Thread by @iowahawkblog

Happy Super Bowl Sunday from #DavesCarIDService! A sample of some SB MVPs of yesteryear and their car prizes:
1 Bart Starr, 1967 Chevy Corvette
2 Len Dawson, 1970 Dodge Challenger
3 Terry Bradshaw, 1979 Pontiac Trans-Am
4 Fred Biletnikoff <sad trombone> 1977 Ford Mustang II

*in a cruel twist of small print fate, initially the Super Bowl MVP award cars were not an outright gift and had to be returned after after one year.

And today, a good condition '77 Mustang II like Biletnikoff's can be had for ~$5k, about the same as a ticket to today's game.

**maybe I'm dragging the Biletnikoff Mustang II too hard, it does have the deluxe landau vinyl top, and velour interior that will generate 200 volts of static electricity with his Quiana shirt.

Poll: which SB MVP car would you choose?

Before proceeding to today's docket of cases, another gentle reminder: (A) please hashtag your car ID requests with #DavesCarIDService, (B) we prefer old family album pics, and (C) this is a no-politics zone.

Looks like brother in law came home from the hospital in a 1959-60 Studebaker Lark VIII.

https://twitter.com/rcjparry/status/1492330521581531137

Another swell photo here, with Gram & Gramps in front of their 1935 DeSoto Airstream (not to be confused with Airflow) 2 door sedan.

Contrary to popular belief, Chrysler & DeSoto continued to make "normal" looking cars during the Airflow years.

https://twitter.com/gnarlgnemisis/status/1490436423975149569

*everybody loves the streamline deco 1930s Chrysler & DeSoto Airflows today, but back then dealers took one look and demanded more conventional looking cars as well.

Wisely, it turns out; I've ID'd dozens of mid-30s family album Chryslers/DeSotos, but only 1 or 2 Airflows.

**you can file Airflows, along with Van Gogh and the Velvet Underground, as stuff considered too weird for its time that took decades before people decided it was cool.

Happy Anniversary! Off to wedded bliss in a 1949-51 Ford 4 door sedan.

https://twitter.com/jks417/status/1490334682789130241

Another 49-51 "Shoebox" Ford, this one a 1950 Custom convertible.

The reason I nag about using the hashtag is that fine photos like this often get lost in my mentions.

https://twitter.com/lawrence_jay1/status/1490373126781227013

Another 49-51 Shoebox Ford convertible, maybe the same one as the '50 above with a repaint. Convertible top looks a little worse for wear here.

https://twitter.com/lawrence_jay1/status/1490376074345136129

This final entry from the VLJ family archives was a bear to pin down, but I can say with a fair amount of confidence it's a 1942 or 46-47 Hudson sedan.

And I gotta say the whole family here looks itchin' for a fight.

https://twitter.com/lawrence_jay1/status/1490374926464794627

Don't know why Great Gramps was such a sourpuss, he drove a stylish 1936 Pontiac Silver Streak sedan.

*that one was another bear of an ID, largely determined by door hinges.

https://twitter.com/VarangianSkull/status/1490008244726681601

It's a Pontiac... Twin! Spin! with these dapper Canucks on the Saskatchewan prairie, posing in front of their 1940 Pontiac Special 6 sedan.

https://twitter.com/drselch/status/1489967005193093125

Gah! Another correction in order. Not a Pontiac after all, but a 1936 Chevy Master Deluxe FA sedan.

https://twitter.com/VarangianSkull/status/1490008244726681601

*I knew car was 36 GM; Pontiac Silver Streak had hidden door hinges front; but then I saw Gramps' hand on a door handle. Chevy was only GM brand to offer optional suicide front doors on 4 door sedan in 36.

I apologize for my too-quick-to-judgment car ID hubris.

As my mom knew, smoking is a great way to calm one's nerves during pregnancy. Grandma & Grandpa are both showing strong hair game in front of a 1953 Ford, a recent rash of which has appeared in my ID requests.

https://twitter.com/CarlaJeanStokes/status/1489734502767226880

Let's go OLD school steampunk with this beast, a circa 1910 Case 75 hp steam traction engine.

https://twitter.com/ward_beecher/status/1489713953924128771

This Prohibition era flapper is on the running board of a 1929-30 Nash 450 sedan, and I suspect there's a flask concealed somewhere in the photo.

https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1488990176458248195

Unlike the speakeasy flapper floozy in the previous photo, the prim & proper Miss Usher uses her 1926 Nash 264 Landau sedan* to keep a vigilant patrol on public morals.

*almost, but not 100% sure

https://twitter.com/fobrg/status/1488988269023055873

not only does smoking calm your nerves before pregnancy, it does after, too! Truck here is a 1953ish International R190.

https://twitter.com/swizze_gfrank/status/1487614506402471941

Miss Minnie ran for office in a very jaunty 1928 Ford Model A Tudor, first year of Ford's post-Model T era. 1928 and 29 Model As are virtually indistinguishable, but election year says this is a '28.

https://twitter.com/ajwimsatt/status/1492374892427292672

Alright, time for the street & wilderness find speed round, starting with this 1930-31 Ford Model A coupe.

https://twitter.com/robert_dunaway/status/1492523424891215874

1933-35 Chevy.

https://twitter.com/BullishOnHoney/status/1492509852374953986

1955-61 Nash Metropolitan.

https://twitter.com/coasterfan11/status/1490634541723262977

It must be Nash Day today. This forlorn target practice is a 1951 Nash Airflyte.

https://twitter.com/tmillsNC/status/1492885941232439301

Low odds this 1940 Chevy ever hauled hooch; every moonshine runner in the day knew a 1940 Ford V8 beat the pants off a Chevy stovebolt 6 for outrunning the revenuers.

https://twitter.com/robert_dunaway/status/1492582559993184257

1. 52 Ford
2. 51-52 Ford F100 pickup, 42-47 Ford pickup yonder
3. 49-52 Plymouth or Dodge

https://twitter.com/Adam_InLALALand/status/1492563523083325447

Got time to squeeze in one more Nash today (which must be the Nashiest car ID session ever), this one the ever-elusive 1937 Nash Ambassador.

https://twitter.com/SirJoshWah/status/1492572843376365568

'fraid that's it for today. Keep those old family pics coming for the next episode. Until next time, enjoy the game and Happy Motoring!