Time to make the donuts #DavesCarIDService
Kickstarting today's batch with this killer pic. Conrad was a Brando-worthy Wild One astride a 1936-39 "Knucklehead" 61 cubic inch (1000cc) Harley-Davidson EL with bobbed front fender. I also spy a '31 Ford Model A in background
Conrad's attire: Schott black leather fur collar biker jacket, wool newsboy cap, 4 finger cuff 501 Levis, Red Wing Iron Rangers, and Ray-Ban Aviators. That there is *chef's kiss* THE LOOK.
I'd date the pic just prior to or just after WW2. I don't know if Conrad (RIP) kept the bike, but early EL Knuckleheads (HD's first mass production OHV) are highly coveted by Harley collectors. Some years ago a '36 brought $180k at auction
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OK back to the IDs but keeping with a motoring fashion theme: low stance suggests 1910ish Regal or American Underslung runabout; not sure tho. But these OG duster car coats are the bee's knees
Above car might be an early Stutz Bearcat; speaking of Stutzes and period fashion, hot damn I believe these nattily dressed folks are with a 1929ish Stutz Model 6 Blackhawk. Dig Grandpa's plus fours.
Same car, which I am now saying is definitely a 1929 Stutz Model M Tonneau Cowl Speedster with LeBaron coachwork. I hope Uncle Frankie held on to it, because it's worth a metric shit-ton of money
The grandfolks are looking grand in their Bermuda vacation duds, next to a 1951 Hillman Minx convertible. Neat car to have as a taxi.
Here's a trio of Mid Century fashion plates: stewardess Mom with a 1949-51 Ford Country Squire woody wagon, Dad with a 1951 Chevy, and Gramps with a 1941 Ford coupe
Flashing forward 30 years or so, stewardess Mom is a vision of 1980s-ness, flashing some leg next on a circa 1982 Excalibur. Milwaukee-built Excaliburs were "neoclassic," built on GM chassis, styled by Brooks Stevens to look like a Mercedes SSK
The G's are looking noir chic in this tough ID challenge. Unless a reversed photo, location looks like UK; V-split windshield and chromed-up dash suggest right hand drive US car. I want to say 46-48 Ford or Merc convertible, but not quite right
This took a little research, but I can tell you it's definitely a 1949-50 German-made Champion 250, powered by a British Triumph 250cc motorcycle engine. At the time, 1/2 the price of a massive land yacht VW Beetle
*In the years following the war, most European countries taxed vehicles on engine displacement: 125cc, 250cc, 500cc, etc., leading to the rise of microcars like Isetta and Messerschmitt. A 1200cc VW was considered a pretty big car.
Off to test the bed springs of Niagara Falls in a brand new 1929 Chevrolet
As best as I can tell, they're bombing around the barnyard in a 1910 Buick Model 10 touring
Saving some of your awesome family album pic requests for a future episode, time to ID some junk piles. Here we have a 1960-64 Chevy Corvair Lakewood station wagon.
Actually a fairly straightforward ID: 1928-29 Ford Model A Tudor sedan
1965 or so Chevy tilt cab truck
1958 Nash Metropolitan
1948 Hudson Commodore coupe, which is gonna perplex the living hell out of the millennial parts monkey who types in make-model-year on the AutoZone computer
Bullitt is behind a stately 1939 Packard business coupe; hood ornament is the Packard Swan
Count Basie lookin' cool in a 1960-62 Jaguar E Type roadster
OK, that's enough #DavesCarIDService donuts for today, back again soon with another episode
