Thread by @iowahawkblog

Vacation over, time to get back to the future with #DavesCarIDService!

I usually don’t ID 1980s cars, but I thought this custom 1982 DMC DeLorean I saw at the car wash was kinda cool.

OK, not the car wash, but the Petersen Museum LA, and the real deal "star" car from Back To The Future. The movie used 3 different DeLoreans; 1 for stunts, 1 for special FX, this one used for regular scenes. Customization designed by Lawrence Paull, and built by Michael Fink.

My weekend off means a big inbox of ID requests, so time to get right at it - but with a gentle reminder of the the ID request guidelines:

tag your request #DavesCarIDService

old family album photos, history archives, street & wilderness finds only

remain patient...

...and above all else, this is a 100% politics-free zone. Kindly keep your stupid political takes out of my car ID threads, or I shall be force to give you the block button bum's rush.

Brett has shared some amazing images from his family treasure trove before, and these ranks with the best: pour one out for tragically ill fated Bert and his snazzy 1932 Auburn 12-160A phaeton. And ain't Grandma Mabel the bee's knees? Va-va-voom!

https://twitter.com/ItsBrettFromLA/status/1623777207788408832

Let's keep the phaetons rolling with Adolph, Leonard, and Julius (a/k/a Harpo, Chico, and Groucho) Marx rolling up to the Orpheum stage door in/on a 1935 Ford Deluxe phaeton.

https://twitter.com/WCespar/status/1622649445715148804

This couple in the 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer 2 door sedan are either newlyweds, or evading an angry toilet paper-wielding mob. If the former, the lovely bride's hat suggests a honeymoon at the beach.

https://twitter.com/toddva99/status/1620106651700457474

🎵Night, and stars above that shine so bright
The mystery of their fading light
That shines upon our caravan🎵

Who among us would not stop at a gas oasis with harem gals at the pump? In #3 I spy a 1926-7 Ford T, and maybe a 1927ish Moon touring.

https://twitter.com/Harry_Bergeron/status/1619887510104207363

*oops, I mean #2.

I spent some time in the Wilshire Blvd neighborhoods of Fairfax & Larchmont last week, and they still have a stunning assortment of 1920s Moroccan style bungalows. Real Rudolph Valentino Sheikh of Araby stuff.

"Whadda you looking at, punk?"

Dad may have been a family man with a 1959 Oldsmobile Super 88 station wagon at 17, but he still had the D.A. hairdo and devilish sneer of a senior ready to stuff a freshman into a locker.

https://twitter.com/Hypercarnivore/status/1619709460775317510

Always delighted to see shots from my ol' NW Iowa homeland. In #1 and #3, A red 1959 Ford Galaxie face-to-face with a 1937 Ford Deluxe (with replacement headlight bezels). In #2, another 1959 Ford Galaxie 500, this one a 2 door hardtop.

https://twitter.com/thematthew26/status/1619384547640229893

Time for another Toddlers! Perched! Precariously! On Cars!

RIP Mom, who's perched here on another 1937 Ford Deluxe, with good luck raccoon tails on the ornament. Tied-on raccoon tails were quite the common car item at the time.

https://twitter.com/sdrogers6/status/1619376566261383168

Note Mom's 37 Ford has the stock teardrop headlights, unlike the modified ones in previous photo, probably from a 1940 Ford or Mercury. I prefer those stock teardrops, but they were somewhat pricey to replace when broken; so many 37 Fords don't have their originals.

Trailer Miss Muffet sitting on her tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
When parked right behind her
a 56 Studebaker Commander
Drove little Miss Muffet away

https://twitter.com/Nihilist_T21/status/1619348617948696576

Yessirree, a 1961 Chevy Impala convertible to be precise, with a 1965-66 Ford Mustang yonder across the street. Pop's Impala ragtop is still a cooler car, for my money.

https://twitter.com/jsw_wilson/status/1619016843892785153

I strongly suspect Pop's U-Haul tower is the same 61 Impala, and thanks to the color shot I can tell you he ordered it in the fetching Seamist Turquoise color code.

https://twitter.com/jsw_wilson/status/1619017310496497666

Monday through Friday, prim bespectacled librarian, Saturdays, vixen pinup model: Mom shows off her gams upon a 1948-49 Packard sedan.

https://twitter.com/mark_linder/status/1618434673461583873

Ford Model Ts are generally a layup, but often the background for some terrific vintage family shots like this. Can't narrow this down more than 1917-26 as the Taterland tough guy is obscuring the cowl.

https://twitter.com/TitanGlade/status/1617543454900486145

Looking forward to more shots from your recently discovered treasure trove, and I can tell you there's a 1955 Oldsmobile 88 lurking behind this trio of kids.

https://twitter.com/globe55trotter/status/1617532851066654721

Wowsers! Now here's a spectacular shot. A gigantic St Bernard begs for a lift from Mom, stopped along the Merit Parkway for a quick phone chat in her 1955-59 MG MGA. Probably on her way to drive some hot laps at Lime Rock. Sorry doggy, you can't fit.

https://twitter.com/_JameStevens/status/1624421885990801408

Aunt Audrey: take your hat off for the photo, Pa.
Unk: ain't gonna.
AA: I said, take your hat off.
Unk: I said nope.
AA: I ain't askin' you again.
Unk: well then don't.
AA: <snatches hat> take the picture.

1924-27 Ford Model T coupe.

https://twitter.com/TedStri74195739/status/1617690579592450048

Saddle Shoes Sally charms some free radiator water for her overheated 1935 Plymouth coupe from Edward G. Robinson, who is somehow working as a gas station pump jockey. Back yonder, a 35-36 Ford Tudor.

https://twitter.com/MarytheHolyDog/status/1617293536516243457

This shade tree mechanic is adjusting the clutch or brake pedals of a 1935 Ford pickup. Or, I dunno, maybe a bold daytime thief hot wiring one.

https://twitter.com/WillNotBDanide/status/1617227041807507456

Is that Reveille the dog keeping watch while the Aggie bugler call reveille on a bigass megaphone? Cars on left in order are 1935 Plymouth, 1938 Chevy, and 1939 Plymouth, so I suspect photo is circa 1940.

https://twitter.com/joecarlwhite/status/1617150743575957506

Grandma & Grandpa had their overcoat game on fleek as the kids say, or at least one time recently said. Pretty awesome car too, a 1951 Mercury convertible.

https://twitter.com/len_redfern/status/1616819059328225282

A 1959 Ford under the street light in this moody noir Edward Hopperesque photo.

https://twitter.com/ConservativeLA/status/1616198817853874176

Technically spring cars; nearest is Bowes Seal Fast Special, modified 28-31 Ford A engine and suspension; 2nd car, the Alperti White Phantom, also modified A engine but modified Essex suspension. Photo from The Race of Gentleman at the Jersey shore.

https://twitter.com/swizze_gfrank/status/1616655905029857281

Alas, The Race of Gentlemen (aka TROG) remains on my bucket list, but I'm scheming to have a beater there in the next couple of years. Chatted with Mel Stultz who runs TROG at the Grand National Roadster Show last weekend (this is car nerd namedropping).

I guess it's semi pre-ID'd here, but I can tell you the beloved family blue Oldsmobile was a 1937 model L37 sedan.

https://twitter.com/outstripp/status/1617020374222503936

Not 100% sure, but I think the snowbound touring car here is a circa 1921 Nash 681.

(I'm not big on treating my car IDs as a stumping challenge when you already know the ID, but these are some great photos)

https://twitter.com/suzibasterd/status/1616490916403118080

*Remember to affix the hashtag so insure I see your request! Suzi remembered to do so hashtag post hoc.

No ma'am, this'd be at least a decade later than 1915. I'm pretty sure the ladies here are roughing it in a 1925-26 Buick or Oldsmobile sedan.

https://twitter.com/suzibasterd/status/1616610747080916992

Yessir, a 1935 Pontiac grille makes a handsome relic for a western desert tableau. Shame the hood ornament is missing.

https://twitter.com/ScienceHill360/status/1617174610771943425

*The 1935 Pontiac deluxe Indian princess ornament; and the deco Indian head ornament for the lower priced 6 model.

Kind of a foreboding sinister vibe to this 1957 Plymouth Savoy Suburban in the woods. Yes, Plymouth also used the Suburban trademark for their wagons.

https://twitter.com/_michaelcurry_/status/1617222481860861960

Sorry folks, time for me to put down the internet and fire up the chainsaw to start clearing my own woods of all the ice-felled branches from last week.

Until tomorrow, Happy Motoring!