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25 Jul, 41 tweets, 13 min read
Today's episode of #DavesCarIDService is brought to you by Helms Bakeries. Why waste time driving to the donut shop? Let our squadron of Helms Angels deliver donuts directly to you! Image
Yes kids, back in the day you didn't go to the food truck, the food truck came to you - and nobody did it with more panache than Helms in LA. Their 1930s delivery fleet was specially made by Twin Coach of Kent OH. Helms is no more, but their old trucks remain a visual treat. Image
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Kicking off today's batch with these Badgers navigating the mud in a 1915ish Overland touring with 1915 Wisconsin dealer plates (indicated by star), so it may be a new car test drive. Also, La Crosse is home of the world's biggest 6 pack.

oops, more likely a 1916 Wisconsin dealer plate.

And this La Crosse landmark is a sight sure to bring a tear to the eye of traditional Chicago Cubs fans. Image
These smelly aggressive panhandlers have stopped a 1949 Oldsmobile, with a 1946-48 Chevy to its left, a 1946-48 Ford woody in the distance, and the fender of a 1949-50 Chevy Deluxe foreground. (ht @Timberati)
🎶Come on VOGUE let your body move to the music🎶

Pure midcentury modern swank here, featuring a 1950 Cadillac Series 62 convertible. It wasn't until '55 that Caddy fins began to metastasize into their Godzilla sized glory. (ht @RandomlyBob)
Ring the bell for a new Dave's Car ID make (at least via old family photos). This is a 1938-42 Crosley convertible. Made in Cincy by the same folks who made Crosley radios, they were an interesting microcar with a fairly advanced overhead cam engine.
oops, a couple corrections: 1939-42, and the Crosley overhead cam engine did not debut until 1946. Image
Great photos, but lousy date estimate; Dad's car is wearing 1955 Massachusetts plates, and it's a 1941 Mercury 8 sedan with a swan hood ornament possibly swiped from a Packard.
Scratch that: not a Packard swan but some sort of winged lady, probably a dress-up piece from the JC Whitney catalog. And check on the de rigueur 1955 Back To The Future 2-finger cuffs, argyle socks, penny loafers, and MC boots on the hot rod club. ImageImage
A truly spectacular photo of you and your lovely kinfolk, and "Old Faithful" certainly was: a 1964 Dodge Dart sedan. Still providing reliable service 10 years later in the plaid sports jacket & knee high socks era of 1974.

<cue Andy Griffith whistling theme>
Well now, take down your fishing pole
And meet me at the fishing hole

Unlike Andy's Mayberry Ford patrol cars, the car behind the Opie-esque kid is a 1952 Dodge Coronet.
Wow, this may be the first Civil War vet in a car ID photo I've received. The car here is a 1924-25 Chevy Superior sedan, so Great Grandpappy would have to have been near 80 years old at the time.
This beachcomber is gonna have to figure out how to unstuck his 1934 Chevy cabriolet from the sand before the tide comes in.
Not sure what "last of Lackawack" means, but these folks are cruising in first the modern post WW2 cars: a 1947 Studebaker Champion Deluxe convertible. Most all car makers 46-48 were still using pre WW2 designs, but Studebaker got it going in 47.
*by modern, I mean "shoebox" style integrated fenders, instead of the fat pontoon fenders of prewar cars: here's a 46 v 47 Stude for comparison. ImageImage
Sad tale from a previous pandemic. Gramps & Great Gramps are in a 1906ish Autocar Model X runabout, and certainly a photographer's studio prop.

*As I have discussed before, pre 1908 (and the Ford Model T) cars were mostly a rich man's toy, and average Joes would actually pay for a souvenir photo of themselves sitting in one. I've gotten such photos before, usually from county fairs and such.
Welcome to Fox News 1929... well, 20th Century Fox Movietone News anyway. The prehistoric photojournalists here are off to capture some newfangled talkie newsreel footage in a 1929 Dodge delivery.
Ol' One-Eye Tommy Milton is inside first row, #6, in a Durant-Miller Champ Car. Note that the track was paved with wooden planks. You had to have cast iron, uh, fortitude to race 98 mph on that surface.
You would be correct, as this old timey Oregon pioneer's Conestoga wagon is a 1928-29 Ford Model AA truck underneath.
Let me clue you in that the car is a 1946-48 Oldsmobile Dynamic, and Grandpa's pencil mustache is fantastic.
These newlyweds are off to Niagara Falls in a 1952 Studebaker Land Cruiser (yep, Studebaker had that trademark long before Toyota).
had to lighten that one up a bit for a better view. Image
Truck is a well worn 1941-47 Dodge, and I believe the fender was once on a 1968-69 Chevy Impala.
That's it for today's family pics (but please keep em coming). Now for the street & wilderness find portion of our program:

1941 Dodge Custom Royal sedan, in WW2 staff car olive drab paint.
circa 1952 Willys Jeep pickup hiding in the weeds.
(via several readers) 1955 Plymouth Belvedere missing front fender emblem. First year for a Plymouth V8 (see hood emblem), a not-quite hemi "poly head."
1947 or so Jaguar Mk IV Drophead Coupe.
1951-52 Ford F-100.
Gotta say this off the beaten path for a hot rod. 1931 Ford Tudor, chopped ~3-4", NASCAR style steelies, and engine seems to be some sort of modern OHC 4 banger.
hmmmmm. Everything seems to point to 1939 LaSalle sedan, but with modified headlights.
1967 Chevy Chevelle SS 396, in the underrated butternut yellow paint code.
1966 Ford Galaxie with a pretty passive-aggressive vanity plate.
I think it's a 55 Chevy Bel Air convertible.
Pickup? Ma'am, that is a 1951 Studebaker Starlight coupe.
1950 Chevy Styleline Deluxe sedan.
Nothing more romantic than canoodling in silhouette in front of a 1938 Cadillac Fleetwood in the rain.
I've seen 1964 Chevy Impala convertibles turned into lowriders before, but this is a bit extreme.
Gotta clock out for the day now. Stay cool, and as always, Happy Motoring!

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