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Restored Vintage Acorn Gumball Machine with Texaco Fire Chief Gasoline Theme
November 17, 2023 - Just off the bench - A Restored Vintage Acorn Gumball Machine with Texaco Fire Chief Gasoline Theme
Just off of the...
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Bluetooth Drive-In Movie Speaker Report for October....
October 30, 2023 - Bluetooth Drive-In Speaker Report for October... and other ramblings.
This isn't so much a "speaker report" as it's me...
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Vintage Bluetooth Drive-In Speakers - Green and Silver
August 12, 2023 - I just finished these speakers up this week! I noticed it had been a few years since I had done a green set, so here we...
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Reed Speaker Set from the Cuba Drive-In Theatre, Cuba, New Mexico - With Bluetooth & MP3
July 20, 2023 - If you've followed my Bluetooth drive-in speaker restorations for awhile, you'll notice that this is a little bit differ...
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Restored Vintage Acorn Gumball Machine with Texaco Sky Chief Gasoline Theme
July 09, 2023 - Just off the bench - A Restored Vintage Acorn Gumball Machine with Texaco Sky Chief Gasoline Theme
Hopefully this J...
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Just off the Bench... SPECO Bluetooth Drive-In Movie Speakers with Red Glo-Top & Speaker Baskets!
June 09, 2023 - Just off the Bench...
SPECO Drive-In Movie Speakers with Red Glo-Top & Speaker Baskets!
This beautiful drive-in in mov...
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Happy 90th Birthday to the Drive-In Movie Theater for this June 6th - National Drive-In Movie Day!
June 05, 2023 - The Drive-In Movies Turn 90 Years Old!
June 6, 2023, is National Drive-In Day and a very special birthday as it is the...
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New Webpage Feature - A Look Back: Photos of People, Places, & Antiques from Yesterday
May 13, 2023 - Late 2022 I scrubbed everything off of my personal Facebook page and let it sit for months trying to figure out what to...
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Just off the bench... EPRAD Drive-In Speakers and J-Box upgraded to Bluetooth & MP3!
May 09, 2023 - Just off the bench...
EPRAD Drive-In Speakers and J-Box upgraded to Bluetooth & MP3
These vintage EPRAD drive-in movie...
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Drive-In Speaker Restoration from the Cascade Drive-In, West Chicago, Illinois...
April 01, 2023 - Drive-In Speaker Restoration from the Cascade Drive-In, West Chicago, Illinois
Just a quick blog post on this April 1st...
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Georgia Drive-In Theatre's Original Drive-In Movie Speakers Restored
March 16, 2023 - Just off the bench are these fabulous vintage Koropp drive-in speakers that were originally from the long gone Georgia D...
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Revisiting The Kanauga Drive-In Theatre - Gallipolis, Ohio
March 11, 2023 - I derived the name "Kanauga Kool” in remembrance of the drive-in theater that I went to as a small kid and later while i...
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Bringing a Vintage 1954 Dualite / Hastings Piston Rings Advertising Clock Back To Life!
February 08, 2023 - Sometimes you just walk right into something pretty awesome, and this old clock is one of those situations. My father an...
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Remembering Old Sled Works in Duncannon, Pennsylvania
January 06, 2023 - Whenever someone told me they were going to Harrisburg or Hershey, Pennsylvania I always piped in “make sure you visit O...
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Merry Christmas 2002 - 1950's Simplex Drive-In Movie Speakers - and THANK YOU!
December 14, 2022 - Merry Christmas 2022!
It's a BLUE Christmas this year at my house... at least the tree and most of the living room deco...
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Bluetooth Simplex Drive-In Speaker Set & What Happened To Colored Hammered Spray Paints?
November 14, 2022 - I've been neglecting my Blog duties... but I have been busy! October is always my family's busiest month because of some...
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It's Texaco Gumball Machine Season!
September 18, 2022 - So it looks like it's Texaco gumball machine season!
This is the second Texaco themed restoration this month. This time...
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Texaco Fire Chief Acorn Gumball Machine
September 10, 2022 - Just off the bench is this really cool penny Acorn gumball machine that I did a Texaco Fire Chief theme! This 1960's Oak...
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A Quick Sketch for Frankenstein Day 2022!
August 30, 2022 - Just a Quick Sketch this Morning to Celebrate Frankenstein Day 2022!
Frankenstein Day is always August 30th and celebra...
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The Cedartown Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia
July 24, 2022 - Yesterday the wife and I set off for a quick road trip to Cedartown, Georgia to visit the Cedartown Museum of Coca-Cola...
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Gulf Gas Themed Drive-In Speakers & Vintage Gulf Service Station in Waco, TX
February 18, 2022 - Gulf Gas Themed Drive-In Movie Speakers & Vintage Gulf Service Station in Waco, TX
This is a Gulf themed drive-in spe...
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Vintage Silver King Gumball Machine Partial Restoration
February 06, 2022 - 1940's Silver King Gumball Machine with a Partial Restoration
This is a vintage Silver King penny gumball machine tha...
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Merry Christmas from Kanauga Kool!
December 12, 2021 - Merry Christmas!
Thank you for a great 2021 and for the fantastic turnout I've had for the first full year of this vers...
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CBX Mark II Bluetooth Drive-In Movie Speakers With Bluetooth
August 04, 2021 - CBX Mark II Drive-In Theater Movie Speakers
I finished this Bluetooth & MP3 drive-in speaker set up this past week an...
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Made in Canada - Vintage Hammond Drive-In Movie Theater Speakers - With Bluetooth & MP3
July 17, 2021 - Just off the bench!
These Canadian made drive-in movie speakers were stamped 1957 inside, have been paired to the corre...
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Pepsi Cola Themed Restored Vintage Oak Acorn Gumball Machine
June 30, 2021 - Just off the bench!
This decades old vintage Oak Acorn gumball machine now features a great new Pepsi Cola theme featur...
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Happy Father's Day!
June 19, 2021 - Hope you Dads have a great day today! Here is a vintage Father's Day drive-in intermission ad played through a 1954 Simp...
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Vintage Sears & Roebuck Silvertone Model 1771 Tube Radio Comes Back To Life!
June 12, 2021 - Vintage Sears & Roebuck Silvertone Model 1771 Tube Radio Comes Back To Life! This old tube radio has not worked in 65 ye...
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June 6th is National Drive-In Movie Day!
June 06, 2021 - June 6th is National Drive-In Movie Day!
Yes, brought to you by the mysterious people that officially make things like...
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Vintage Memorial Day Drive-In Movie Theater Advertisment
May 30, 2021 - Vintage Memorial Day Drive-In Movie Advertisement
Here is a fun old Memorial Day ad that I pre-load on my restored driv...
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Weird Speakers, A Failed Car Maker, & X-rated Movies? - The Ranch Drive-In, Hartselle, AL
February 26, 2021 - What a Rabbit Hole! - The Ranch Drive-In Theatre, Hartselle, Alabama
One of the first things I do when I get an old dri...
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Just Off The Bench - Late 1950's Simplex De Luxe "In-A-Car" Drive-In Speaker Set
January 19, 2021 - Just Off The Bench...
I just finished up a beautiful set of late 1950's Simplex De Luxe "In-A-Car" drive-in speakers th...
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College Football Playoff National Championship Game...
January 10, 2021 - So there is a game tomorrow. For those of you that follow me and don't know me personally, I'm from Ohio and I live in A...
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A Happy New Year... and the first restoration of 2021
January 03, 2021 - Happy New Year!
Happy 2021! The end of 2020 was something as everyone in my household got Covid-19 - except for ME for...
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This gumball machine is in search of an identity...
November 25, 2020 - I just finished prepping this Oak Acorn gumball machine last night for a restoration. It's funny how there are so many v...
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