Today's episode of #DavesCarIDService is brought to you by the Snowmobile Company of West Ossipee, New Hampshire. Stop wasting money on expensive horses- get a Snowmobile™ attachment for your Ford car and turn those snowbanks into boulevards! 
long before "snowmobile" was genericized it was a trademark for this system, patented in 1917 by NH Ford dealer & tinkerer Virgil White. $400 kit, or complete Model T $750. Main market was MDs & rural mail carriers, but only ~3000 were made.
before getting down to today's ID bidness, I again implore you to adhere to the guidelines for your optimal car ID service experience.
Also, I sometimes have to issue a correction over a previous ID, so I feel entitled to a touchdown celebration over this confirmation of a previous wild guess.
https://twitter.com/Harry_Bergeron/status/1361466202825007108
without further ado, let's get to them IDs: prolific pater familias Hank here is with a 1925-27 Ford Model TT truck. And little Fulda MN is also home to one of my favorite 1960s garage bands of all time, the Continental Co-Ets.
https://twitter.com/awrivard/status/1363111393751420930
*Fulda's favorite daughters, the all-girl Continental Co-Ets and their 1965 regional freakbeat hit "I Don't Love You No More" on Iowa Great Lakes Records.
**I'll try not to go off on further stream-of-conscience tangents
**I'll try not to go off on further stream-of-conscience tangents
Who doesn't love wedding pictures? Mom's carriage here is a 1957 Oldsmobile 4 door hardtop. Across the street is a 1949-51 Mercury 4 door and a 1955-57 Chevy station wagon.
https://twitter.com/andrewtlloyd/status/1362906744561704961
Always a delight when Brett from LA shares photos from his amazing family archives. Bill, Wayne, 10¢ Red, Jeff, Shug, Stiff, and Slim (what names!) are astride a fleet of circa 1912 Harley 8A motorcycles, aka the "Silent Grey Fellow"
https://twitter.com/ItsBrettFromLA/status/1362607500940337155
What I wouldn't give for a nickname like "10¢ Red." That odd contraption in the middle is a Harley "Motorcycle Truck"; here's a 1913 twin. These were later replaced with sidecar deliveries, and then the 3 wheel Harley Servi-Cycle with two wheels in back.
This shivering lil' tractor in the snow is a 1948-52 Ford 8N (hat tip @davidknightsesq).
https://twitter.com/InventionQueen/status/1362507472666308613
No sir, the car is a 1955 Buick Century 4 door hardtop, which possibly might be a bit more spacious than their residence. Dig the TV antenna!
https://twitter.com/jgbutler/status/1361800553140019207
These Montreal mademoiselles are in front of a 1937 DeSoto sedan, a fairly easy ID in large part due to its snazzy ribbed bumpers, highly treasured by car customizers.
https://twitter.com/SeanOCasey1/status/1361758536502542340
This zaftig gal was an early proponent of body positivity on the running board of a 1930-31 Ford Model A Tudor.
https://twitter.com/JeffPow/status/1361389177145802755
This Valentine's Day submission would make a fine Valentine card illustration. These two are shyly pitching woo in front of a 1937 Chevy sedan.
https://twitter.com/smitty927/status/1360983732849504256
There's juuuuust enough here to confidently tell you these little rascals are atop a 1927-28 Chevy sedan.
https://twitter.com/nickhoward/status/1360951463745306633
speaking of car chimeras, these things were called "doodlebug" tractors: modified old cars repurposed for farm work. Most were based on humble Ford Model Ts and As, but this started out as a very fancy pants 1928 Buick. (ht @CypressNut)
https://twitter.com/fyvie2/status/1360649096558747652
Quick PSA: I am in fact frequently stumped, this isn't a competition to stump me, and there are no prizes for doing so. I want to keep this as a fun stroll thru old pictures, not a challenge to knock off the Fastest ID In The West.
https://twitter.com/awrivard/status/1363122886379200514
That stevedore stocking hat gives Gramps a John Garfield or Brando 'On The Waterfront' vibe. He may have been a Ford man, but this particular car is a 1934 Plymouth PE Deluxe.
https://twitter.com/MyStory21256924/status/1360706127504297992
These sharp dressed Hoosier G-Men look like they're fixin' to bring John Dillinger back to Indiana justice astride circa 1934 Indian Fours.
https://twitter.com/mjpayne_/status/1360685449925304322
family anecdote: my Iowa farmer grandparents honeymooned in Chicago shortly after Dillinger was shot down in front of the Biograph Theater in 1934. Grandpa whittled a souvenir sliver from a telephone pole that Dillinger reportedly died against.
Dad's 'sickle as of this time was a 1968ish Yamaha YG-T Trail, 80ccs of 2 stroke fun.
https://twitter.com/BloodSpite/status/1358082084594540551
Car in pic #1 is a 1937-38 Pontiac Silver Streak. In #2, speed demon Great Grandma is blazing past the Indy paddock (at least I hope so, otherwise she's going the wrong direction) in what is sadly a mystery. Maybe be a junk formula Whippet.
https://twitter.com/merc1T/status/1357829517520338945
*The Indy 500 "junk formula" was the result of the Great Depression and the escalating cost of exotic racers like Millers and Duesenbergs; it increased the displacement limit for engines, making it viable to run cheaper cars based on stock engine blocks.
**I'd also guess the car Great Grandma is in was kept at the track for tourists to sit in and pose for souvenir pictures.
GGGrandpa's hot rod was a 1916-23 Ford T; the race cars in #2 are late prewar or early postwar "cageless" (no roll bar) midget sprint cars, probably Kurtis Kraft or Solar. Top one is powered by a Ford V8 60 flathead.
https://twitter.com/merc1T/status/1357830124763303947
Fantastic pic and story here, but afraid I'm a bit stumped by the car; closest I can venture is a circa 1928 Wolseley, but low confidence. Sending out the bat signal to my UK/Euro car gurus for correction or confirmation.
https://twitter.com/SnoopyToeTag/status/1357815136958881794
Ever want to get away? These bystanders are shaking their heads at the predicament this motorist has gotten himself into, in his circa 1919 Dodge Brothers touring. (ht to several of you)
https://twitter.com/100YearsAgoLive/status/1357362165955633152
I generally avoid found-on-internet picture IDs, but this one is frequently, and wrongly, ID'd as a Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion. In fact it isn't a car at all but a CGI rendering, based very loosely on a Dymaxion.
https://twitter.com/Maxxed20/status/1356290782081200134
Bucky Fuller produced 3 prototype Ford flathead powered Dymaxion cars. the first for the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair (hmm up comes 1934 Chicago again). The real ones were somewhat austere without all the Rocketeer stuff in the fanciful CGI rendering.
The Clifton po-po went after scofflaws in this 1917-23 Ford Model T huckster. Not really a paddy wagon, but I suspect used to transport a cop squad. Note plastic side curtains, which would be easily escaped.
https://twitter.com/TaughL/status/1356279444999176192
*hmm on second glance, seems maybe there is also steel mesh on sides. So, I dunno, maybe it was used as a paddy wagon.
These beachgoers are beside a 1938 Buick Century sedan. Off to the right is a 1940 Studebaker Commander.
https://twitter.com/Marc_Leibowitz/status/1356202248481763336
These prehistoric DoorDash drivers brought you Bloomberg's Groceries in a 1935-37 Ford panel delivery.
https://twitter.com/HazeDoran/status/1357033137553829890
That's it for today, back again tomorrow for more adventures in car identification. As always, Happy Motoring!
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