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#DavesCarIDService starts off today with this killer pic from the dawn of the Jazz Age. Both vehicles are circa 1920-23 Ford Model TT wood cab trucks.
I'd date this photo around 1921-22. A few of the girls are sporting the new daring bob hairdo, while most are still in their Mary Pickford curls; that legshow was pretty daring as well. Sex was pretty much invented by the confluence of Jazz, Prohibition, Cars & postwar prosperity
It's really kind of amazing how social mores changed in the aftermath of The Great War. You are never gonna see a photo this racy pre-WW1, unless it's on a French postcard.
I believe (but not 100% certain) a 1927 Buick 6 sedan. A few years later the Dust Bowl would hit, leading to the great Okie & Texan migration to California
Found this newspaper report from Tahoka dated March 27, 1935. A few weeks later, April 14, would be known as the Dust Bowl's "Black Sunday"
I believe it's a circa 1952 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn
The daringly styled but largely unloved Triumph TR7. Made 1975-81 by government-owned British Leyland.
A circa 1963 French-made Matra Djet. Cosmonauts didn't have to drive Soviet cars.
1965 or 66 Shelby GT350 competition R model, or nicely done clone thereof. In the classic Wimbledon White & blue stripe livery. Dig the "Dan Gurney for President" bumper sticker.

A lot to unpack here, but definitely later than 40s; I'll limit myself to 3 cars here. In foreground, left is 49-51 Mercury, right is 54 Plymouth Savoy. Woody is a 1946-48 Chevy. Googie style architecture says 1950s as well.
A few car-centric shopping centers existed prior to WW2, like Old Orchard near Chicago, Country Club Plaza in KC, etc., but they didn't really explode until the 1950s
Character line on front fender + parallel leaf front end + rotary shocks + 4 lug 2 piece wood rims + wood on back = 1927-28 Chevy heavy duty truck
Always love the car posts of @TracesofTexas, whom you should all follow. This one is giving me fits; I can say due to the license plate configuration this is definitely 1929, but having a total brain freeze on the cars
bumper/grille & other features on left car are telling me 1929 Chevy, but missing the headlight stanchions. Might be a Hupmobile. The 2 on the left have me stumped due to 4 bar bumpers. Might be special aftermarket bumpers for the taxi trade. Will need an assist on these.
*1929 TX license plates are black/orange with year and "Texas" embossed on bottom, which makes them unique to other TX plates of the era
Now this is more of a layup: The El Paso Po-Po car here with the big speaker on top is a 1938 Chevy
Aunt Betty is styling in her 1929 Briggs-bodied Ford Model A 4 door
*I mean Great Grandma Betty. Super-nerdy Ford trivia: Ford contracted Model A body stamping to two companies, Briggs and Murray. 4 door sedan bodies without rear quarter windows (like the one pictured) are specific to Briggs
It's a 1941 Studebaker, and plates check out as 1941 Tennessee. But a reminder to tag your ID request with #DavesCarIDService to make sure I see them.
Oh lordy this is a great picture. Plates indicate 1932; car is a 1923-24 Chevy Superior touring car which would have already been a jalopy by that point. I would kill for the "Joe's Auto Service" sign.
1936 Ford Model 48 5 window coupe, still powered by V8 flathead, on my way to hotwire it this afternoon
Body is chopped 1935 or 36 Ford 3 window coupe, grille is chopped/reshaped 1936 Ford truck, engine is small block Chevy with 3 carb intake.
yiiipes. That started out as a base model 1948-54 Hudson coupe, either a 48-51 Commodore or 52-54 Wasp. (Not a Hornet, as it would have side trim). Glad to know they survived that collision.
Great Gramps had a 1941 Chevy Master Deluxe coupe
The first mossy car on the left is a 1962 Rambler American, I'll let the rest of you decipher the rest
You underestimate dad's memory. It is indeed a 1928 or 29 Ford Model A roadster pickup.
1941-46 Chevy, which were largely identical year to year
Another great photo & family anecdote. Car is a 1927-28 Buick sedan.
Started off today's #DavesCarIDService with the Untamed Youth of the 1920s, finishing with the Woodstock generation of the 60s (h/t @sharpe_withanE). Levon Helm here is leaning on a 48 or 49 Hudson; car in distance is a 1946-48 Buick Sedanette.

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