Thread by @iowahawkblog

Time to relax with a Space Martini and #DavesCarIDService

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Before diving into today's batch, and speaking of the fine arts, I am utterly tickled to learn that a previous car ID here has resulted in a published poem: "Mechanic in a Photograph Taken in 1940" by Tim DeJong.

https://twitter.com/tadejong/status/1320016439164739584

kicking off today with this wandering blacksmith and his sleepy hound. As best as I can tell, his mobile shop is a 1941-47 Ford panel truck, and not sure I'd want a forge mounted right above a gas tank. For you city slickers, "farrier" is a horse shoe guy.

https://twitter.com/xrae/status/1321627993731719168

Amazing pic. Safety first!

Another great pic; a tough ID call here but I believe it's a circa 1928 Willys Whippet.

https://twitter.com/porter_bill/status/1321498054894243841

1931 Chevy 2 door sedan, with it's then-revolutionary "stovebolt" OHV 6 engine - introduced in 1929, and made all the way till 1988. Before buying the car though, check for termites.

https://twitter.com/The_PMix/status/1321455674807717888

*before the advent of all-steel bodies in mid 1930s, cars had a lot of structural wood inside the body shell. Chevys and other GM cars have a lot of it, which makes restoration kind of a pain.

But $2k is actually a bargain price for this sedan.

It appears your kin are Mopar folks through and through; #1 is a 1956 Dodge (in front of 1956 Chevy), #2 is a 1946-48 Dodge, and #3 is a 1939 Plymouth humpback sedan.

https://twitter.com/UKTBL/status/1321436068714024962

Close, but no cigar. The 6 little vertical trim thingies underneath the trunk lid indicate 1955 Type 62 convertible, not Eldorado.

Oh what the hell, have a cigar anyway.

https://twitter.com/grw1177/status/1320728156408598528

Based on distribution of cars here, I'd guess 1967-70. Newest cars are the 67-68 Mustang and 67-68 Firebird on right.

https://twitter.com/dmkchf/status/1320088520061575170

The Swedish Sphinx vants to be alone in her circa 1929 Packard 645 Deluxe Town Car.

https://twitter.com/ConservatishSEA/status/1320056336118247424

not to delve in to class politics here, but town cars always struck me as an especially gratuitous FU to the working class. Nobility / moguls / movie stars riding in enclosed comfort, while the hired chauffeur was getting pelted with rain, snow & mud.

The two cars here are a 1957 Buick Roadmaster 4 door hardtop (L) and 1953 Plymouth 4 door sedan (R). Odd kind of clash between the 50s MCM Googie design, and the old timey 1800s Camptown Ladies Doo-Dah image of Stephen Foster.

https://twitter.com/LindseyBrock/status/1320055688928821248

Looks like this fella is taking his best gal out to see the new Rudolph Valentino silent at the Rialto in his 1920-24 Ford Model T roadster.

https://twitter.com/tjgawlik/status/1319980787287138306

That'd be a 1974-82 Checker Marathon airport limo. Back in the mists of time before Uber and Lyft, Checker Marathons ruled the Jurassic taxicab world. Designwise, they were virtually unchanged 1961-82.

https://twitter.com/chicagojoe16/status/1320359495516782595

circa 1956 Nash Metropolitan. Henceforth I am adding Nash Metropolitans to 1957 Chevys on my list of Cars That You Should Know So Don't Ask Me To ID Them Anymore.

https://twitter.com/joebeattie/status/1320360195017576449

They were thinking "I'll send away for a tank track kit for my old 1916-20 Ford Model T roadster and make money during the winter as a snow plow & rescue." Lots of weird T conversion kits like this were available at the time.

https://twitter.com/HighAltitudes/status/1320407294438408193

Here's another example, a 1920-23 Ford T roadster pickup with a half-track and ski steer conversion.

https://twitter.com/JimWilke/status/1324760000309293058

1975-81 Triumph TR7 (or possibly TR8). Its radical wedge shape had a big influence on the later Pontiac Fiero and Toyota MR2.

https://twitter.com/tskyyc_king/status/1320717388338221057

Through the sun glare I can tell you it's a Triumph TR6 (1968-76), the car that the TR7/TR8 replaced. In my opinion a much prettier car, but in general I'd advise to stay away from all 1970s British Leyland cars.

https://twitter.com/Sofi_makespeace/status/1320423324808335363

Rolling back the Triumph clock even further, here is a 1955-62 TR3. And now I can't get the Peter Gunn Theme out of my head.

https://twitter.com/michaellunsford/status/1320903098387279872

Based on the child safety standards of the time maybe they were strapping baby onto the back for a ride. Car here I think is a circa 1927 Buick sedan tho not 100% sure. I love the bungalow in the background, which may have been a Sears catalog item.

https://twitter.com/xrae/status/1321628001445007366

Yes kids, 95 years ago you could order a beautiful craftsman style bungalow from the Sears catalog, which was kinda like a prehistoric Amazon Prime. There is an especially large treasure trove of these houses in Riverside CA.

Check out this amazing photo of old Florida. The car here is a circa 1916 Overland, which probably started out as a touring car and then de-fendered and rear section removed to serve as a backwoods buggy in its old age. Photo seems like maybe 1930s.

https://twitter.com/LindseyBrock/status/1321637321754685442

The unmistakable alien-like visage of a 1962 Dodge Dart, and the bugcatcher scoop portends some sort of massively hopped up mill under the hood.

https://twitter.com/tplloyd/status/1321681960943538176

*The 62 Dart and its companion Plymouth Valiant rank as one of the weirdest designs ever to come out of Detroit, and pretty much ended Virgil Exner's tenure as head of Chrysler design studio. They've kind of grown on me, though.

Pop's car here is a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda convertible, already showing a little rust around the gills 4 years later, as was the habit of Mopars at the time.

https://twitter.com/blevenson/status/1321920068855472130

awwww. Sweet pic, and the car nearest you and your sisters is a 1954-55 full sized Nash, either Ambassador or Statesman.

https://twitter.com/terry_jarrett/status/1321939814476701698

The vintage toddler parade continues with this cranky lil' gal on the bumper of a 1941 Chevy.

https://twitter.com/Susodo/status/1322170855321985025

Need to correct you here, neither of the visible cars are Ford Model T, I believe both are are Dodge touring cars. The obscured vehicle isn't a bus, just an early sedan, but not enough for a solid ID.

https://twitter.com/zeliemike/status/1322191714430390274

Mrs. B is tapping her wrist, which is my cue to end today's car IDing. Until next time, aloha amigos!