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It's an all-wreck #DavesCarIDService today, brought to you by Like-Nu Body & Fender and Bondo Bodyman, the Miracle Dent Filler
Leading off our parade of hulks today is this unfortunate 1931 Pontiac 4 door sedan, which may need a bit of frame straightening.
quick note: the giveaway here is the split grille, which first appeared on 1928 Pontiacs, and remained a staple of Pontiac styling all the way to their demise.
one more Pontiac tidbit: Pontiac debuted in 1926, as a companion brand to Oakland. GM created several such low price "companions" to its main brands; Cadillac: LaSalle, Buick: Marquette, Olds: Viking. Pontiac was the only companion brand that outlasted its big brother.
OK, back to the junkpile: this one here is a 1928-29 Ford Model AA truck, most likely originally made with a wood cab.
I regret to inform you that your target practice is a 1941 Ford Tudor sedan.
Even if a car has been totaled, it can still make a useful organ donor. Witness this dandy bar ornament made from a shined up 1955 DeSoto grille insert, probably from a junkyard heap.
This chicken coop/coupe once was a 1965-73 VW Type 3 Fastback.
nothing sadder than seeing a 1959 Chevy Biscayne 2 door sedan in this state of affairs.
Victim here is a 1914-15 Ford Model T touring, and the knee britches on the boys indicate time frame is around 1918-22. No red-blooded American boy has ever been able to resist checking out a local car wreck.
Kind of a challenge here, but I'm semi-sure it's a 1941-46 Chevy truck chassis, and heavy cross-members say a 3/4 ton.
This spelunker has somehow stumbled upon a 1953 Ford Crestline.
If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it, it might have dropped on a 1940 Oldsmobile. Not the nicest looking car ever designed, but still undeserving of this fate.
What's left of a circa 1958 Willys Jeep station wagon, granddaddy to the Jeep Cherokee, and a candidate for the first SUV. This one could make a neat custom project.
No challenge here as it's unmistakably a 1959 Cadillac de Ville 4 door hardtop. Despite no major collision damage still qualifies as a wreck because someone decided to cut off its roof. It'll twist & warp like a mf if you tried to drive it.
Kind of an eye test here, but I think you spied a 1941-42 or 1946 Chevy 4 door sedan.
Nothing makes a better setting for a horror movie than an abandoned school bus in the woods, like this 1960 Ford.
And you could probably do a prequel to that movie in this bus, which is quite an ID challenge. Fenders/body indicate circa 1938-41; it has an OHV 6 cylinder but spark on left side so definitely not Chevy/GMC. My best guess is 1940ish International.

A 1949-50 Ford Tudor with quite the owie booboo
I'm gonna try to say this very nicely: if you as much as think about invading today's car ID thread with your political hot takes, delete it or I will block your ass.
1939-40 Chevy truck, and from the nonchalant look on Grampa's face, looks like he's seen his share of wrecks in Chucktown.
The door sign on the unfortunate truck above appears to say "Charles City Bottling Works," btw
These Wolverine fans are enjoying a good chuckle over a banged up circa 1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost roadster. Directly behind it is a 1938 Willys, so I'd date this squarely in the Tom Harmon era of UM football.
The oddly dissect corpus of a 1963 Chevy Impala.
Once an Elvis-worthy 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.
The final resting place of a 1954 Plymouth Plaza 4 door sedan.
Man, I'm blanking out on this one. One on right seems a 1937 Chevy car or truck grille, but long headlight buckets seem more 1937-38 Buick. No clue on the truck cab on left.
Let's close out this thread on a happy note, with a few abandoned vehicles that are possibly restorable: first, a 1950-53 MG TD, hopefully desert rust free.
And this barn (well, quonset hut) find 1950-51 bullet nose Studebaker. Not necessarily worth the $ of a full resto, but hell yeah, get it running and road worthy, and show off that beautiful patina.
That's it for today's bangup #DavesCarIDService, which reminds you to drive safely, because the life you save may be mine.
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