Thread by @iowahawkblog

What are you lookin' at, nerd? It's time for #DavesCarIDService

*Car is a 1930-31 Ford Model A coupe, chopped & channeled, 36 Ford truck grille, early Chrysler Hemi, U-Fab 6x2 intake with Stromberg 97, whitewall recap cheater slicks, 57 Plymouth hubcaps. Next to 55 Olds 88 4 door sedan.

Administrative notes: glad to be back on the car ID beat after my unfortunate hacking incident. My avi and old tweets haven't been restored yet, but I'm hopeful they will be within a few days. Thank you for your patience.

And please adhere to the guidelines:

- use #DavesCarIDService tag
- I prioritize family pics and mysterious abandoned heaps
- be patient, it may take me a few weeks to get to your pic
- NO POLITICS and no 57 Chevys

Can't say what the gizmo is, but the car is a 1930-31 Ford Model A coupe, but not a Deluxe which would have rumble seat. Same model as in the hot rod pic above, before-hot rodding treatment.

https://twitter.com/CotnerMD/status/1316945769090457602

Nope. Willys introduce a civilian Jeep pickup soon after the war, along with the Jeepster wagon. This one is a very early model, circa 1947; later ones would have a more ornate grille with chrome.

https://twitter.com/Phila_Mino/status/1316746412449828865

In front of the stately Tudor house is a 1948-51 Hudson Commodore.

https://twitter.com/tcmpacheco/status/1316021799872655365

Dad looking like Marlon Brando in The Wild One on his 1946-50 Indian Chief.

https://twitter.com/SavageDP2018/status/1314931220610977792

He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'sicle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101

Incidentally, the singing Cheers here feature Bert Convy, who would later go on to polyester suited Match Game 77 stardom. Orchestra conducted by Les Baxter, one of superstars of Space Age Tiki Martini Exotic music

But I digress. Back to the car IDs: these Jersey kindergarten grads will never walk alone, thanks to a 1956 Ford Parklane wagon.

https://twitter.com/JohnPlunket/status/1314732623529418752

Sailor Boy Gramps is leaning on a 1941 Cadillac; not 100% sure, but I believe the teddy bear-hugging bobby sox beehive hairhoppers are in front of a circa 1955 British made Ford Anglia. Some US Ford dealers sold their UK cousins in the postwar period.

https://twitter.com/KevCoons/status/1314313602418044931

There's just enough to tell me car on left is 1953 Dodge Coronet, and on right is a 1953 Ford Custom.

https://twitter.com/ATLeah/status/1311451678705618946

Not a lot to go on here, but I'm venturing the car is a circa 1923 Dodge touring. Awesome pic, and the poor guy in front looks like he needs to pee like a race horse.

https://twitter.com/TallManShort/status/1310251112952365056

More excellent photos, featuring:

1. 1928-29 Ford Model A Deluxe coupe
2-3. 1962 Chevy II Nova convertible (first year for this model)
4. Tom's 1st car is a top-of-the-line 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix.

https://twitter.com/UKTBL/status/1310249487324119040

I mean, just how great is this pic.

Another great pic, but a reminder to PLEASE remember the #DavesCarIDService hashtag in your request or otherwise I will likely never see it. The car here is one of my all time faves, a 1933 Ford Tudor sedan.

https://twitter.com/hiawathajohnson/status/1317828932822011908

This handsome couple are in a 1916-23 Ford Model T touring, and date would narrow it down to a 1916-17.

https://twitter.com/WILLisms/status/1310245740573323267

Safety First! Another 1917 photo, per the 1917 NY license plate (likely stamped in Sing Sing). Not enough here for a certain ID on the car, but it appears compatible with circa '16-'17 Buick touring.

https://twitter.com/spiralcal/status/1310232206976188424

rrrrrRRRoWWwwwrrr. Not all album photos need to be Jazz Age flappers. The truck here is a maddingly tough call, closest I can guess is a circa 1963 International Harvester, but tail light placement is off. I welcome a definitive call on this.

https://twitter.com/sethmacy/status/1310213170989015046

The unmistakable 2-tone & fins of a 1956 DeSoto, either a Firedome or Fireflite.

https://twitter.com/dee_white/status/1310036692695420929

These fashion plates are ready to strut their stuff in a 1941 Chevy Master Deluxe coupe.

https://twitter.com/bobbydonutz/status/1309933077393801220

Dad-in-Law won't be in trouble with the boss, as I'm pretty sure this is a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible, and optioned with electric windows, lah-ti-dah. IIRC if you worked at Ford and didn't drive one, you had to park in the distant lot.

https://twitter.com/ericrlittle/status/1309956813354221568

Auntie here is with a 1934 Ford Fordor sedan. Up the thread I ID'd a 1933 Ford; the only diff between 1933 & 34 from the side is the hood louvers. On 34 the louvers are straight, while on 33 they have a pleasant little curve which I like a bit better.

https://twitter.com/PPATZER/status/1309894717237321729

Sorry, that's all I have time for today. Back soon with more adventures in car identification!