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22 May, 31 tweets, 10 min read
Ease off with that heater, dollface, I'll find out that car or my name isn't #DavesCarIDService Image
*Humphrey Bogart and Lisbeth Scott from "Dead Reckoning" (1947); car is 1941 Lincoln Continental convertible.

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Let's kick off with this swell pic featuring a lass, her Lassie, and the family's 1930 Ford Model A Tudor.
Poignant moment here with a Korea-bound GI saying farewell to his pals, as they lean on a 1949-50 Ford convertible.

Awwwwwww. Lil' Mom is completely adorbz hugging her favorite cuz on the fender of a 1936 Chevy sedan.

Pops In-Law has got his gangster lean down pat behind the wheel of a 1957 Pontiac Star Chief convertible.
no fakery here, that is a gen-u-wine 1907-1913 Ford Model T touring, the original Tin Lizzy. Contrary to popular belief, not all Model Ts were black; Henry Ford's "any color you want as long as it's black" rule wasn't enforced until 1914.

*I would add that Ford suspended the black-only paint rule for the last 2 years of the Model T, 1926 and 27.

Also note people have been gaga for antique cars even back when cars we consider antiques were new. The Antique Automobile Club of America was formed in 1935.
Not engines, heaven forbid, but batteries. Batteries were one of the few parts Ford outsourced at the time, but suppliers were specified delivery crates that could be reused as floorboards.
The old adage is that coal, iron ore, trees, and rubber went in one end of the Ford plant, and cars came out the other.
These 3 apparent members of the witness protection program are trying to maintain anonymity in front of a 1980-85 Dodge 250 van. I tend to prefer them jacked up with Cragar S/S mags and airbrushed wizards on the side.
Mom & Pop are headed off for connubial bliss in a 1964 Rambler Classic. Also digging the somewhat fuzzy 1957 Pontiac 4 door hardtop in the background.
Congrats to Dad for finding Mom's Mystery Spot on their honeymoon! The cars, L-R are: 1960 Olds 2 door hardtop, 1961 Ford Falcon, and 1953 Pontiac.
Contain yourselves ladies! Portly Iowa pinup boy Great Gramps is relaxing languidly on the running board of a 1934 Ford 5 window coupe. I might add that is a highly treasured vehicle among us in the hot rodding community.
btw, I appreciate it when you take a few minutes to crop, align, etc the photos in your ID requests, it helps enhance the viewing pleasure. Image
Even though the picture comes correctly pre-ID'd, it's worth sharing for Dad's glinty stare while struggling to keep his grad gown from whipping up in the wind a la Marilyn Monroe in the Seven Year Itch.
*As always, a 1961-64 Buick Skylark or Pontiac Tempest calls for a Marisa Tomei / Mona Lisa Vito appreciation. Image
I ID'd this yesterday to the poster, but since a few of you tagged it for me, I will repeat that this handsome devil is astride a 1948ish BSA A7 Star twin. BTW the replies are a treasure trove of vintage family motorcycle photos.
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Marlene Dietrich mesmerizes her chauffeur while exiting a 1930 Rolls Royce Phantom I phaeton.
As always, I appreciate your vintage family photos more than any other kind of ID request, but it's time to move on to the wilderness junkers and street finds portion of the program.

What we're looking at here is a 1950 Ferrari 195 Inter Berlinetta.
quick car lingo 'splainer: 'Berlinetta' is Italian for 'little saloon' and basically refers to a low slung coupe. It derives from Berline, a type of enclosed horse drawn carriage, which is also used as synonym for 'sedan' or 'saloon.'
Rusting vehicles in the wild have long been irresistible to artsy fartsy photographers. This one proves a tough ID task; I think (tho not 100% sure) a circa 1932 REO truck. A truck in any event, as indicated by the long side view mirror mount.
hmmmm. Another tough one here, but I believe a 1940 Buick Special sedan even though emblems are not stock.
The artist's muse here is a 1929 Chrysler sedan.
1940 Dodge sedan street rod wearing Torq Thrust D mags, shopping at the strip mall
You avoided running afoul of the no-57 Chevy rule by 3 years with this 1954 Chevy; location, I have no idea.
First is a 1940 Chevy coupe street rod; second one is a bit fuzzy but I think a 1970-ish Mercedes Unimog 404
hmmm. Looks kinda like a circa 2000 Honda Insight, but taillights are not right. Maybe someone else can help ID this, cars after 1973 aren't really my bag.
A pair of Mopars; main one here is a 1938 Plymouth sedan, and one right at beginning is a 1937-41 Dodge or Plymouth coupe.
many of you tagged this one for me; on left is a 1930-31 Ford Model A sport coupe with a Model T grille and (I think) a 29ish Chevy cowl/firewall where it's engine should be; on right a 1937 Chevy coupe; in middle some kind of 1920s heavy truck chassis
Have to clock out now due to previous obligations, but I'll be back tomorrow. Until then, here's looking at you, kid.

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Happy Mother's Day from #DavesCarIDService!*

*let me get this out of the way, right up front: please, I am begging you, for the love of comedy, take your all your "birthing person" jokes to some other tweet thread

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