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1 Aug, 40 tweets, 12 min read
Welcome to the dog days of August from #DavesCarIDService Image
*The running board kennel on the 1926-27 Ford Model T roadster pickup was called the "Bird Dog Palace." Made in Golden City MO, this $17.50 accessory was a handy item to keep Fido cool and entertained on the way to the duck blind. Alas, it went out with running boards. ImageImage
Before commencing today's car ID thread, another gentle reminder of our guidelines for anyone who'd like me to solve an old car mystery: Image
Holy smokeshow! I have received my share of photos featuring some attractive people of yesteryear, but these two South Africans are almost impossibly good looking. Grace Kelly & Dolph Lundgren here are with a ~1957 Ford Anglia 100E and ~1960 Ford Zephyr.
these two hardworking surveyors' work truck was a quite fetching 1934 Dodge sedan delivery. Note the suicide doors and character line on the center of the fender, a characteristic of Mopars of the time.
I call shotgun! Pretty sure the whole crew here is loaded in a 1946-48 Ford convertible.
Now here's a curiosity: car is a 1920-24 Ford Model T Tudor, but the backstory remains a mystery. Traveling laundromat service? A prehistoric lonely Maytag repairman picking up a busted washer?
The washing machine itself is gasoline powered, which I have written about before. My grandma had one, and my dad collected a few of the engines.
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Well hey look, the neighbors were out for a spin and decided to drop by. The Roosevelts here are in a 1935-36 Packard phaeton, only a year or two left on the car loan.
As I've noted before Italianos and their cars are among my fave DCIDS pics, and here are a couple of dandies: in #1, Gramps is in a 1949 Olds Futuramic 88 or 98 convertible (first year of Olds Rocket V8 motor), and #2 Grandma on a 1928-29 Ford Tudor.
This classy gal in polka dots and Myrna Loy hat is in front of an equally class 1934 Chevy Master Deluxe 2 door sedan.
That must have been quite a trip in a 1917-23 Ford Model T touring (top speed 45 mph). The logical route would have been the Lincoln Highway (aka US 30), which wasn't completely paved until 1935. And looks like doggo could use a Bird Dog Palace.
*I mean if you do the math, between gas & repair stops, town driving (500+ towns along the way), mountains, weather, etc, it would take a bare minimum of 12 days to just get from WV to SF in that Flivver. Personally I'd have suggested Niagara Falls.
Brandie, you're a fine girl. Dad, Aunt Bettie Sue, and their dog are with Gandy's 1952-53 Dodge B4B pickup.
I salute the can-do attitude of this disabled fellow. Behind him is a 1949-50 Nash Ambassador (aka "bathtub Nash" due to its resemblance to an upside down bathtub). The other's a toughie, I think a 39-40 Ford sedan.
Behind this mysterious Mona Lisa is the prow of a 1939 Plymouth.
Unofficial Duluth Booze Inspector Grandpa said never no mind to Prohibition. In pic 1, a 1922-23 Studebaker 6 touring; pic 2, adding alky antifreeze to a 1920-24 Ford T touring; in 3, I thiiiiink (not 100% sure) a 1924 Buick.
How great are these cowpokes enjoying a quaff outside the Buckhorn Saloon? I really had to dial up the Car ID Electro Spectronometer for this one, but I'm feeling reasonably confident it's a 1913 Hupmobile Model R.
I think I've ID'd this one before? Anyhow I think it deserves a second look because Great Gramps is astride a mighty Chicago-made circa 1925 Excelsior Super X. Excelsior was Schwinn's motorcycle arm.
These 3 brothers and their dog look like they're off to fit somebody for a pair of concrete overshoes in a 1946-48 Plymouth.
These fella seem kinda happy about the totaled 1915-16 Ford Model T touring; maybe because they survived the incident?
The blur doesn't conceal that this is a 1937 Chevy coupe.
Looks like Bud is twisting the bottle cap off a Bud in front of that 1964 Chevy Impala.
Here's ol' Bud again, much younger, with a car that's a tougher ID task. I'm venturing a 1922-24 Dodge Bros, but not 100% sure.
RIP Dad, here in a somewhat fuzzy photo featuring a 1936 Ford 5 window coupe and a very skinny gentleman.
Dad's bike appears to be a pretty righteous ~1976 Kawasaki KZ900. The hatchback is I think an 85 or so Dodge Omni, and... oh gawd late 70s-80s cars are so depressing. Motorcycles were basically the only cool vehicles made in that era.
It's Anchors Aweigh for officer & gentleman Dad, packing his gear here into a 1961 Oldsmobile.
This Hawkeye pump jockey is gassing up a 1935 Pontiac slantback sedan.
Thanks y'all for remaining patient with the car IDs, I have quite an inbox and it takes a while to get to all of them. But now it's time to go on to the street & wilderness finds speed round:

1947-53 Chevy pickup
1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
1962ish Divco (Detroit Industrial Vehicles Co) delivery truck, and no that isn't a factory paint option or wheels.
1954-55, last couple of years of Willys name (see circle W hubcaps)
1968
1968ish Toyota FJ 40 Land Cruiser
1956 Plymouth Belvedere
1947-53 Chevy with big rim Detroit steelies
1950 Buick Super Sedanette
circa 1974 MG MGB
1946-48 Buick Roadmaster sedan
Sorry folks, that's all the time I have today. If you dig this content, please consider subscribing to my best-of deluxe version over at DCIDS.substack.com. New stuff coming out soon!

Back here next weekend, and until then Happy Motoring!

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