Thread by @iowahawkblog

Now boarding at Gate 1, it's time to fly the friendly skies of #DavesCarIDService!

And you all should immediately recognize a 1963 Chevy Corvette Sting Ray split window coupe, and the real life Jetsonian LAX Theme Building by Pereira & Luckman (1957-61).

*Speaking of LAX, I will be in SoCal next weekend (but via the much more human-friendly Burbank airport) & taking a break from ID duties. This I will dispense with the normal jibber jabber and get right to the IDs.

But first let's all recite the car ID pledge:

I will tag my ID requests #DavesCarIDService
I will use the tag only for my old family pics or wilderness & street sightings, and refrain from stupid LOL crap
I will remain patient
I will STFU about politics in Dave's car ID threads

And right away Erica has to be the class hashtag clown, but I let it slide because of the awesome Kodachrome film quality and special car, a 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans of "My Cousin Vinny" fame.

https://twitter.com/ZiaErica/status/1619698675386834945

*This car featured the all aluminum 215 "Baby Nailhead" V8 that would later be used in British Rovers.

And yes I know the pivotal car in My Cousin Vinny was a 1963 Tempest, but the 62 also had an independent rear suspension, albeit without PosiTrac.

Sometimes it take a while to get a solid ID because of rarity, but I am pleased and confident in informing you that Grandpa Vogrin's car was a circa 1917 Apperson Chummy Roadster.

https://twitter.com/jgvogrin/status/1612116940331294721

*that style of car - an open roadster with a small back seat and a small bustle rear - is call a "chummy" because you could squeeze a few extra pals in it.

Sudan - gateway to Muleshoe and the greater Clovis-Farwell Metroplex!

Gilbert & Shell are on the West Texas plains with a 1936 Chevy sedan & 1930 Dodge in #1, and in #2 a 1958 Buick, the chromiest chromed land yacht to ever emanate from Detroit.

https://twitter.com/jayhar4590/status/1611960305407627264

Took some triangulation here, but Lil' Pops & Grandpop are posing with a 1941 Ford 3/4 ton pickup.

https://twitter.com/BernardthePike/status/1611721299876888577

Wee Mr. Schex is awaiting a break in traffic to cross the road to hunt for the Azore's fabled buried pirate treasure.

Sadly I'm stumped here, save the VW Beetle and (maybe) Vauxhall Victor on lower right. Focal car seems Volvo PV544ish, but ain't.

https://twitter.com/Bajapalm/status/1611737665166274560

*Euro cars are not my strong suit, so I will put out the bat signal to my go-to Euro car guru @Harry_Bergeron

By day, Air Force MP Mr Gutowski the Elder kept wayward flyboys in line with his Jeep CJ 2A; on weekends, pantsless motorcycling on (I think) a 1952ish Triumph. And he never took off his Ray-Ban Aviators.

https://twitter.com/StephenGutowski/status/1611769261034291202

*my only misgiving on the bike ID is the left side brake drum; possible image reversal?

And how about that for some 150-proof swagger?

The 2 gents in the top picture are aside a 1951 Plymouth sedan, but I'm afraid I'll have to forfeit the points on the bus; Possibly a body made by Wayne or Bluebird.

https://twitter.com/samhess348/status/1611777742361559041

"I'm Grandpa, and this here's Grandma. We rob banks."

This glamorous crime duo is standing by what I'm pretty sure is a 1928-29 Chevy sedan, but a scan without the light bounce would help confirm.

https://twitter.com/professorjon/status/1612092279212150786

Sorry for the long delay on this, I can tell you the subject of Grandpa's photo here was a circa 1918 Cadillac Type 57 sedan; the Cadillac 57 giveaway is the horn on lower driver side near running board.

https://twitter.com/MatthewJFranck/status/1602049605188952064

*the reason I admonish folks not to use the hashtag for off topic stuff is that it pushes neat-o content like this down in the search results, making it harder for me to find it.

There's a delightful cultural Easter Egg in this photo: behind your 2 lovely ancestors are 2 versions of 1938 Oldsmobiles. Left, a 4 door humpback, right a 2 door slantback. Given it's Gary IN, maybe one of 'em belonged to Ralphie's dad?

https://twitter.com/boscough/status/1612161355628351489

*per A Christmas Story (set in Gary IN), "Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man."

Although the movie car was a 1937 Olds, rather than a '38.

By the jubilation of the threshing crew, looks like Baba must've been one heck of a cook.

Being an old Iowa farm boy, no problemo on the tractor ID; it's a circa 1930 Hart-Parr 18-36, made in good ol' Charles City Iowa.

https://twitter.com/gdbpc/status/1612163705080516608

*Hart-Parr would later rebrand as Oliver, and their Canadian version would have the giggle-inducing brand Cockshutt.

By Grabthar's hammer, I will one day make a hot rod with a Cockshutt grille.

Miss Cara's family archives have provided some top notch ID content over the years, and no exception here. Same 2 cars in #1-#3, and prominent one in #1 is a circa 1917 Chevy 490. The other (I think) is a 1917ish Overland roadster, but not 100% sure.

https://twitter.com/Texascaracara/status/1604134461192421376

Oddly enough I'm a little more sure of the buggy in #4, which I believe is a circa 1895 Studebaker Bros.

Yep, Studebaker made wagons and buggies long before they made cars; ever further back before the Civil War.

Me likey some vintage motorcycle mamas, like this bad girl escaping over the state line aboard a 1936-41 Harley Davidson EL Knucklehead bobber. Bobbers were the original choppers, removing or "bobbing" useless heavy bits like fenders & such.

https://twitter.com/HazeDoran/status/1612208670561173504

This is such a fantastic shot of the old Ventura Highway, I'm somewhat bummed I can only give a loose conjecture that Grandpa's truck was a circa 1924 Brockway.

https://twitter.com/Engelsmung/status/1612227020213129216

Yessir, Sonny Boy learned the intricacies of the manual transmission aboard a Ford NAA, of ~1954 vintage.

https://twitter.com/FederalDebt/status/1612171486005186560

I stand corrected, it is indeed a Ford 600.

https://twitter.com/Molinefan/status/1619744893232091136

Flatbed is a 1942 or 46-47 Ford; nearest car a 1937 Plymouth; and I will leave the locomotive ID to the trainspotting community.

https://twitter.com/HazeDoran/status/1612167076868935684

Enough visible behind Maw Maw for me to narrow down to a 1932 GM Fisher body sedan (Chevy, Oakland/Pontiac, Olds, or Buick), but one on right is beyond my meager ID powers.

https://twitter.com/MountainShebrew/status/1616242993194729472

The big dirt track pileup was always followed by the exchange of insurance information.

#8 car is a 56-57 Olds, the car he T-boned is a 56-57 Pontiac (dashboard-based IDs btw)

https://twitter.com/swizze_gfrank/status/1616655143717728257

Yes ma'am, the car is a 1930-31 Chevrolet roadster, and beware that carnival barker or flimflam man lurking back there on the right.

https://twitter.com/audreyholly320/status/1617575268323061764

Can confirm Dad's first car was indeed a 1939 Studebaker President, looking in fine shape for a 17 year old car.

https://twitter.com/MattamyWatch/status/1617523161498779649

Sure, the 1920s-60s photos are great, but how about those sleazy 70s? Especially at the Jersey Shore with a panoply of vinyl-roofed GM pimpmobiles like the 1973 Chevy Monte Carlo & 76 Pontiac Grand Prix. Yonder: 71 Pontiac Bonneville, 74-76 Olds Toronado.

https://twitter.com/dt432123/status/1616827339970695172

You can almost see a carload of polyester mustachioed detectives powerslide into the driveway and pull their guns on Mom while yelling "freeze, turkey!"

Yikes! Another correction is in order. Brain not worky today, I sentence myself to 40 lashes with an alternator belt.

https://twitter.com/dj5law/status/1619756068661510144

Sorry folks, afraid I have a hard stop now. Keep those great pix coming, and I will see you back here Feb 12 for more adventures in car mysteries. Until then, Happy Motoring!