It was Saturday morning and my partner and I were working cold cases from the LAPD unknown vehicle division.
My name is Burge. And I ID cars. #DavesCarIDService
My name is Burge. And I ID cars. #DavesCarIDService
*Friday and Gannon, of course, gathered just-the-facts-ma'am in a just-the-facts-ma'am 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 sedan; tailgating them in the photo is a 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado.
Before delving into today's casefiles, another reminder to please adhere to the guidelines:
Our first solved mystery isn't from the LAPD, but from the LAPL (ht @laplanck): this jaunty little jalopy is a Ford Model T, wearing a circa 1925 Morton & Brett speedster body.
https://twitter.com/OldLAPhotos/status/1390896859204435971
*I've discussed these before; during the 1920s, body makers like PACO and Morton & Brett sold kits to convert your embarrassingly dowdy Tin Lizzie into something that looked vaguely like a speedway race car.
oops! Pardon the interruption, I had a work related thingamajig just pop up which I must attend to, the car IDs will resume once it is sorted out.
Phew! Restroom successfully mopped & waxed, back to the car IDs. Let's stick in Los Angeles with this request from my ol' LA pal @TheArmedLiberal. This leggy lass is adjusting her pumps in a 1950 Studebaker Starlight coupe.
https://twitter.com/TheArmedLiberal/status/1390735966550126597
Auntie here is perched on the fender of a 1952 Nash Ambassador Super. If Grandma had only held on to it, her $750 investment would now be worth literally multi-thousands.
https://twitter.com/LibertyJen/status/1390368777775194113
These sturdy American Gothic reenactors are getting photobombed by a 1936 Plymouth P2.
https://twitter.com/mspike007/status/1389046062808145922
Did you really think I wouldn't know that Joy Harmon here is attending to a 1941 DeSoto Custom coupe, in the finest car wash scene in cinematic history?
https://twitter.com/DrGeorgeBurdell/status/1388611776145620996
Speaking of cinematic DeSotos: dressed up like a million dollar trouper, trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper!) this 1937 DeSoto is puttin' on the Ritz.
(which unfortunately invalidates the photo date)
(which unfortunately invalidates the photo date)
https://twitter.com/CriterionDaily/status/1390679272130498560
Gotta say I love everything about this pic, which is certainly one of the best car ID requests I have ever received. Grandma couldn't resist this Big Bad Wolf and his 1928-29 Auburn cabriolet.
https://twitter.com/briangwilson/status/1390777151432101888
Also gotta say you don't often see an Auburn splashed with mud on a dirt road. Not the rarest of Auburn cars but still worth a pretty penny, and a ticket to the exclusive Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Fancy Pants Club.
A neat little slice of postwar 50s Americana here, featuring Gram & Gramps, a 1955 Chevy Bel Air 2 door post, and an unidentified pupper.
https://twitter.com/masecarper/status/1388547140083912708
Dad's whip was a 1952 Ford Customline sedan, hopefully hopped up with some flathead speed goodies.
https://twitter.com/HerbertHill/status/1386810015919616003
Let's go in order here:
1. Dad's 'Vair ragtop was a late gen 1965-69
2. Hoodlums at the gas station in a 1939 Chevy
3. the whole fam is flanked by a 55 Ford and (I think) 49 DeSoto
4. Sadly I am not adept at IDing perambulators
1. Dad's 'Vair ragtop was a late gen 1965-69
2. Hoodlums at the gas station in a 1939 Chevy
3. the whole fam is flanked by a 55 Ford and (I think) 49 DeSoto
4. Sadly I am not adept at IDing perambulators
https://twitter.com/kawika_baker/status/1386796399413579783
Sorry for the work-abbreviated thread today, have to close out soon - but not before IDing a few street / junkyard spottings - like this 1947-53 Chevy pickup.
https://twitter.com/ByewBob/status/1386402644873334793
Let the disagreement cease, for it is a 1968.
https://twitter.com/dreamerintexas/status/1386368810161082369
Not just Triumphs!
1. 64-66 Honda S600 coupe, 64-66 Honda convertible, 69ish Triumph GT6
3. (L-R) 52-60 Austin Healey "bugeye" Sprite, 62-64 Triumph Spitfire 4, 61-65 Triumph TR4
1. 64-66 Honda S600 coupe, 64-66 Honda convertible, 69ish Triumph GT6
3. (L-R) 52-60 Austin Healey "bugeye" Sprite, 62-64 Triumph Spitfire 4, 61-65 Triumph TR4
https://twitter.com/tchaymore/status/1386417139570024449
1954 Pontiac Star Chief convertible
https://twitter.com/ThatRayShow/status/1386460503006797825
'fraid that's all I have time for today, back tomorrow with another (hopefully uninterrupted) session. Until then, Happy Motoring!
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