A #DavesCarIDService March Madness salute to the all-time juggernaut of women's college basketball, the Hutcherson Flying Queens of tiny Wayland Baptist U in Plainview TX. Here taking a victory lap in a 1957 Ford Fairlane after their 1957 AAU national title (NCAAs of the time). 
*In total the Hutcherson Flying Queens (so named for a local rancher & booster who flew the team to away games in his Beechcraft) racked up 19 national titles, including 6 straight 1953-58, and had a 131 game win streak that will likely never be surpassed.
Not to jinx anything, but the Iowa women's b-ballers play Louisville tonight for a spot in this years Final Four. And so may I interject: Go Hawkeyes!
Girl's basketball enjoys a special place in Iowa lore, with a state HS tourney starting 1926, playing to packed 16k seat Vet's in Des Moines. My own grandma played Iowa HS hoops in the late 20s. In 1970, 20%(!) of all American girls participating in HS athletics were in Iowa.
*I should add that Iowa girls played the 6-on-6 variety, 3 guards+3 forwards who weren't allowed to cross half court. Basically a split 3-on-3 game. Remained so until the late 1980s and a court case. Caused a lot of traditionalist grumbles at the time, but they've moved on.
Enough about hoops, let's get to the hoopties. Before submitting an ID request, please rise and recite the Pledge of ID Request Quality:
Did somebody say "hoops"? Aunt Pat was an athletic hoopster of a different kind, mastering the new craze sweeping the USA in 1959 (Wham-O introduced them 1958). Car yonder in #1 is a 55 Cadillac sedan, in #2 a 57 Chevy - as much a 50s icon as hula hoops.
https://twitter.com/HeartyChunks/status/1638348540169576449
Whaddayaknow? It's the Dover Boys!
These jaunty chaps are assembling in front of a 1926-27 Ford Model T.
These jaunty chaps are assembling in front of a 1926-27 Ford Model T.
https://twitter.com/JerrySchiller5/status/1637619929665994752
*For those of you who do not speak fluent Loony Tunes. This classic was itself a parody of the "Rover Boys" of turn-of-the-century juvenile fiction.
Cue Connie Francis crooning "Wherrre the Boy Are."
Left-Right: 1955 Buick Super, 57 Buick 4 door hardtop, 53 Ford Customline, 57 Ford Fairlane. Photobombing near right is the tailfin of a 1955 Cadillac. So yeah, fits a 1957 time frame.
Left-Right: 1955 Buick Super, 57 Buick 4 door hardtop, 53 Ford Customline, 57 Ford Fairlane. Photobombing near right is the tailfin of a 1955 Cadillac. So yeah, fits a 1957 time frame.
https://twitter.com/dowbboy/status/1637457892516446210
In related news, I am more than delighted to learn that Fort Lauderdale's Mai Kai, the greatest tiki bar on Planet Earth since 1956, will reopen in a few months after a tragic sprinkler malfunction left its future in doubt. My favorite bar, full stop.
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No SPF 100 for these Daytona sun worshippers, the entire point was to get the shade of a baseball mitt by August. Not enough detail for a solid ID here, but sliding van door indicates no earlier than 1971 and likely a Chevy.
https://twitter.com/RealSenatorials/status/1637450969058271234
Great story and pic here demonstrating the famous fecundity of the Irish. Car behind future GI Gramps and siblings is a 1923-27 Ford Model T sedan.
https://twitter.com/TimsNeighbor/status/1637118917104607232
Looks like Lil' Shortpants lost the musical chairs battle for the family Sunday spin in a 1906 Packard S, or 1907-08 Packard 30 touring. It'd be a tall task for boys to take apart and rebuild that whip.
https://twitter.com/maryfrances3271/status/1637117752027623425
The neighborhood Hell's Angels were ready to rumble in their new summer buzzcuts.
Photo blur leaves me with only a weak conjecture that the wagon is a 65-66 Mercury; but blue car in background definitely 60-63 Ford Falcon.
Photo blur leaves me with only a weak conjecture that the wagon is a 65-66 Mercury; but blue car in background definitely 60-63 Ford Falcon.
https://twitter.com/rhit87/status/1636817284441227275
The trunk of their 1957 Plymouth Savoy had plenty of room for Dolores & Irene's Christmas shopping spree. (ht @ymdub58)
https://twitter.com/ChickenJoeSTL/status/1636133854275567619
Now you can truthfully claim that your ancestors arrived in the Mayflower: Grandma and Grampa are with a 1949-53 Triumph Mayflower, which is about as British as it gets.
https://twitter.com/andrewsiff/status/1638931420969320448
Mom arrived at the Dunes in style, in a 1939 Cadillac Series 60 sedan. Gotta say that's a very handsome Craftsman-style bungalow back there.
https://twitter.com/GFAC207/status/1638610978936856591
A very Dorothea Lange-esque quality to these Okie girls, looking ready to head for California in a 1926 Chevy sedan.
https://twitter.com/JerrySchiller5/status/1637619311752691713
Patrons arrived at the Southern Club to dine and dance to the Peck Kelley Orchestra in air-conditioned comfort, in (L-R) 1939-40 Plymouth coupe, 1938-39 GM (I think Chevy) B-body sedan, and a 1946-47 Buick Super Sedanette.
https://twitter.com/TracesofTexas/status/1637611158365671426
*that fantastic photo is yet another prime example of why you should follow @TracesofTexas.
I've had my share of 2 am post-closing time sliders at the Castle, but honestly I don't remember them clearly. The sinister fastback in the parking lot is a 1949-50 Pontiac Silver Streak.
https://twitter.com/macado6413/status/1637469527893057537
I will spare you of the tedium (and me of the effort) of IDing all the cars here, but will note the Daytona beach bunnies can't take their eyes off the ginchy 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner convertible (ht @MRaff57).
https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1638574257834717184
Apologies for the abbreviated session today, I have some chores to attend to. Please keep those great old family photos coming, and I'll see you back here next weekend. Until then, Happy Motoring!
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