Today's episode of #DavesCarIDService is brought to you by the all new 1956 Gaylord Gladiator. Visit your local dealer today and get inside a Gaylord! 
yes it was real and spectacular, a project of the Gaylord brothers of Chicago whose father invented the bobby pin. They spent their bobby pin inheritance on bringing this $17k ($200k in 2021 money) dream car to market, but it never really made it past prototype stage.
They actually contracted Zeppelin of Germany (yes the Hindenburg people) to make the bodies, and they ran Cadillac 365 engines. Only 3 were ever made, and the only customers King Farouk and Hollywood star Dick Powell. After production issues and lawsuits, Gaylord was kaput.
Without further ado, let's dive into the automotive mystery solving - starting with a bunch of Little Rascals on the running board of a 1933-34 Packard 12 Club Sedan. And a reminder to please use the #DavesCarIDService hashtag!
https://twitter.com/varks3/status/1441800155276054530
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On left, Grandma is of course in a Willys MB or Ford GPW Jeep; on right she has a 1939-42 Indian Chief motorcycle, and directly behind her is a 1942 or 46 Chevy 4 door sedan.
https://twitter.com/ATLeah/status/1439387033236119553
That is one fine hat, and he is exactly what I would picture someone named "Azariah Cobb" to look like. His car is a 1917-23 Ford Model T.
https://twitter.com/EssBee44/status/1438368291257556997
On left is a 1937 Buick Special sedan, and pretty sure the lil' nipper on right is behind the wheel of a ~1919 Dodge Brothers touring.
https://twitter.com/IamPegster/status/1437607630269206528
These robber barons are off to survey their vast rail empire in a 1960 Chevy Brookwood station wagon.
https://twitter.com/pvmoller/status/1436515647526252550
As an aside, the descendants of America's biggest railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt were early automobile enthusiasts and racers, and created America's first big time car race - the Vanderbilt Cup.
The embarrassingly turtled car here (ht @the_heavy_stuff) is a ~1960 Nash Metropolitan with a 1964 police cruiser behind it and a 1963 Chevy Bel Air fleeing the scene.
https://twitter.com/mcpnews/status/1435978020175687684
yipes, overload here; I can ID the cars on right (nearest to farthest) as 55 Chevy, 57-58 Plymouth, 56 Chrysler, 56 Olds, 46-48 Olds, 52-53 Chrysler, and 55 Chevy. No earlier than late 1956, and cringing at the potential busted window glass (ht @Lure132)
https://twitter.com/nut_history/status/1434945694838702091
Hard to be definitive here, but cowl lights, square side windows, and slight roof curvature suggest to me the Wilcoxes are gathered 'round a 1922 Buick Model 46 coupe.
https://twitter.com/margotdarby/status/1434937837200289792
Madam Sourpuss is reluctantly posing beside a 1946-48 Ford 4 door sedan.
https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1432946038176894978
Flyboy Dad is off to the Wild Blue Yonder in a 1961 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan; The happy newlyweds (wouldn't 1970 make it 51 years?) are between a 1968ish Ford F100 pickup and a 1965-66 Ford Mustang with a Coors on the rear deck.
https://twitter.com/stevedenver51/status/1432495595785052161
The mystery lady here is with an equally spooky 1928-30 Packard Club Sedan.
https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1428743356868399108
*zoom enhance* *zoom enhance*
Pretty sure a 1962-66 Chevy C10 or C20 long bed.
Pretty sure a 1962-66 Chevy C10 or C20 long bed.
https://twitter.com/AndyRodrigues/status/1428822081739755522
Wild photo, and I really had to dig deep in the ol' synapses for an ID here; car is a rare 1949 Kaiser sedan, either Ranger or Virginian.
https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1428905095803121676
*Kaiser was the last serious US car startup before Tesla, started after WW2 by shipbuilding magnate Henry J Kaiser. Best known for its compact Henry J & luxury Manhattan models, I've always dug their Traveler- the world's first hatchback.
What you got there is a late 60s Murray Fireball Tot Rod. I am not making that up, and one of these was literally my first car.
https://twitter.com/glenpiper/status/1429590852465221638
*Apologies that it may take a bit of time to get to your ID requests, my inbox runneth over.
Another oddly composed photo from R.G., this one a 45 degree angle twist featuring a 1952-53 Ford Ranch Wagon and some laundry drying on a clothesline. I wonder if from the same artsy photographer of the Kaiser.
https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1429915416806281223
Keep those family album pics coming, but now it's time for the wilderness & street finds portion of our program. This one (ht @bobarmsnovelist) is a 1939-40 Ford 4 door sedan.
https://twitter.com/stungeye/status/1429542601888178176
This one is an upside down 1960 Mercury sedan.
https://twitter.com/SecondNatureMB/status/1429543185353777158
Another forest upside-downer, this one a 1952 Ford Customline.
https://twitter.com/SaraWildeArt/status/1429557670365876230
Congratulations, I'm pretty sure what you found there is a priceless door from a circa 1980 Chevy Chevette or Pontiac T1000
https://twitter.com/FourDuckSnakes/status/1431993311120658444
More relics from the Canadian wilderness (ht @CodexRex):
1. 1936 Ford 1.5 ton, with grille from Oliver or Cockshutt tractor & 50s Studebaker pickup
2. 1951 Olds 98
3. Same 36 Ford truck, 35 Ford Tudor, 58-60 Dodge pickup
4. 34-38 Dodge humpback panel van
1. 1936 Ford 1.5 ton, with grille from Oliver or Cockshutt tractor & 50s Studebaker pickup
2. 1951 Olds 98
3. Same 36 Ford truck, 35 Ford Tudor, 58-60 Dodge pickup
4. 34-38 Dodge humpback panel van
https://twitter.com/JoeisCranky/status/1432034735451213825
1991 Nissan Figaro
https://twitter.com/MarytheHolyDog/status/1433926652409663491
1930-31 Ford Model A woody / depot hack
https://twitter.com/2921DoveSt/status/1434275755320561664
1937-38 Plymouth (or Dodge) 4 door sedan
https://twitter.com/trunkmunkey/status/1434553346837426177
It's been customized some with opera windows & such, but can only tell you (via the bigass bumpers) it's a 1973-82 vintage.
https://twitter.com/TamSlick/status/1434966618463932417
*my pals at the Austin Speed Shop are building a 1966 Checker Marathon that will be the most badass Checker of all time
That's it for today's ID session, back next weekend for more. Until then, be good & happy motoring!
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