Thread by @iowahawkblog

Happy 97th World LSR anniversary to Malcolm Campbell and the Sunbeam Bluebird from #DavesCarIDService. Powered by a 350 HP Sunbeam V12 aircraft engine, they set a land speed record of 146 mph on this date in 1924 at Pendine Sands, UK.

Apologies to readers as I have been traveling of late and shirking my car ID duties. But please keep those family album mystery car photos coming - and remember to use the #DavesCarIDService hashtag.

Always delighted to help out my ol' pal @TracesofTexas. The late model creampuffs here (L-R) are 1950 Olds, 1951 Studebaker, 1950 Olds, 1950 Plymouth, 1951 Olds, 1950 Cadillac. Flanking the Plymouth to rear are 1947 Chevy & 1947 Cadillac.

https://twitter.com/TracesofTexas/status/1441530382579605509

*Newest car I see in the photo is a 1952 Olds Holiday 88 convertible yonder on the right. @TracesofTexas readers have ID'd location as 600-800 N Lamar. Why can't we have this Austin anymore?

https://twitter.com/1BusyDad/status/1441540467401887750

*now that I think of it, I did get to see @Kathy_Valentine and the Bluebonnets rock the Grand Opening of the Jaguar dealership on West 5th street, not far from this location.

Aunt Grace and her scene-stealing wonder dog Peg are with a 1929 Chevy sedan, in pretty good shape for the late 1940s. I have fond memories of a HS girlfriend from Dakota City, twin city to Humboldt. Also hometown of 60 Minutes' Harry Reasoner.

https://twitter.com/dsmyxe/status/1441489241939210241

These dapper Southside lads (ht @AcrosstheKill) are perched on a 1938 Pontiac.

https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1440846639371993096

Kind of a Mommy Dearest vibe in this photo dated June 1966, and one suspects the girl would run off to Woodstock a few years later. Cars are 1966 Pontiac LeMans or Tempest in driveway, and 1962 Tempest in garage.

https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1440778985487548424

Aussie cars aren't my strong suit, but pretty sure Kate is alongside a 1966-67 Holden HR. Resemblance to a similar year Chevy Nova or Chevelle is not coincidental, Holden was GM's Down Unda subsidiary.

https://twitter.com/walkerwashere/status/1439188249214341125

It must be Pontiac day today; these Quebecois newlyweds are off to stress test the box springs of Niagara Falls in a 1939 Pontiac.

https://twitter.com/dmgough/status/1438568693433176064

Comrade cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is posing with his 1965 Matra Djet. Not a Soviet car, but a French model given to Gagarin by the French government. 966cc engine, weaksauce compared to the NASA boys' L88 Corvettes.

https://twitter.com/PaulConsing/status/1437561573149655043

*Cosmonaut Matra DJet: 61 cubic inches, 80 horsepower
Astronaut Corvettes: 427 cubic inches, massively underestimated 430 horsepower (more like 500+).

USA! USA! USA!

Great photo, but car at the moment is a bit of a stumper; I am leaning ~1924 Chevy, but timing cover isn't quite exact

https://twitter.com/GeraldCrain/status/1437113261036556289

Grandma's gone Gidget at the Ocean Gardens, doing a swimsuit shot with a 1954 Chevy. To left is a 1949 Oldsmobile.

https://twitter.com/gambrjl/status/1437069733036240904

These linksmen are with a 1962 Chevy Impala 2 door hardtop, might be an SS, or maybe even an SS 409 of Beach Boys fame.

https://twitter.com/maxwelltweeted/status/1435009485660119047

Lack of kerosene cowl lamps suggests T is 1921-24 vintage, and a Rolls Silver Ghost is a mighty fancy car for Marshalltown. I wonder if native Marshalltownian (and fellow U of Iowa Hawkeye) @TobyHuss knew these folks.

https://twitter.com/PatrickGillam/status/1434943420150304771

*You may know Toby Huss as Sinatra's illegitimate filthy crooner son Rudy Casoni, or as the voice of Cotton Hill who famously only drove a Cadillac car (a 1985 Fleetwood Brougham)

**There are troubling inconsistencies to the actual model of Cotton Hill's Cadillac car, which I will have to discuss with @DrinkVictory

Hmm. Very late 1940s at earliest, as truck is a 1948-52 Ford F-1. Also odd that someone sent photos all the way from North Dakota to San Antonio Texas for processing.

https://twitter.com/TheTaxBastard/status/1434523799265980422

Somebody left a sacrifice of a 1937 Ford to the Guatemalan tiki god (ht @tusenoch)

https://twitter.com/ancientorigins/status/1433218187278102528

Now there's the face of a man who has seen it all, including a 1948 Pontiac.

https://twitter.com/okelcj/status/1431988708606193670

Not 100% sure, but I believe these 3 brothers in aura-glowing shirts are on the running board of a 1924ish Studebaker Standard 6.

https://twitter.com/JustHereToShare/status/1431625123035893761

A 1946-47 Pontiac Streamliner, which appears to be almost as roomy as the house.

https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1430515597327097861

Packing up the luggage in a 1932 Dodge DB sedan.

https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1430511908516474884

Now time to knock off a few street and wilderness finds: the two surviving Monkees are in a survivor 1946-47 Hudson coupe.

https://twitter.com/mreillymd/status/1429656322090311689

A couple of Studebakers playing hide-and-seek in Iowa: 1941-47 M series pickup left, and 1952 Commander right

https://twitter.com/DirkTheDaring3/status/1431057166027350023

Pretty certain it's a 1928 Chevy or Pontiac 2 door sedan.

https://twitter.com/stungeye/status/1431626372850454528

1957 Chevy. Old pickups don't die, they just fade away.

https://twitter.com/Ludicrous_SpdGo/status/1431650300348280836

It is indeed a 1936 Ford pickup, so maybe I should watch more Star Trek

https://twitter.com/jfisher736/status/1431795477138268166

That'd be a 1938.

https://twitter.com/RealSenatorials/status/1433140860800180231

1950 Studebaker 2 door sedan (h/t @TheGreenNewDill)

https://twitter.com/Rising_Phoenix6/status/1433787823044415510

A very fetching 1950 Ford Tudor.

https://twitter.com/NessaAdelaide/status/1433855909386670089

Clocking out for the day, back tomorrow for more mystery car solutions. And for you DCIDS Substack subscribers, sorry for the hiatus - I will be back on the case with a couple of issues in the chamber this week.

Happy Motoring!