Hey gang, it's time to solve some more Mystery Machines on another episode of #DavesCarIDService
before diving in, quick reminder to please hashtag your ID requests with #DavesCarIDService. I really enjoy helping you ID those cars in your old family pics and whatnot, but without the tag they can get lost in my mentions. And please be patient, it might take 1-2 weeks.
Okay, let's kickoff today with this vintage cheesecake stunner: the blurry bathing beauty blonde on the boulder here is in front of a 1935 Ford 3 window coupe. Ah, if only Dad had learned to focus that lens.
These 2 gents are proudly displaying their white bucks on the bumper of a 1935 Ford coupe, sporting what I believe is a 1939 Tennessee-shaped Tennessee license plate.
To the left behind them, a 1939 Ford Deluxe; to the right -you guessed it- a 1935 Ford 3 window coupe.
If you're sensing a theme here, it's because I am a bit partial to 1935 Fords (this 3 window is my latest project) 
correction, this is a 5 window coupe. (so sue me, I was distracted by the dame)
not a 1935 Ford, but a contemporary competitive offering from Ford's Detroit crosstown rival, a 1935 Dodge
And another same-year model from the Chrysler stable, a 1935 Plymouth
sorry for long ID delay on this one, which is a 1941 Studebaker Commander sedan
Great uncle may be proud, but his pride is a 1927 Chevy Superior 2 door sedan.
quick car ID tip: stock Fords of the 20s (Model T or A) all had wood spoke or wire wheels. Steel wheels of the era generally indicate Chevy, or possibly Pontiac or Nash, if it is a modest price car. First Ford stamped steel wheels weren't until 1937.
The Chicago PD here is admiring a new 1947 or 48 Ford Tudor police cruiser.
not sure when Chicago switched over to Dodge Polaras
Our second 1941 Studebaker of the day is this Champion, with either 1946 or 48 Texas plates
Yipes, it seems this 1956 Ford Customline has been somewhat stymied by a sinkhole
1942-47 Ford F2 truck. Thoughts? The cab, hood, and a few other parts might have some modest value to the hot rod builder market
$696 for a '35 Deluxe 3 window coupe? Dang, I got gypped on mine
for reference, the lower priced Deluxe models (phaeton, cabriolet, 3 window) are much more valuable than the highest priced models (Fordor & Fordor touring sedan) today.
A forlorn 1975 Buick Electra 225 collecting snow behind in a White Castle in the authentic gritty Scorsese squalor of 70s NYC
A ponderous 1956 Packard Clipper
The Georgia Peach here is ballin' behind the wheel of a 1910-12 Owen touring, with 42 inch (!) rims
A nasty sumbitch who was no stranger to controversy, Ty Cobb was caught up in the car related 1910 Chalmers Award Scandal. Chalmers awarded a new car to the big league batting title winner, which came down to Cobb or Nap Lajoie:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_Chal…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_Chal…
A more obscure baseball pro, some years later, with a 1946-47 Studebaker Champion
oddly enough my farming relative Roger Horsley (Dad's cousin) also spent 2 years in the Yankees minor league farm system but still has his signing bonus, a 1965 Pontiac GTO.
*actually his signing bonus was $4000, but used it to buy the car
*actually his signing bonus was $4000, but used it to buy the car
He told me once that during his first season he came up to bat against a kid from Texas named Nolan Ryan, and after one pitch he pretty much knew then and there his major league dreams were over.
Anyhoo, back to cars: the car here is a brass radiator Ford Model T (1912-1916ish) so it, along with the clothes, makes it very plausible the photo was during the 1917 Spanish Flu epidemic
Tough call, but the chassis says the infamous Jersey City Dirt Track Disintegration is a 1937-38 GM coupe, probably Chevy. Seems to be a primitive X-Acto knife photoshop using a post-wreck staged photo, however.
Probably the craziest race track wreck ever caught on film: Don Renfrow's Shoebox Nightmare at Fremont (don't worry, no humans were harmed in the filming of this video)
Really struggling with this ID, I'm gonna say 1912-13ish Cadillac Model 30 touring but not 100% certain
I can definitely say 1913-14 Ford Model T roadster, although no guarantee the pic is during the same time frame.
I think you're about a decade off, pretty sure this is a 1946-48 Dodge or Plymouth
Another car ID tip: 1941 was the age of the disappearance of running boards for Ford, Chevy, Plymouth, etc. This car doesn't have true running boards, just a bit of lower body flare. Unless it's a luxury model (Cadillac, Lincoln, etc) a car w/out running boards is post-1940.
This one is a 1937-38 Chevy sedan
The Friona float follows a Fifty-Five Ford
Man, what a cool pic, but a bear of an ID task due to the great # of car companies at the time. Best I can tell, the two nearest cars are both circa 1907-09 Pierce-Arrow or Peerless, but certain high $ cars. Happy to be corrected by an AACA member.
Bit of an eye test, but car behind your fertile nana seems to match up with 1938 Pontiac sedan
Now THIS is a mystery. I suspect a 1938-ish Ford COE truck (due to 5 bolt wheels) with a custom handmade body. I did some digging and Bynum-Stephens was a Murfreesboro Pontiac dealer, so maybe they didn't want to be seen towing a Pontiac with a Ford.
These Parisian street scenes include (L) a 1964-65 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2, and (R) a couple of similar year Frogmobiles: Citroen 2CV and Renault Dauphine
That's it for #DavesCarIDService today, Scooby and I have some things to Doobie-Doo. Back for more Mystery Machines, like, later!
