Thread by @iowahawkblog

A #DavesCarIDService RIP to fellow Texan Ford V8 enthusiast Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who met their demise this date in 1934 in Bienville Parish LA. Driving, of course, a Ford V8, the car that prompted Clyde to write the greatest product endorsement letter ever.

*The car pictured above is not the B&C death car, it's a very rare 1932 Ford B-400 convertible sedan (left, with Barrow associate WD Jones). The actual death car was a 1934 Ford Fordor sedan (right). Both were obtained on the 0 down, 0% interest, 0 payment plan.

*Yes, Ford's 4 door sedan model was called the Fordor, just as its 2 door sedan was the Tudor.

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The dapper newlyweds in this fine photo are less Bonnie & Clyde than F Scott & Zelda; the car is a bit of a challenge, but I believe it's a 1926 Buick Standard 6 missing a grease cap on rear wheel.

https://twitter.com/jsw_wilson/status/1393926792277266437

This family car of yore is a 1933 Hudson sedan. In 1932-33, Studebakers and Hudsons sported vertically stretched headlights that gave them a kind of STARTLED look.

https://twitter.com/Schultz_1946/status/1393733847897022466

This real life outtake from The Wonder Years features a 1969-70 Ford Fairlane 4 door sedan. Specific model year ID impeded by mismatched hubcaps.

https://twitter.com/Lust_for_clicks/status/1393679388315508736

Behold, the last known photograph of a University of Iowa student in suit and tie.

https://twitter.com/scottduncan99/status/1393661647286259713

Oops! Forgot the car ID, which is 1951 Chevy. And another gentle reminder to crop those photos for enhanced viewer enjoyment.

You can get anything you want at the Newellton restaurant- including a deluxe mink stole for the little lady. These fellas are on a (L) 1948-50 Ford F1 and (R) 1947-53 Chevy 1+ton refrigerated box truck, possibly loaded with fish & frogs.

https://twitter.com/sot1977/status/1392071921999679488

Remember to dial 83 for all your fish-frog-pecan-fur needs

update/correction: thanks to eagle eyed @Kevin_Mackie who spotted the driver's side antenna, I can now ID the car as a 1969 Ford Galaxie sedan, not a Fairlane. I strive for accuracy, and appreciate being corrected when warranted.

https://twitter.com/Lust_for_clicks/status/1393679388315508736

I concur that the foreground car is a 1965 Rambler Classic 550 wagon. Fuzzy background car is a 1958 Chevy Biscayne or Delray.

https://twitter.com/swizze_gfrank/status/1391529303800750081

This young Prohibition mob boss and his two henchmen are in front of a 1924-25 Dodge Brothers roadster or touring car.

https://twitter.com/mdp07cfsu/status/1391417967192248325

Well GI Gramps' car is a 1941 Plymouth, but I think his female companion (and all of us) know what he's driving *at*.

BTW, the A gas ration sticker says during WW2, and license plate is either Illinois 1943 or 1945; made out of soybeans or fiberboard.

https://twitter.com/SarahAnneAZ/status/1394060991210541057

Dressed up in their Sunday best to cruise to church in a 1966-67 Chevy Chevelle Malibu 4 door hardtop.

https://twitter.com/dowbboy/status/1393561877184061441

The car in question is a 1958 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan; the fire apparatus is also a Ford, base on 1948-50 F5 chassis.

https://twitter.com/lbasaj/status/1393402078400155650

RIP Grandma, here in an awwww-inducing shot with her bobbed hair Bobsey Twin sister, and a 1927 Essex Super Six sedan. Essex was Hudson's low price brand.

https://twitter.com/btweeter82/status/1393387411305074688

Keep those terrific vintage family album photos coming, they're my (and everyone else's) absolute favorite part of this whole car ID thing. But it's time now to turn to the wilderness & street finds portion of our program.

*and by the way guys, seriously, don't feel obligated to tag me on every stupid car-related photo or meme you see on social media. I have seen all of them a zillion times, ignore them, and all they do is clog up my mentions.

1968-72 Chevy Nova 4 door post, rear door handle shaved, wearing Weld mags. That isn't a wing window on rear door, it just narrows the window glass so it can be rolled down.

https://twitter.com/sideoutpar/status/1391156497367851024

1949-51 Chevy Fleetline sedan.

https://twitter.com/daboccio/status/1391343359051145217

1961 Chevy Impala.

https://twitter.com/enjoytheday99/status/1391417668666859523

1956-63 Nash Metropolitan.

https://twitter.com/AkakiosDarling/status/1391426146567401476

L: 67-69 Plymouth Barracuda
R: 1956 Chevy Bel Air 4 door post

https://twitter.com/SEAsouthern/status/1391449673857069056

1970s-80s fiberglass replica of a 1935-36 Auburn 851 Boattail Speedster. Clues that it's a replica:

1. exhaust tubes on wrong side
2. it's outside a thrift store in Yermo, CA

https://twitter.com/ngaio420/status/1391468423599722496

Another fiberglass faker on left, a VW Bug kit making a futile attempt to look like an MG TD. But the 1928 Chevy on right is 100% proper old timey.

https://twitter.com/burdarov/status/1391475350186594305

Nom nom nom. 1959 Chevy El Camino toting a circa 1960 Shasta Airflyte "canned ham" trailer. Some world class glamping right there.

https://twitter.com/FrankyMacDonald/status/1391499232348147721

Not a bad guess (right manufacturer anyway), but it's a 1940 Plymouth P10.

https://twitter.com/Blair_Langmuir/status/1391501023697674243

Whoooah Nellie. Somewhere in the deep heart of Iowa's jungles is a 1953 Studebaker coupe. I don't often say this about wilderness heaps, but this one is worth a rescue mission (as a street rod or Bonneville car at any rate).

https://twitter.com/DrBremner_ORTHO/status/1391543126620319744

Mark up a ID hat trick for 48-50 Ford F1 pickups on today's thread, with a 3rd one in a secure undisclosed location.

https://twitter.com/dpeer01/status/1391879166589472769

Another one for today's parade of fiberglass fakes, although this one does a nice job of mimicking a 1948 Tucker Torpedo; the giveaway is the cooling louvers for a front engine (Tuckers were rear engine). Probably an Ida replica body.

https://twitter.com/PhotoCapeBreton/status/1392199758584991758

incidentally you can almost tell a Tucker Torpedo fake by process of elimination; only 50 were ever made, and all accounted for, including ownership, location, and color. Almost all are in automotive museums.

Now here's a real dandy: 1937 Studebaker panel delivery. Not necessarily a "real" model, but a well-done custom made from 37 Studebaker sedan mated to a 1950 Dodge panel delivery box (I am familiar with this particular project).

https://twitter.com/1BoysFan/status/1392217176472498176

That's it for today folks, back next weekend to solve more car mysteries. Until then, Happy Motoring!