One brother & I each have one of those spaceship-globe banks. Kinda cool launching pennies/nickels/dimes(don't remember if quarters fit) into the globe. gave mine to my youngest brother... 1st time I've seen a pic of another one. . Marcus...
This is a 50's (I think) French fair ground ride rocket that I have spent ages trying to get spray can paint off to get it back to the gold metal flake original paint underneath. It still needs a lot of work but will be worth it when done hopefully. Been using oven cleaner at oil and grease remover with scotchbrite and wet&dry paper.
this thread might be as good of a place to ask as any . . . . watching "Strange Angel" series on Amazon. episode #1 @ 42:44 shows these guys cruising in a late '30s pickup. it has 'barrelnose' style elements but i don't think it's a '37. anyway, they are tuning a radio in the cab. it says Delco on it and appears to be football shaped, with a long stalk coming from the top right which is being used to fine tune the broadcast or volume. i think it's mounted to the steering column, where in 20 years, will be mounted a tachometer! anyone know more about this? thanks
aha; some pictures here - Identifying Universal Vintage Car Radios By Brand Delco | Antique, Retro, Vintage Tube Radios & Bluetooth | Retro Radio Shop
Well finished the French 1950's fair ground ride rocket ship yesterday, made the stand for it and got all the lights working also put a couple of old aircraft gauges in it that I picked up at a swap meet for 5 bucks each.
This buck rogers space nerd rescue beacon transmitter, is my creation and it lives in my front yard, so the gauntlet has been thrown down to the mighty @Rocket88NZ and to @Ron Funkhouser ! Enjoy from Dennis.
wow! be the neighbors use it as a landmark when telling new friends & relatives directions to their house. ps: great header picture on the YT page.
i expected to see "Jocko" emblazoned across the cowl there's a video out there with his excellence landing and starting his show but i couldn't find it. it was swathed in tin foil and dropped onto the stage by not so hidden cables.
Thanks guys for all your Cool Post! I know it's not Space. But I Picked up this little phone booth at a swap meet. Anyone know anything about it? Like who made it, etc? The Superkid is my grandson.
Okay, someone else must have some of this old space junk, let's see it! Couple of bits I got this week
Damn man, be careful where you point those. My blurry memory as a kid remembers something similar, made in pressed tin. The trigger would spin up a small flywheel, and sparks would shoot out about 1”. Kinda like the guts of a BIC lighter. I remember cycling the trigger until the little flywheel maxed out on speed. Remember a mate who had a late 70’s robot, battery operated which would say “Crush, kill, destrooooooooy”. Probably not PC anymore cheers, Harv
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