Thread by @iowahawkblog

A happy belated Paul Newman Birthday from #DavesCarIDService. Born 1/26/1926, shown here in 1953 at the dawn of his stage acting career in "Picnic," atop the hood of a 1953 Dodge Coronet. Yep, it has a Hemi (the small cube Dodge Red Ram hemi, but a hemi nonetheless).

Newman is on the Mount Rushmore (along with McQueen, Garner, and Dean) of Hollywood actor / racing drivers, and the only one to have a win at LeMans. Took 1st the IMSA GTX class and 2nd overall in 1979, with teammates Dick Barbour & Rolf Stommelen, in a Porsche 935.

Yep, he was 53 at the time, ancient for a LeMans driver. Newman got into racing comparatively late in life, and threw himself into it with passion and dedication. No mere racing hobbyist, he worked his way up the class ladder, earning the respect of fellow drivers.

Newman was mostly associated with Datsun/Nissan race cars (like this 1000hp twin turbo 280ZX), but earned his first SCCA championship in a Triumph TR6. And who can forget his "Slap Shot" 1970 Pontiac GTO, or his final role as Doc Hudson in "Cars"?

Personally my favorite Newman movie car scene is Joy Harmon washing a very lucky 1941 DeSoto Deluxe in "Cool Hand Luke."

But I'll only let that car wash momentarily distract me from the task at hand: identifying the old cars in reader submissions. If you want to get in line for a car ID, simply follow the terms of service:

*in summary,

Tag request with #DavesCarIDService

Old family album photos are #1 priority, followed by wilderness/ street mysteries and historic archives

Remain patient

As for the rest of you, shut your stupid pieholes about politics in my car ID threads or be blocked

🎶Holiday Ro-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oad🎶

This family of cutups is patriotically hamming it up alongside a 1955 Ford Country Squire wagon, with a non-aerodynamic luggage load (and maybe Aunt Edna's dog?) up top.

https://twitter.com/TheOffensiveTET/status/1617172798014689280

*only a few years before, Ford wagons still had structural wood, but this would be veneer appliques. In fact all Ford wagons until 1951 were true "woodies."

This dapper gent is looking like a young James Baldwin standing alongside his 1954 Pontiac Chieftain Deluxe 4 door sedan.

https://twitter.com/angelamariemi/status/1616920276507430914

in #1, Gramps is modeling the latest in Hart Schaffner & Marx office wear while his pal models weekend Pendleton casuals, with a 1947-48 Studebaker Commander coupe.

In #2, Gramps charming some gal with his dog and the same Studebaker.

https://twitter.com/stockemer/status/1616844712362782720

*curved safety glass was a new postwar innovation, and you can see in #2 that Studebaker really went to town with it on their coupes. Most all automotive glass prewar was flat pane.

Yowwch! 1937 Ford coupe taking a hard hit from a... 1936ish Packard 8? If so, first time I've seen a Packard sedan on a dirt track. Sedan back there avoiding the mess is I believe a 1937-38 GM (Chevy/Pontiac/Olds)

https://twitter.com/swizze_gfrank/status/1616657929935130624

Coquettish Grandma is playing peekaboo from Grandpa's 1931 Pontiac Executive sedan during their whirlwind courtship.

https://twitter.com/ablake5055/status/1616514523032358912

*friendly reminder that Dave's Car ID audience always appreciates it when you crop/ rotate/ orient your photos in your requests for maximum viewing enjoyment.

Yessir, Mini Cuz and Mini You are standing next to a 1956 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door sedan, the owner of which apparently decided not to order it with the wacky zig-zag 2 tone paint option.

https://twitter.com/MarkHess1052/status/1616148610000850946

*to wit:

It's time for another... Toddlers! Perched! Precariously! On Cars!

The overalls and newsboy cap on the lad spotting the young lady belie the somewhat fancy car, a 1928-29 Packard (albeit a base model 426 or 526 sedan).

https://twitter.com/MarytheHolyDog/status/1615061010699718656

Great Gramps was the Sam Drucker of Minnesota, and his pickle barrels were the toast of the Gopher State.

Not much to go on here car-wise, but visible parts (top bows, windshield, wheels) are consistent with circa 1918 Studebaker Big Six.

https://twitter.com/PaulGales1/status/1614695930040840192

Fantastic high quality photo here; boys look like Depression era farm lads, but girls seem to French schoolgirls a la "Madeline."

Car, a 1933-34 Chevy sedan and via 1942 plates, from Cass County Iowa (county seat, Atlantic).

https://twitter.com/JimRoseAF/status/1614688361385725953

Mom & Dad are ready to rocket off into the future in their space age bullet-nosed 1951 Studebaker Champion.

Our 2nd postwar Stude of the day, but with the 50-51 bullet nose update. Unlike the earlier 47-48 Commander, a sedan, not wraparound window coupe.

https://twitter.com/TucsonHolmberg/status/1614655396706390016

Mom's looking like a young Jackie Kennedy here, and I'm almost certain the car is a 1955 Chevy Bel Air (or 1956 Chevy 210), but fender mount side view mirror is a bit odd; might be an aftermarket accessory item.

https://twitter.com/Madisox43/status/1614651708722012160

What a splendid photo here. Car on left, I'm leaning 1910 or so Cadillac 30, but with misgivings, and may have to correct later.

But I'm 100% mortal lock certain the high wheeler: circa 1909 Holman H-11 Auto Buggy.

https://twitter.com/VerminArmada/status/1614410138521059329

*Ring Dave's first-time car make ID bell for that Holman.

Solid rubber tire high-wheelers like these were once popular in rural areas, especially for mail delivery. Tall wheels were useful for deep-rutted dirt roads.

Another swell 100+ year old family photo, but afraid the car ID will have to be a crapshoot. A number of candidates might fit, the most likely of which is a circa 1916 Dodge Brothers 30-35 touring.

https://twitter.com/marmadukebj16/status/1614328848337829892

Man, you guys have been throwing the car ID knuckleballs at me lately. After lengthy pondering I will conjecture these Dakota plains wanderers had a 1909-ish Peerless Model 18 or 30, but not 100% confident. But I am confident that the image is reversed.

https://twitter.com/retiredmico1sg/status/1614246620849135617

*if indeed a Peerless, ring the 1st time make ID bell again.

**almost all US cars of this era, save Ford, were right hand drive. I'm guessing the photo printer assumed otherwise and reversed image.

***There were ~200 extant makes circa 1910, so solid ID can take some time.

Ahh, these are a bit more easy on my car ID synapses. Car by the awesome Rondale's (?) Burgers sign is a 1955 Ford Fairlane; nearest on left is a 1949 Cadillac convertible, behind it a 1953-54 Ford.

https://twitter.com/WestTNBarBQ/status/1613681128958722049

Snappy Uncle Don is headed to the malt shop to impress the bobby soxers with his sport coat, white socks, and 1940 Packard 180 sedan.

https://twitter.com/swizze_gfrank/status/1613364995932426241

That's an impressive pair of trousers on Grandpa, obscuring an equally impressive 1953 Chrysler New Yorker convertible. Top of the line too, with the optional wire wheels and a fire-breathing hemi under the hood.

https://twitter.com/MarkHolmlund/status/1612664966590648321

A 1935 Plymouth PJ 4 door sedan is a pretty spacious car, but I think you'd have to stack up all of those kids to use it a school bus.

https://twitter.com/JamesInFranklin/status/1612587090138497024

Mechanical wiz Bud is definitely studying a Chevy or GMC Stovebolt 6 with the valve covers off, and I believe in a 1947-54 Chevy or GMC truck.

https://twitter.com/ted_poppke/status/1612220345112735745

Hardworkin' Henry in a well weathered hat, standing behind a 1950 Chevy Styleline Deluxe sedan.

https://twitter.com/MandyAldrich2/status/1612161746629976065

Took some steel nerves for this unidentified Dad & Son to tow a trailer up a snowy mountain road with a 1936 Pontiac coupe.

https://twitter.com/45_70_Logan/status/1612144506127654916

Dad is new boot goofin' on the bumper of a 1941-49 International K-series truck.

https://twitter.com/RidgeNole/status/1611781283520315392

Time keeps on slippin', slippin' and all that, and I'm afraid I have to conclude for the day. But not without recommending the terrific documentary "Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman" from @adamcarolla:

imdb.com/title/tt337799…

Quick admin note: I will be on a hadj to the holy hot rod Mecca of Southern California next weekend, for the annual Grand National Roadster Show, and won't have time for car IDs.

But please keep 'em coming, and I will work like the dickens to clear older ID requests tomorrow.

Anyhoo, see you again tomorrow morning, and until then Happy Motoring!