Thread by @iowahawkblog

G'day mates! Time for a #DavesCarIDService salute to Down Unda's gift to motoring style, the ute. Invented by Ford AUS in 1934 after a letter from a Victoria farm wife who aske for a vehicle to be "a car for church on Sunday and a truck to take the pigs to market on Monday.”

Like Australia's platypus, the ute is neither fish nor fowl- obviously not a car, but strictly speaking it's not a pickup because its cargo box isn't separated from its cab. The last true Aussie ute utility coupe was the 2017 Holden Commodore (this is a jazzed up SSV).

Here stateside, we've had our own Aussie-style utes; during WW2 many people added cargo beds to old cars for advantageous gas rations. And custom bodied flower cars for gangster funerals, like this 1935 Packard conversion.

Finally in 1957 Americans got their own production ute, the Ford Ranchero (Yippee!), followed by Chevy in 1959 with the El Camino (It's Magnifico!)

But now it's time for a walkabout in the outback of my car ID request files. If you'd like to get in line for one, please rise and recite the Car ID Request Pledge:

There's all kinds of delightfulness in this 1930-31 Ford Model A Tudor, starting with Granny's amazing bonnet and Junior's flamboyant tie. Granny don't care what the eye test man at the DMV said, it's her car and she's gonna drive it.

https://twitter.com/RobSteele3/status/1634032841917972483

Grandpa's car here is a 1917-24 Ford Model T touring (no cowl lamps mean likely >1920), and looks like little lady's bewitched him with her au courant Louise Brooks/ Theda Bara style bobbed hair.

https://twitter.com/Master_Of_Coins/status/1632454202206351360

*when silent starlet Louise Brooks raised a vamp eyebrow, men were helplessly spellbound

Home, James! The GG-grandparents are riding in style in a circa 1915 Buick C23 touring. Dig the Shaker siding on the barn/garage.

https://twitter.com/anderson2553/status/1627377431660183552

On behalf of the Dave's Car ID community, offering our thoughts & prayers for Grandma, here beaming a beautiful smile inside a 1937 Cadillac Series 60 coupe. (ht @WCespar)

https://twitter.com/docMJP/status/1627397014995537921

It's hard to sing the blues when you have a 1985-89 Ferrari 328 (until you get the service bill).

https://twitter.com/Marc_Leibowitz/status/1628107438950842403

quick note: I always appreciate a hashtag and description, but adding a photo is always helpful.

https://twitter.com/tmitsss/status/1628203625787826182

The vintage view of old CSU in Fort Collins contains a black 1934 Chevy 5-window coupe; in front of it is a 1937-38 full size Mopar (Dodge, Plymouth, DeSoto, or Chrysler Royal) sedan; next car off yonder is a 37 Ford. (ht @Going2shabooms)

https://twitter.com/AggiesToRams/status/1628035601240043520

Dad is riding a circa 1936 Rudge Ulster, and I am clueless about the minibike. I suspect it was a custom project Dad made for his eager lil' speed demon.

https://twitter.com/HazeDoran/status/1628528056720818178

This delightfully groovy Daisy Duke is supplying fender candy to a 1976 Chevy Camaro.

https://twitter.com/sjgiardini/status/1629184702035767296

ahh, the AMC Matador, favorite car of bullfighters from Spain to Mexico. Car off yonder is not a similarly Hispanic Cordoba, pretty sure it's a 1977-79 Mercury Grand Marquis with the optional aluminum alloy wheels.

https://twitter.com/americanadian64/status/1629506817624625155

These 4 generations of fashion plates are posing in front of a 1939 DeSoto S-6 sedan. Great Gramps really knew how to rock a watch chain.

https://twitter.com/JamesARogers7/status/1629649677904748547

Well, I'd rather not believe these people suck, and their car certainly doesn't: it's a 1958 Chevy Impala (or Bel Air with V8 option) 4 door hardtop.

https://twitter.com/OttoBee3/status/1629165366818529288

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Pareeee-eee?

Doughboy Uncle Albert & his lovely Emma are perched on a ~1918 Diamond T model R5.

https://twitter.com/MikeE00486939/status/1629897212720209920

Splendid image here, and the background farmhouse lends it a bit of American Gothic-ness. Car in question is a 1940 Ford Standard Tudor.

https://twitter.com/JosephFKoch/status/1630007181692092416

All the ladies are sporting those cloche hats that were all the rage in the 1920s-30s, posing with a 1926 Chevy Superior sedan.

https://twitter.com/jaquitafalana/status/1630666641456373770

*per my hat-fancying wife. Among the many things that changed dramatically pre- and post-WW1 was ladies' millinery. Gone were jumbo elaborate bird-and-flower festooned lids, replace with Jazz Age streamliners.

These two classic newlyweds are actually with two different classic automobiles: in #1, a 1955 Chevy, and in #2, a 1949 Ford. Both of which are referred to as a "shoebox."

https://twitter.com/PaulRSchmidtTM/status/1631088141393092609

I am never too proud to acknowledge an evidence-based correction, and a tip of the lid to Mr. Lasko: upon checking it does appear to be a 78-79 Cordoba, so the photo contains both a Matador and Cordoba. ¡Ole!

https://twitter.com/arlasko/status/1634576802478800897

I bet these ladies were Singapore's top all-girl garage punk band of the 60s. Their car: 1962-68 MG MGB.

https://twitter.com/ArquetteSisters/status/1632071186585890817

*Don't knock mid-60s Singapore garage punk until you've tried it.

Goodness gracious, this one punches all my MCM-Vegas-Pinup-automotive buttons: this delicious dish is modeling a 1958 Edsel Citation convertible, with two 1957 Fords parked yonder. (ht @MRaff57)

https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1633125193219465218

Keep those fantastic family pictures coming (and don't forget to include the hashtag so I see them!), but now time to knock off a few street & wilderness finds, like this 1947 Studebaker Champion business coupe.

https://twitter.com/TamSlick/status/1629854352641867776

*one other request - pretty please don't tag me with "LOL" viral meme car pics from Facebook, Reddit, etc. There's 875% chance I've seen it before, I'm not gonna ID it, and they only clog my inbox & make it harder to search for the good stuff.

That'd be a 1952.

https://twitter.com/shepgater77/status/1627770349491310598

A 1926-28 Willys Whippet (Model 96) sedan would be a neat little extra to go with the house.

https://twitter.com/AdamPiersen/status/1632977122154217474

I understand the urgency of a tamale run, but if you slowed down you'd be able to see it's a 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook or Concord.

https://twitter.com/sweepand/status/1632508900745281537

This '66 'Stang is wearing one of my fave colors of all time, Ford Emberglo. 1966-only paint code, available on TBirds, Mustangs, and Galaxies. Love that color so much I chose it for one of my hot rods.

https://twitter.com/KurtBerkes/status/1632024128013193217

Since today's kickoff topic was Aussie utes, I'll let this late model slide in: 2006ish Aussie Ford Falcon BF, last Ford to wear the Falcon nameplate.

https://twitter.com/BonoEstente/status/1629738562295074816

Now there's a rarity: 1966-70 Studebaker Cruiser. While Studebaker went under in the US in 1963-4, they continued manufacturing in Canada and Australia for a few more years. Left hand steering indicates a Canuck model here.

https://twitter.com/Paddy_Junior/status/1633942725048541184

That's it for me today folks, back again tomorrow for another edition. Until then, Happy Motoring!