Thread by @iowahawkblog

Another bonus catch-up-with-my-inbox episode of #DavesCarIDService today. Please to enjoy this heartwarming News 5 Cleveland segment that captures how a car can be a beloved family heirloom.

news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

even today a near-100 year old Model T can function as a daily driver on city streets. They were famously reliable, easy to work on, and still easy to source parts. There is a reason that half the cars in the world were once Ford Model Ts.

Let's kick off today with a little bit of family album cheesecake, featuring a 1949-51 Dodge or Plymouth 2-door sedan.

https://twitter.com/RJKolb/status/1310410202727018516

The crusty old timer here is posing in front of a 1924-27 Buick touring. If picture is contemporary, I'd guess he'd have been born in the 1860s.

https://twitter.com/vdpittman/status/1310385876468457473

I'll ID it anyway, as a 1952 Pontiac 4 door sedan. This is called "Gasser style" for the gas coupe drag racing class that was popular in the 1960s; characterized by front straight axle and nose-up attitude that helped acceleration via weight transfer.

https://twitter.com/youdummy/status/1310266730615394304

The Gasser thing goes back to the late 50s "High & Mighty" 49 Plymouth coupe, put together by a team of Mopar engineers who pulled out all the stops in an effort for 1/4 mile acceleration. Chrysler Hemi engine set far back, with long intake & exhaust runners. Goofy, but quick.

The NHRA Gasser class was the grandpa of today's Funny Car class. And for you Mopar guys, that there is the very first Chrysler Corp factory sponsored race car.

This here is right down my alley, a 1930 Ford Model A coupe hot rod with 1932 Ford grille, Guide 682-C headlights, and 1939 Ford taillights with the chic 1950s blue dot inserts.

https://twitter.com/dreamerintexas/status/1310244028848447488

1961-64 Chevy Corvair Lakewood 700 station wagon.

https://twitter.com/chief_branzig/status/1310313393870569473

1984-87 Corvette C4 aluminum turbine style wheels, a/k/a "salad shooters"

https://twitter.com/DrewPaulE/status/1313597994499883008

1955 Chevy 150 4 door sedan. Being a base model 4 door it's probably not worth the effort and expense of a full restoration, but would be a fun and funky daily driver. It it were a Bel Air coupe or convertible, that'd be a different story.

https://twitter.com/dmkchf/status/1314941110167506945

A terrific slice of Americana here, featuring a 1937 Ford Tudor sedan.

https://twitter.com/JustHereToShare/status/1256970029947482114

*and apologies for the 6 month ID wait. Actually a very easy ID, sometimes a request gets lost in the shuffle.

<twists head>

Not 100% sure, but I believe a circa 1930 Packard 6 sedan.

https://twitter.com/2organicfarmers/status/1315298758767398912

Rotating that pic so you all can enjoy these nattily dressed gents, and decide which side of the Prohibition laws they stood on.

A VW-based fiberglass kit car trying to masquerade as a 1950s MG TD, probably built in the 1970s. Not a fan.

https://twitter.com/das3456/status/1315320231691202561

*Occasionally I get ID requests for VW kit cars, or faux-Ferrari Pontiac Fieros, or silly 70s-80s "neo-classics" based on GM chassis. As the late great Mitch Hedberg said of turkey ham and turkey salami and turkey bologna, "Dude, just be yourself."

Here's an example of a late 70's "neo classic", probably a GM based Clenet. There were a number of makers of this things at the time, Excalibur, Clenet, Black Hawk, etc, meant to evoke a 1930s Duesenberg or Benz, and targeted for the leisure suit fellow.

https://twitter.com/StraightOuttaEM/status/1310383931213086721

A good rule of thumb is you are not going to see a Duesenberg or Mercedes SSK fetching groceries at Kroger in a rainstorm. And you're not gonna see a Ford GT 40 on the back of an open car carrier (this is a VW based kit)

https://twitter.com/SconsonWynn/status/1317930240740593664

These IDs have been for educational purposes only. In the future I will be ignoring ID requests for these kinds of fiberglass fakery, as they generally harsh my buzz.

Ahh, a palate-cleansing 1936 Oldsmobile F36 coupe.

https://twitter.com/F8L_G8R/status/1316522328319238145

A couple of noteworthy mid-60s FoMoCo products, a 1965 Mustang, and under the tarp a 1966 Lincoln Continental.

https://twitter.com/The_PMix/status/1316822916189892615

An oddly random collection of rides here, featuring (L-R) 1966 Chevy Caprice, 1955 Olds 88, 1942 Chevy coupe, and a 1974-78 Ford Mustang II.

https://twitter.com/2organicfarmers/status/1317106988246073344

A pair of AMC Rambler Classics; on left a 1963 sedan, on right a 1961-62 station wagon. Here "Classic" refers to the model name, not the collector value.

https://twitter.com/truetomharley/status/1314907266567606273

btw, this one got ID'd because a good Samaritan forwarded it with the hashtag. A gentle reminder of my ID request guidelines (if you just tweet it at me, I'm probably not going to see it)

That'd be the distinct alien-like taillights of a 1967 Monaco.

https://twitter.com/OvernightHaulin/status/1317115827951443969

Come on, man.

https://twitter.com/OvernightHaulin/status/1317116066653478914

Both are 1917-24 Ford T touring cars, and the 1921 Wisconsin plates narrow it to 1917-21. The stars of the show here though are the clowning Cheeseheads, perhaps fueled by some Milwaukee barley pop.

https://twitter.com/DPKanyer/status/1317163368134799361

Don't ever change, Wisconsin.

With that, I'm calling it a day on the car IDs. Join me tomorrow for a special #DavesCarIDService Halloween Spooktacular Car Graveyard of Horrors edition. Get you mangled car remains pictures ready!