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Ladies and gentlemen, may I beg your kind attention as #DavesCarIDService will now attempt to identify your automobiles using only the powers of his astounding OCD
Today's batch starts off with this stunner: Grandma Cleo is looking a mite provocative astride the hood of a 1928-29 Ford Model A coupe, clad in some gentleman's jacket. I definitely want to know the story here.
And now a few music related requests: this future forefather of the Austin music scene started off as a pee wee cowboy crooner strumming what I think is a Gibson ES-175 on the bumper of what I know is a 1941 Buick.
you may remember Doug Sahm from such combos as the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados
Our next musical motorist is this unidentified guitar slinger wearing period biker garb (mc cap, pearl snap shirt, 4-finger cuff Levis and mc boots), leaning on a 1949 DeSoto convertible. Not sure about guitar, I think an early 50s Kay
nah, there are about a couple hundred people better at car IDs than me, but a couple hundred thousand better at guitar IDs
Grandma's looking cool in her dungarees next to an equally cool 1952-53 Hudson Hornet. For you unschooled youth, the inspiration for Doc Hudson in Pixar's "Cars."
Those are called "curb feelers," a common accessory device which make a noise when scraping against curbs while parallel parking. Insurance against ruining lower bodywork and fender skirts.
Another family album leg show, 20 or so years later than the one up-thread. Camille here is atop Papa's 1947 or 48 Plymouth. Also another reminder to use the #DaveCarIDService tag to make sure I see your submission
Now this is a straightup fantastic photo. These buckaroos are on the flatbed of a 1918-22 or so Ford Model TT wood cab truck. And I need to correct myself, please use the tag #DavesCarIDService (I misspelled in previous tweet)

Another guitar slinger, this one the father of country music. On left, Jimmie is with a 1927-28 Buick; on right, after a few hit records, he upgraded to a flashy, top of the line 1931-32 Cadillac V16 All-Weather Sport Phaeton.
by the way, Jimmie's "when better cars are built I will buy one" autograph is a little joke on Buick's ad slogan at the time, "When Better Cars Are Built, Buick Will Build Them."
Definitely a 1918-24 Ford Model T, but can't tell if touring, roadster, or roadster pickup. Note soft top and side curtains, the only weather protection in open cars
These impish grins seem to portend cooing and wooing ahead for the great-grands in the back of this 1929 Pontiac Big Six Sedan
Lil' Angela here is toddling in front of what I think is a 1972-ish Datsun 510, but I probably need a Japanese car ace to confirm or correct
Another toddler pic, and an ID that's giving me fits: most cues (steel wheels and center tail light) say 1929-30 Chevy coupe, but tail light lens and body bead are off. I'm digging Gramps' plus fours golf pants though.
Sweet googly moogly. Nothing gets me going like 1950s hot rods. Not a Model A here, but a hot rod 1932 Ford 3 window coupe. Next to the roadster the most desirable of all "Deuces." My '32 Ford is a 5 window, one more notch down in the pecking order.
Spectating to the left: a 1946-48 Ford, a 1940 Ford, possibly a Triumph or BSA, and a Cushman motor scooter.
Not all cool pics are from the 1930s. Behind these boys are a 68-70 Plymouth GTX or Roadrunner, a 70-72 Chevy Chevelle, a 61-64 Chevy pickup, an array of 67-68 Mustangs, 69 Camaro & a peek of 57 Chevy. Sadly can't ID their 4x4 here but neat door shape
Gotta say those fellas could really rock the Turds of Misery look
Pretty sure an early-mid 1930s Farmall F12, but have never seen the wacky wide-track steel wheels like that
a hillside-parked 1939 Buick Special sedan, and it would be hilarious to rotate the pic so the car is level and the kid is leaning
Seems your family was keeping the local Galena Chevy dealer afloat, with that '41 (left) and that '40 (right)
Tough call, but I'm saying 1939-ish GMC or Chevy, based on a school bus but without windows, and covered in bird shit. Pure nightmare fuel right there
*my chief childhood recurring nightmare was waiting at the farm lane for the school bus, which turns into a monster that eats me
I'll say 1954 Chevy Bel Air 2-door sedan, but feel free to do a victory dance if I'm wrong
Pretty certain a 1940-42 Plymouth or Dodge coupe
This swabby will be shipping off to sea via a 1942 Buick Super Sedanette
trying to get into town through the gravel road snowbanks in a 1957 or 58 Plymouth Savoy (the low price version of possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury in "Christine")
Grandma was quite adventurous in the 1922-23 Packard phaeton.
OK that's it for #DavesCarIDService today, my OCD has its limits. Back tomorrow to dig through the backlog of requests.
*and yes, today's thread was opened and closed by Wylie Watson as Mr. Memory in the 1935 Hitchcock thriller "The 39 Steps." Congrats if you ID'd the movie, and shame on you if you've never seen it.
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