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Penicillin iirc is already in development, it took a while to isolate and get a usable product out of it. Without looking it up I believe the British company that was working on it gave up its research to an American one in cooperation to finish up to get something they could use because of...

Yeah, but not sure what route the OP wants to go in. Honestly, his car would be somewhat of a giveaway as well if he sells it or doesn't dismantle it himself to try to duplicate it (as year markings will be on a number of parts besides). Becoming a downtime success in order to influence...

His phone is Buck Rogers right there as far as 'future person evidence'. It won't work as a phone anymore but it does demonstrate a certain technological level that is entirely science fiction in 1936 (and the most powerful computer on the planet at this point). He just has to avoid draining...

While marketing is an issue, I think the bigger one is disposable income. No doubt folks did buy crap they didn't need in 1936 but it still is the Great Depression. He might know something that he could use to start a business or make a living but the OP hasn't hinted at what the SI's skill...

A brief note on vending machines... even in the late 1970s I remember blank steel plugs being used to steal plays from arcade machines. I don't know how much weight is needed but pretty sure it isn't an exact one. While there is almost a full gram difference between a DT quarter and a modern...

He probably has a few things he can convert to cash without too much trouble. Besides any jewelry he might be wearing, he might have a watch. Even an el cheapo digital one is going to raise eyebrows (I'd go person to person sale rather than the pawn shop with that). He's driving around a...

It feels significantly different (it's an anti-counterfeiting measure in itself). If anything folks in the time period are even more aware and on the look out for funny money and if you handle money all day (like a cashier) you are going to pick up on that and take a closer look. But...

1920 or so iirc. Was fully banned in the mid-90s but still used for farm equipment & some aircraft. But it's primarily a lubricant. Now if he had a modern car and tried to use leaded gasoline he'd pretty much trash his catalytic converter right away (and have a zero emission vehicle...

1961 corvette. He regularly (or likely) puts in a lead additive to prevent the engine from locking up (hardened valve seats were used @'71 or so until then leaded gasoline or an additive should prolly be used or you'll find the valves sinking into the heads somewhere between 10,000 to 100,000...

His paper money would not 'feel' right (different blend) and the design differences would be picked up right away by pretty much any clerk (portrait size immediately). Coins designs are different too...offhand he might be able to pass a Washington quarter but the heft may tipoff a look but...

And here I started off wondering 'how is he paying for gas' at the beginning of the chapter when it jumped the plausibility rails very quickly. Security is very weird in the white house in the 1930s by modern standards (and it took Puerto Rican nationalists attempting to assassinate Truman to...