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Hi, I've collected & traded Photographica since the late 70s. Model kits since the early 90s, but began building in the early 50s. Also like old instruments- microscopes, telescopes etc. and pre-space flight stuff. Interested in all sciences.

Stereoviews- earlier the better, local images and history, am local 19th century photographer historian, telescopes, model kits & builts, pre-space flight concept art & models, etc., etc.

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Researching my local 19th century photographers(which I haven't been active in for years), love restoring old built models from the 50s & 60s, even like going through old model kits checking parts, love optical instruments like old telescopes & microscopes, like old wood or wood & leather cameras, World War 1 air war historian of sorts, like reading about dirigibles & balloons, like auto racing especially open wheel, used to be a local track photographer, etc., etc.

In the early and mid-60s built a 29 Ford sedan hot rod with 51 Mercury Flathead with my Dad & Brother. We found a pair of old Champion cast iron finned high compression heads, Edmunds 2 carb intake & Stromberg 97s for it. I was only 15 & my brother 13 when we got the stock junker from my brother-in-law so Dad did most of the real work & ALL the work was done by us with very little money. No fenders or hood, channeled, kicked rear, bulldog front end. Had a neat old guy by the name of Donnie Sams in town who we got some parts from. He had a (marvelous) junk shop and had built old race cars in the 30s & 40s. A real treasure trove like an Allison engine, radial A/C eng., 2 of his old race cars & steam engs. Before he died he had a Hispano-Suiza engine. The kind of guy who sold to you if he liked you, if he didn't no amount of money would buy it. Also had a 64 GTO before getting drafted which I put headers on and a Schiefer clutch in because the stock one slipped too much with cheaters on.