Recent content by Jerriffic

Getting my boat ready for some fishing on lake Michigan I decided to look into replacing my old B-C fire extinguisher. I found out the Coast Guard requires the extinguisher be replaced after 10 years. Could not find a date on it anywhere, eventually found a manufacture code lightly stamped on...

Found this business card with a photo of the boat in my parent's photo album. Back of the picture is dated Oct. 10 1936

A couple oldies from my father's estate. General Electric amp probe and Simpson Volt/Watt meter, Probably early 60's

I live a couple miles from Guaranteed Rate Field. (Comiskey park, only true Chicagoan's and Sox fans still call it Comiskey Park.) If your taking about car shows the majority are in the suburbs. I live near the expressways and can jump on anyone of them with my classic to participate in one. I...

Might want to rethink the north loop up to Evanston. https://cwbchicago.com/

Today the third brake light is mandatory... Jerry B.

This neat little traffic signal installs in the rear window of your car Turns green when the accelerator is pressed, yellow when foot is off accelerator and red when the brake is applied. My father had one in his 50 chevy around 1959. Cop pulled him over and told him to remove it on the spot...

Thanks for the reply gpw. My father was in the Americal Div. 132nd Infantry Regiment.

My dad's knife that he carried during his Pacific campaign during WWII. I never knew this was the knife he carried during the war until I stumbled on this picture of him wearing it on his belt on New Caledonia just before going to Guadalcanal. I haven't been able to identify the maker, there...

Fender accessory. Early 60's Faux antenna

Slide the bottom section up then pry the sides away to remove. After the bottom section is off the screws securing the top section should be exposed. Hope this helps.

50's grille accessory.

Thanks, I thought of cable puller but the whole cable would have to pass through it to remove it. Clothesline tensioner makes sense. J.B.