hook Posted June 26 Posted June 26 11 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: A better look at that Franklin. Wonder where the driver went? He's taking the photo! I don't think they had CCTV at that time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 2
30DodgePanel Posted June 26 Posted June 26 On 6/24/2024 at 11:44 AM, 8E45E said: Unlike cars and homes of today, both required major amounts of upkeep including regular sanding & painting of the wooden clapboard, plus the semi-annual tasks of installing the storm windows in the fall, and either winterizing or putting up the car on blocks until Spring. Craig True, but both are equally worth that effort. Meanwhile a Kia or sterile tiny home can waste away just fine by me. 1
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted June 26 Posted June 26 1 hour ago, hook said: My, my, I hadn’t realized you were such an EX-pert on old houses. Maybe you should go on TV and explain your vast knowledge. “Old houses according to Bruce” You could give PBS’ This Old House a run for its money. Let see, 87 years old. Correct me if I’m wrong. You were born in or about 1937. By the time you saw the light of day most all houses with shutters had stopped using them for their purpose and had converted to outside wood constructed storm windows. Some of those were even made with screen inserts so you wouldn’t have to change the whole thing. The main reason for this change was the conversion to central oil heat in the late 30’ early 40’s. Houses with working shutters could not have outside screens or storm windows because it would prevent the shutters from being closed, since shutters were made to sit into the window frame and latch from the inside. Since houses were heated with fireplaces, individual coal stoves in rooms or even central coal fired heat there was no need for storm windows or even insulation in the walls. However, there was a need for screens, thus the design of inside screens. By the time you were born most all of the inside screens had been thrown away and the copper screen sent to the metal drives for the war and the whole thing forgot about. If I have a chance later in the day, I’ll further your limited knowledge with a photo of inside screens. Remember the old saying! "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." 👎👎 WOW! Talk about the pot! LOL. Ben
twin6 Posted June 26 Posted June 26 Back to period photos to relieve stress, I don't know the make but love the setting. 3 1
hook Posted June 26 Posted June 26 5 hours ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: 👎👎 WOW! Talk about the pot! LOL. Ben Ben, When you buy an antique car that you have no background knowledge of, I’m sure you’re like me and want to learn as much about it and its maker as possible. Well, that’s the way I was when I bought my house that was built in 1898. I got involved in researching old houses and the strange quirks that made them unique. My house for instance was basically untouched. It had a one wire service (that’s one power wire providing 30 amps of 110 power and a ground) for lighting, that’s it. For heat it had hot water radiators supplied by a coal burning boiler. Operating shutters with movable louvers and yes, inside screens. The drainpipes were lead. Cooking was done by natural gas. The man that built it was the father of the lady that lived in it till she passed and left it to her handyman, who sold it to me. Here’s a couple of old photos of the inside screens I was talking about. Of course, I put aluminum triple tracks on it many years ago and rendered the shutters useless except for looks and did away with the inside screens. I’m sorry if my tone was a bit undesirable and condescending, please forgive me. By the way, did you know that Paul Revere liked old house too. In fact, the log house he lived in, in Boston was over 100 years old when he bought it. Now who knows whether he really liked old houses or was just a cheap skate getting a house for pittance. Bill 1
hook Posted June 28 Posted June 28 21 hours ago, RetroPetro said: A Franklin with standing room. Truly, a home made masterpiece. 1
Rod P Posted June 28 Posted June 28 18 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: Dave's innocent photo led to this. The plot thickens? 4
JRA Posted June 28 Posted June 28 (edited) 19 hours ago, Model-50-1926 said: I hadn’t realized these rubber cones for traffic signaling were so old. Is this picture early 1920s? Edited June 28 by JRA (see edit history) 2
Rod P Posted June 28 Posted June 28 According to that internet, first cones were concrete in 1914, 1st rubber ones made 1943. If photo above was in 1920's as it looks like, wonder what it was made from? Wood? Paper mache? Metal sheeting, rolled?
hook Posted June 28 Posted June 28 1 hour ago, Rod P said: According to that internet, first cones were concrete in 1914, 1st rubber ones made 1943. If photo above was in 1920's as it looks like, wonder what it was made from? Wood? Paper mache? Metal sheeting, rolled? He's the head man or driver of the open-air tour bus. Could it be possible that the cone is actually a megaphone for announcing his tours? 3 1
keiser31 Posted June 28 Posted June 28 38 minutes ago, hook said: He's the head man or driver of the open-air tour bus. Could it be possible that the cone is actually a megaphone for announcing his tours? Yes....a megaphone. I have one in the garage. 3 1
8E45E Posted June 28 Posted June 28 On 6/27/2024 at 10:29 AM, Model-50-1926 said: Great photo! That Leyland obviously did tour duty in Victoria and the rest of Vancouver Island. I believe the plate is a 1925 issue. The stamped numbers were very unique to BC in that era: British Columbia Passenger License Plates 1924-1929 (bcpl8s.ca) Craig 3
Model-50-1926 Posted June 29 Posted June 29 you guys are right on. this man is my grandfather the photo was taken in the mid 20s. He would do weekly tours out of Victoria over a dangerous part of the #1 highway called the Malahat. 4
nzcarnerd Posted June 29 Posted June 29 On 6/28/2024 at 4:29 AM, Model-50-1926 said: Charabanc - from the French word meaning 'benched carriage'. 3
Rod P Posted June 29 Posted June 29 19 minutes ago, RetroPetro said: Complete polar opposites there, RetroPetro. From the horrors of the wrecking yard, to the honeys. There was a post recently somewhere on forum about taking girlfriends, or wives to wrecking yards. "I only go there for the cars, really!!"🙂
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