Thread by @iowahawkblog

Live from the RKO Pantages Theater in glamorous Hollywood, California... it's the #DavesCarIDService Os-Cars!

*driving to the right: 1950-52 Hudson Commodore or Super Wasp
driving to left: 1953-54 Chevy Bel Air convertible
parked curbside: 1948-52 Studebaker 2 door sedan

before diving into today's batch of ID requests, here's yet another tedious reposting of the guidelines. Sorry, but seems like no matter how many times I repeat this people ignore them (especially my plea to use the hashtag)

Strong Addie Pray energy in these two gal pals who look fresh from a kitchen bowl haircut. Not much to go on here for a car ID, but the fancy alternating inlay wooden 12 spoke wheels seem to indicate a 1918ish Cadillac touring.

https://twitter.com/Edubya/status/1385950205531418626

Young Grandma is piled into the back of what I'm almost certain is another Cadillac touring, this one a circa 1915. Note the same fancy alternating inlay 12 spoke wheels in back and 10 spokes in front, which I think is unique to Caddies.

https://twitter.com/lindafritts/status/1385949768766078978

Hmmmm. My "almost certain" misgiving about that car was due to the lack of cowl lights, which prompted some further research. It appears that Hudson also used the same 10/12 spoke wheel combo, so I think both previous IDs could be Hudson touring cars of same vintage.

Mom seems entertained by Grandpa's peek-a-boo routine here, and the film is definitely post WW2: the car is a 1946-48 Buick Roadmaster 4 door sedan (finally an ID I can say with complete confidence)

https://twitter.com/Matt_Kellogg/status/1385942109383921667

Darn tootin' I like these kinda photos, they're my favorite part of this whole thing. This family of fashion plates is standing in front of a 1926-27 Nash Six sedan.

https://twitter.com/jks417/status/1383835852548149260

I'm not sure why Great Gramps thought his car was amphibious, but it's a 1923ish Maxwell Model 25. Maxwell was the predecessor of Chrysler, btw.

https://twitter.com/SteveKnapp1/status/1383767735134347273

I think at least 25% of the state of Iowa was conceived in the back seat of a car parked next to a cornfield, like this 1953 Mercury Monterrey sedan.

https://twitter.com/demedicis/status/1383467365250125826

Tough one here due to lack of radiator emblem, but a number of features suggest circa 1920 REO touring. And removed windshield and painted backdrop strongly suggest photo is a carnival booth souvenir.

https://twitter.com/JJWiffler/status/1383475266371002369

*cars were once such a novelty (pre 1908 or so) that people would pay 25c to get a picture of in one. I occasionally get such ID pics, but this one is fairly recent. I'd venture these folks are big city dwellers, where car ownership was still a novelty in 1920.

**first wave of car owners were wealthy moguls, followed by professional types (especially doctors), and then rural America, largely thanks to the Model T. Oddly cars are a a technology where hicks were the early adopters and city slickers the laggards.

I'm afraid I need an assist on the car ID, but... how DARE you, Spotify? The Temptations were from MOTOWN, a/k/a THE MOTOR CITY, a/k/a DETROIT MF MICHIGAN, and wouldn't be caught dead in some Euro clown car. This is a calumny! CADILLAC, LINCOLN, or GTFO

https://twitter.com/damianjpenny/status/1383575439717801985

The look on Fender Lady is priceless. Car is kind of a toughie, but right side hand brake, horn tube and cowl light makes me willing to bet it's a 1911ish E-M-F (precursor to Studebaker) touring.

https://twitter.com/1175_Susan/status/1383457850500947979

That's it for the old album photos for today (please be patient, sometimes it takes a while to get to your requests and a while more to figure out the answer). Now onto the junkyard piles and street finds...

I'm no ace at Eurocars, but I believe first one is a circa 1966 Lancia Flavia, second a 1977ish BMW 320i

https://twitter.com/sideoutpar/status/1382768621198438402

Nosir, two completely different Pontiacs. First is an elusive 1966 Star Chief Executive (big size GM B body, like an Chevy Biscayne), second a 67 LeMans 4 door hardtop (mid size GM A body, like a Chevy Chevelle).

https://twitter.com/sideoutpar/status/1382768802463686657

1940-47 Ford pickup cab, chopped & channeled, 1935-36 Ford truck grille, running an early Chrysler Hemi with a 1951-56 Cadillac batwing air cleaner.

https://twitter.com/vlad3060/status/1383483257753247745

1971 Pontiac Bonneville convertible gets an involuntary insta-chop courtesy a careless Pittsburgh driver (h/t @MaintenanceJoh1)

https://twitter.com/JessicaGuayTV/status/1383480792559480837

1947-54 Chevy pickup, and the desirable 5 window model.

https://twitter.com/jmartinmcc/status/1383763533154766858

seeing the picture is often helpful for IDs.

https://twitter.com/toddva99/status/1383771718913716235

Fiberglass kit car of some sort, as evidenced by the chipped (rather than dented) front lip. There were (and are) hundreds of makers of various fiberglass kit bodies since the 50s, and it'd probably take me a few hours to figure out the brand of this one.

https://twitter.com/NormMann3/status/1383775015854772236

Daddy likey. One of the more desirable of all Ford Model As, a 1931 slant windshield Victoria. In very late 1931 (even into 1932) Ford made visorless slant windshield Vickies and Fordors, kind of a hint to what the 1932s would look like.

https://twitter.com/PhotoCapeBreton/status/1383806718933561353

By the way that one is obviously hot rodded, per the visible header tubes under the engine compartment, and the modern era Tru-Spoke wire wheels.

a 1968-69 Ford Torino or Mercury Cyclone, which seems to have become a popular tourist site for my readers.

https://twitter.com/kaideejay/status/1383821285151494154

I mean, what are the odds?

https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/1378757104962527235

A few IDs up the thread was a 1966 Pontiac LeMans, and here is its muscled-up alter ego: a 1966 Pontiac GTO. The base LeMans would've had a 326 or OHC straight 6, but the GTO came with a triple carb 389.

https://twitter.com/DanOnAHill/status/1383828685527019531

Sorry folks, Mrs B is giving me the old Do-Your-Chores stinkeye, which means it's time for me to exit stage right. Until next time, Happy Motoring!