Starting out today's #DavesCarIDService with this gem: Ol' #77 is a 1936 Ford 5 window coupe with wide 5 wheels, dirt track fender cutouts, and the brake lights are for towing it to the local roundy-round
Gramps is relaxing on the fender of a 1941 Pontiac. For a modestly priced car Pontiacs always had the slickest brightwork (hood ornaments, trim, etc)
Shades of Dazed & Confused: the unidentified lass here is hugging a 1979-81 Dodge Omni with the semi-sporty 024 trim package.
1971-2 DeTomaso Pantera, next to 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T. Panteras were a poor man's Ferrari/Lambo; mid-engine exotic with a Ford V8 that you could buy and have serviced at your local Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer
coupla sidenotes on the DeTomaso Pantera: it was designed by Ghia and built in Italy, but the founder DeTomaso was Argentine and the designer at Ghia was American.
Unlike Ferraris and other Italian exotics, Panteras languished in value for years so many were enthusiastically customized and hot rodded (which I approve of). Not long ago you could find them for $15k-$25k, but have recently shot up in price.
Carrying on with the 1970s theme, these rock n roll space cowboys are hitting the road in a 1964 Olds Jetstar 88 convertible
1927 Ford Model T coupe, the last year of Henry Ford's beloved Tin Lizzy
1931 Ford Model A roadster, but the 16" artillery-style wheels are from later '35-'38 Ford, suggesting Grandpa may have mildly hopped it up
1946-48 Ford Super Deluxe Sportsman, and I wonder about "S&G Appetizing Co." Woody convertibles were a sadly short-lived early postwar phenomenon; Ford, Mercury, and most notably Chrysler all had models
Apparently after getting Appetized at S&G, you could go next door and get an Orchard Corset
1938 Buick humpback sedan, made in nearby Flint Michigan
While GM was/is HQ'd in Detroit, manufacturing was largely done elsewhere; Cadillacs were made in Detroit but Buick was synonymous with Flint MI, Oldsmobile with Lansing MI, Pontiac with Pontiac MI. Chevy plants were all over the place.
For 50s through 60s Chevys, it's semi-possible to identify where it was made by the bumper; the Chevy Bel Airs and Impalas made at the Van Nuys plant had the unique one-piece "California bumper"
Dave's advanced car ID tips: Left is a regular 1957 Chevy 3-piece bumper (note seams); on right is a 57 Chevy with the California bumper unique to the Van Nuys plant 
1957 Lincoln Premiere convertible
1941 or 42 Plymouth woody
L-R, a 65 Ford Mustang, a 61-62 Ford Falcon that was in a fender bender, a 1955 Chrysler, and I believe the rear end on the far right is a 62ish Chevy II/Nova. Bummer about the building, a sweet piece of Mid Century Mod
1967 Chevy Impala, either some photographic trickery or the wildest customing job ever
1963 or 64 Corvette roadster, but somewhat customized with a stinger hood, Halibrand style mag wheels, and sidepipes (not a factory option until 1965)
1950 or so ski-steer Tucker Sno-Cat, no relation to the famous Tucker Torpedo car
Early attempts at vehicles for traveling through or removing snow are mechanically fascinating. This plow is a modified 1917-24 Ford Model T.
That's it for #DavesCarIDService today, stay warm.
That's it for #DavesCarIDService today, stay warm.
