooled leather billfold made by prison inmates, a zippo lighter and a case pocket knife you were not "with it".

Penny loafers, white socks, jeans, white t shirt and a Mac Greger Drizzler jacket was our uniform.


Remember the steering wheel knobs. The ultimate was to have one with the picture of Marlyn Monroe naked in it. Of course you had to hide it from your mom when she rode with you.

Share your memories.

Originally Posted by d. m. ellington

Jimmy's post about the clothing worn by welders and ironworkers triggered some memories for me:

When I was a kid all carpenters who considered themselves real carpenters and not nail drivers favored the Blue Grass brand of hammer and Diston saws.

The old railroad workers I knew considered the Hamilton Model 992B as "The Railroad Watch".

In the early 50's many of my Dad's friends who were resturant owners, jewelers, bankers, etc. carried a pistol made by Smith & Wesson called the "Terrier". I think it was the Model 31. It was a 5 shot revolver chambered for the S&W .38 cartridge, often called the .38 Short. It looked just like the Chief's Special only slightly smaller. At one time this same pistol in .32 cal was the issue sidearm for New York City Police Women.

Hickey Freeman was the suit of choice for those who could afford them.

50 years ago when I was a young teenager if you did nt have a hand tooled leather billfold made by prison inmates, a zippo lighter and a case pocket knife you were not "with it".

Penny loafers, white socks, jeans, white t shirt and a Mac Greger Drizzler jacket was our uniform.


Remember the steering wheel knobs. The ultimate was to have one with the picture of Marlyn Monroe naked in it. Of course you had to hide it from your mom when she rode with you.

Share your memories.

Steering wheel spinners they were called.

Don't know about other places, but in my little corner of the world the Wrangler snap-ups and wedge-soled boots are still "it" for some of the trades. A ton of coal mines in my areas so Matterhorn is the boot name of legend around here. Of course, few wear them if they aren't underground since they weight 3 pounds a piece!!! Mechanics still wear Dickies, and truck drivers still wear whatever they woke up with.

My wish list included an "old jeep"...no more specific than that, and I finally got her last year. A '69 Kaiser CJ5 with original 225 V6 odd-fire and 3-speed. Same sheet metal as the last of the Willys...M38A1 She's sat over 6 months now, as I have to find time to rebuild the engine...poor thing got stupid-hot on me, don't know if its a gasket, warped, or cracked. Praying it's not cracked.

An old wooden canoe...I'm almost done building one from a kit. Mahogany.
(And a bamboo fly-rod to with with...even though bass/crappie/bluegill are the only things for it around here. FYI, I have caught a catfish on fly tackle, still not sure how.)

An old cruiser, that I build up myself. Something along these lines:
Classic Bobber by Brass Balls Bobbers | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

A matching pair of 1911s stainless frame blued slide.

There's a lot more but, those are the ones that I have nailed down. The rest are all sharpening, razor, knife, woodworking, forging, or hunting related.

That Futura is good taste. I'm young, so a lot of those classics are still new to me...and I thoroughly enjoy the manual steering, "stand up" brakes, and carberator on my jeep.