Thread by @iowahawkblog

Happy Labor Day weekend from #DavesCarIDService! Hats off to these working stiffs, putting together a 1969 Pontiac Firebird at the GM plant in Van Nuys CA.

Gonna keep the jibber jabber to a minimum today, as I have a hard stop at 11 AM CDT for an appointment with the Iowa Hawkeyes football season opener (#GloomyDave prediction: South Dakota State 5, Iowa 4).

That said, if you have a mystery car in need of ID, please heed our guidelines:

DO: send me your old family album shots & wilderness heaps
DO: use the #DavesCarIDService hashtag
DON'T: send me stupid FB/Reddit viral pics
DON'T: talk about politics

Hats off to WW2 POW survivor Gus, here with the whole fam in old St Louis in a 1928-29 Packard 526 or 626 sedan. Lois grew up to be a dime? I believe I deserve a photo or two to confirm, because boy howdy I likes me them 1940s-50s glamor gals.

https://twitter.com/NatRauh/status/1561508723339689985

Car on left behind the two stylish Canuck newlyweds is a 1933 Ford; solid ID for the car on right is hampered a bit by the grille screen, but pretty sure it's a 1931 Plymouth or DeSoto.

https://twitter.com/LisaOnTheCoast/status/1561019775177728003

A very cool snapshot of Manila, which judging by the cars is from very late prewar days. Sadly too much blur and angle for solid car IDs, though I believe 2nd car on left is a 1937-38 Ford slantback.

https://twitter.com/los_waldos/status/1558430700843442176

"Hop in kids, it's visitor day at the prison farm!"

I wonder if they baked Cousin Willie a cake with a file in it? In any case, I'm afraid you are mistaken about the truck in this A++ pic, it's a 1948-50 Ford F-1.

https://twitter.com/whiskeyhawkeye/status/1565878842694172672

"Smile when you say that, pardner."

These tough-looking cowpokes are telling you to get out of Dodge, and get into a 1926-27 Willys Whippet.

https://twitter.com/Smutzey/status/1565361901676232706

Now those are some HATS. A little detective work reveals the RD McKay Willys dealership was in Wichita, and the souvenir "Sun City" plate refers to a tiny town halfway between Wichita and Dodge City, not the retirement town in Arizona.

Dad's rocking a pair of dirty white bucks (de rigueur for big men on campus at the time) inside his 1951 Buick Special, and condolences on the Va Tech Hokies last night.

https://twitter.com/tmcrittenden/status/1565354154175778821

RIP Mom, looking like a proud Nancy Drew alongside a 1938 Buick sedan. Triangulating from your info, Mom was born in 1929 and this looks like a ceremonial new car pic; so I suspect she was only 8 or 9 in this photo.

https://twitter.com/robcvernon/status/1564997066530627584

Mom again, a few years later, with a car that was born about the same time she was: 1928-29 Ford Model A coupe.

https://twitter.com/robcvernon/status/1564997073933574145

Grandma, what big eyes you have! The thirsty goo-goo looks on Grandma & Grandpa's faces are priceless, and indeed it appears to be a circa 1924 Willys-Knight touring (tho honestly I wouldn't have concluded that without Grandma's note).

https://twitter.com/ToasterRich/status/1564717072935837696

Set clippers on stun: last weekend we featured the matching bangs of the girl cousins on the same 1963 Olds Fiesta 88 wagon (63 Ford Fairlane to left), today it's time for the buzzcut boy cousins.

https://twitter.com/adhegi/status/1564116491338977281

I suspect the family kitchen was a straight up haircut factory.

1912-13 REO "The Fifth" touring car, and please remember to add the #DavesCarIDService hashtag -- otherwise I will probably miss great ID photos like this.

https://twitter.com/Brandy54399210/status/1566069602181840901

*"REO" was short for Ransom E. Olds, same guy who founded Oldsmobile. He created REO after selling Oldsmobile to GM with the agreement not to use his "Olds" name for future cars.

REO, like Oldsmobile, was based in Lansing MI, and best known for their REO Speed Wagon trucks.

Yikes, Grandpa and his pit crew spared no mercy for their dirt track coupe, which despite the dents (and because of the wide 5 wheels) I can tell started as a 1936-38 Ford. I have a sneaking suspicion this was at Decorah's Winneshiek County Fairgrounds.

https://twitter.com/unclejfranklin/status/1564008600074428417

*the "Driftless area" refers to a beautiful little region of SE Minnesota/ NE Iowa/ SW Wisconsin/ NW Illinois that somehow escaped glaciation, leaving it very hilly. Mrs B's homeland BTW.

The car here was made closer to Old Brunswick - it's a 1957-61 British Ford Consul sedan.

https://twitter.com/Garnetson/status/1563981389510414338

Best get out the way when Joe & Joe Jr are coming at you in their 1959 Chevy.

https://twitter.com/CotnerJeff/status/1563883967308349441

Ruby was quite the fashion plate, and the car she's posing with is a 1928-29 Ford Model A coupe. The other car with the souvenir Oklahoma topper, photobombing at bottom right, is also a 28-29 Ford A.

https://twitter.com/dougbentley/status/1563576751510339584

In my remaining time, gonna knock off some street & wilderness finds. Good intuition on this lead sled, it's a 1950-51 Chevy 2 door hardtop customized with Buick side trim and Cadillac sombrero hubcaps.

https://twitter.com/patton_ghost/status/1563310109614559232

that 2-tone Buick side trim is kind of a homage to the Bob Hirohata Merc.

1955 Buick Century estate wagon, wearing vintage 55 Woodbury County (Sioux City) Iowa plates.

https://twitter.com/conover43/status/1562547217289711618

A disarmingly goofy 1949 Plymouth business coupe. Yes, their roofs really looked like that.

https://twitter.com/BoleynBooks/status/1565813766087852032

Another Plymouth, this one a lead sled 53 sedan with lakes pipes and 4-bar Dodge Lancer hubcaps.

https://twitter.com/brianshrive/status/1565713626056491011

I can ID these gruesome remains as a 1963 Pontiac 4 door sedan.

https://twitter.com/Bcawztic/status/1564760637766393856

That's it for me today, back again tomorrow for another session. Until then Happy Motoring and Go Hawkeyes!