Thread by @iowahawkblog

Hangin' out, down the street
The same old thing we did last week
Not a thing to do, but talk to you
#DavesCarIDService

*Photo lifted from Rick McCloskey's amazing "Van Nuys Blvd 1972," a must-have book of California car cruising culture.

**Lyrics lifted from "In The Street" (written by Alex Chilton) from the Big Star album "#1 Record," a must-have for any music collection.

***and the 'Moonlight Cocktail' car that's attracting all the parking lot attention is a 1958 Chevy Impala 2 door hardtop with Cragar S/S mags and some primer on the door indicating a recent boo-boo.

****car cruising (known as "scooping the loop" in my home town of Sioux City IA) was once a major component of adolescent life across America, largely gone now. I could probably write a thesis on its roots in the Paseo courting ritual of Mexico, etc, but let's get to the car IDs.

okay once last thing before the car IDs: it isn't "Cragers" or "Craigers" or "Craigors," it's Cragar, a portmanteau of CRAne GARtz, the company's founder.

Sorry, it's a common misspelling that kind of bugs me like "Camero."

These Gibson Girls are hitting the road in a circa 1906 Cadillac Model K runabout. Oddly enough Cadillac was founded in 1902 from the remnants of the failed Henry Ford Co. His next venture, the Ford Motor Co., was somewhat more successful.

https://twitter.com/len_redfern/status/1373269612519907335

This photo is a Larry McMurtry novel come to life; Mom and Grandpa here are with a 1939 Dodge sedan.

https://twitter.com/HEADLINES_Etc/status/1375274645159436293

Another Dodge here, a circa 1918 Dodge Brothers roadster. If photo is 1923, car is actually older than the urchins on the running board.

https://twitter.com/Heidiv58/status/1370812329630302209

For you cineastes out there who tagged this for me, Truffaut's auteurmobile camera car here is a fileted Citroen 2CV.

https://twitter.com/projectionistw/status/1371887739893911553

This Canadian po-po doggo patrolled in a 1973-78 Ford LTD wagon.

https://twitter.com/elempile/status/1372588099205668865

The luck of the Irish didn't rub off on Dublin's 1941-46 Chevy 1 1/2 ton truck.

https://twitter.com/jsvannorman/status/1372913974904188929

On the right, how the abandoned 41-46 Chevy 1.5 ton in the previous ID once looked. On the left, a circa 1940 Mack.

https://twitter.com/Zipser11/status/1372924821680631810

This vintage tollbooth shot features a 1959-65 'fintail' Mercedes (200 or 220) followed by a 1963 Rambler Ambassador station wagon, and a 61 Ford Galaxie in right lane. Oddly, Mercedes held onto tailfins longer than Cadillac, until 1967.

https://twitter.com/toddva99/status/1373054192173129728

I don't want to disparage Great Grandma's memory and trigger a family crisis, but the spare mount and center taillight tells me that's a 1928 Chevy. A Pontiac would have taillight on left rear fender.

https://twitter.com/luxulad/status/1373251206827675652

A trio of terrific photos that pose a trio of fairly tough ID challenges:

1. circa 1930 Ariel LB motorcycle
2. circa 1938 Vauxhall Wyvern convertible
3. easiest ID, a circa 1953 Austin A40 wagon.

https://twitter.com/cvunited81/status/1373258331091988480

*I would add that a British-made Ariel would be quite a rare item to see in prewar Czechoslovakia. I would think most motorbikes there/then would be from the local company Jawa, or from Germany.

These GIs are reaping the rewards of their thirst trap Jeep MB or GPW.

https://twitter.com/back9k9/status/1373269246747156482

Another quick reminder to please add the #DavesCarIDService hashtag to your ID requests, otherwise it will likely disappear in my mentions.

These two pals are sitting on a 1939 Chevy, with a 1936 Chevy humpback sedan behind it.

https://twitter.com/wiegtweet/status/1373280836771053574

Hats off to this DIY restorer, and his 1942-47 Ford pickup.

https://twitter.com/Guymxc/status/1373281265252716546

Uncle Jake was Born To Be Mild on this little motorcycle, which after quite a bit of research I believe is a circa 1952 James Comet or Commodore. Might've Jake brought it from the UK? I see a Maryland plate, and don't think these were sold in the US.

https://twitter.com/PaullyDoe/status/1373287558239690755

These beachcombers have found a rocky niche to park their 1923-24 Chevy sedan, with steel wheels from a 25-26 Chevy.

https://twitter.com/JamieClayz/status/1373294139257757704

Hey wait... I believe that's the a souvenir drive-through-the-tree Yosemite photo op, not the beach.

These 2 GI buddies are with the somewhat odd duck 1942-45 "Plodge" US Army staff car. Basically a 1942 Plymouth, with Canadian Dodge trim, made in Canada during WW2 as part of the Lend Lease act.

https://twitter.com/Luxapallila/status/1373295640638337027

That brings us to the end of today's car ID cruise, see you again next weekend. Happy Motoring!