Thread by @iowahawkblog

Happy double full moons from #DavesCarIDService

*Moon Equipment is a speed & dress-up accessory company started by Dean Moon in the 1950s, famous for their aluminum fuel tanks, wheel covers, and handsome fleet of yellow race cars. The Mooneyes Special '32 Ford 3 window above is sporting "full Moon" wheel covers.

After my macabre Halloween junkyard car ID thread yesterday, let's get back to some sweet family album shots- like this leggy Dallas lass and a '72 AMC Gremlin. The mall hair and leggings put the photo squarely around 1982.

https://twitter.com/dxturner/status/1322686435351236615

Who needs a trip to Disneyland when you have a gravel road, 1948-49 Cadillac sedanette, a length of chain, and a Radio Flyer steel runner sled*?

*We used to do this with a Blazer, bungy cord, and inner tube

https://twitter.com/HowAboutNoJack/status/1322560432423473153

These practical jokers played their pranks in a 1949 Plymouth 2 door fastback. And may I say Mom had some real Keely Smith energy.

https://twitter.com/kh_comentakeit/status/1322292219534082050

The late great Keely Smith, jazz vocalist extraordinaire, and hilariously deadpan stage sidekick to her frantically antic husband Louis Prima

"We're Ole and Lena. And we rob banks, doncha know."

I love this early 'Fargo' scene featuring a circa 1922 Hudson 6 phaeton. Grampa's spats are 🔥🔥🔥 , as the kiddies say.

https://twitter.com/SacBrie/status/1322189800946888706

you may be a bit off on the date, the fuzzmobiles in background are both Plymouth Furys, a '66 on left and '65 on right; both probably with the 383 Pursuit Package cop motor

https://twitter.com/CrossbarHockey/status/1317801552082513921

yessir, Sr. and Sra. Alvarez are off to their honeymoon in a 1957 Cadillac Fleetwood.

https://twitter.com/EdAlvarezB/status/1317808497808035840

Pretty sure Grandpa George's first car was a circa 1923-24 Chevy touring.

https://twitter.com/baldandgassy/status/1317809920746586112

yipes, upon further inspection I will issue a correction and say it's a '25-'26 Ford T touring, and sentence myself to 40 lashes with a wet noodle.

I dig how the forced perspective makes Baby Dad & his pedal car look yuge. The sedan in back is a 1930-31 Ford Model A Fordor, and the snazzy pedal roadster is probably a Gendron or Steelcraft.

https://twitter.com/robert_deadhead/status/1317813458553876480

Not a lot to go on here, but I say a very high likelihood of a 1917-24 Ford T touring. The Ford T had a 50% share of the global car market, and even higher in rural America.

https://twitter.com/dexlalex/status/1317820964412018688

That there is a circa 1911 Selden Model 46. Curious about the story behind this terrific pic.

https://twitter.com/JenAIowa/status/1317831895854567424

btw, George Selden, a Civil War vet and lawyer, filed for a US patent on the automobile in 1879 (!) which was finally granted 16 years later in 1895. The "Selden Patent" hampered the US car industry in court for years. He never got around to actually making a car until 1905.

*Selden used his patent to shake down early car makers, demanding a 0.75% royalty on all cars made in the US. Led by Henry Ford, a group of car makers sued Selden and prevailed in 1911, effectively overturning his patent.

Tough call here, but I think it is (keeping with the Moon theme) a circa 1924 Moon touring car. Not related to Moon speed equipment co., it was a St Louis car company that had a luxury brand named Diana, for the Greek moon goddess.

https://twitter.com/stephenbuilds/status/1317836876657627148

And yes, there were some gaudily colored cars at the time; only Ford had the "any color as long as it's black" philosophy. For outrageous color choices, nobody topped Ruxton.

This unidentified bundled-up duo looks ready to do some parking lot donuts in a 1957-58 Plymouth Savoy.

https://twitter.com/hiawathajohnson/status/1317838276930248704

This dapper family is rightfully proud of their brand new 1941 Mercury (per the 1941 Michigan plates).

https://twitter.com/hiawathajohnson/status/1317838766036451328

Gotta say I've never seen a 1955 base model Buick Super 4 door sedan fire department car with sirens, until now.

https://twitter.com/RichardSStarr/status/1317844065875091456

This young aspiring roadhouse bouncer is hood ornament on a 1949-53 Studebaker pickup.

https://twitter.com/Nicromantic/status/1317854441341546498

The car is a ubiquitous 1925-27 Ford T touring, but the real star here is Aunt Irene's pose. And the Dickeyville WI Grottoes souvenir banner.

https://twitter.com/JoeNabicht/status/1317948353985060864

And a fond farewell to the only Bond who ever mattered, the late great Sir Sean Connery, taking out time from his DB5 spymobile for spins in a (L) circa 1963 Mercedes 220SE coupe and (R) circa 1963 Porsche 356 coupe.

https://twitter.com/yeshuatrujillo/status/1322537160201826306

Calling a lid on car IDs for today, as I'm volunteering for some race car pit duties. True story.

Before closing, a note on Moon/Mooneyes, now owned by Japanese businessman Shige Suganuma: they sponsor 2 of the best car shows around, the annual Mooneyes Xmas party in SoCal, and the annual Mooneyes Hot Rod & Custom Show in Yokohama....

If you are a car fanatic and have Amazon Prime, I recommend the Mooneyes Yokohama videos on Prime TV. Some killer rides, and you'll see a few of my good-for-nothing hot rodding pals.
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