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A very happy G-Day to all who celebrate from #DavesCarIDService Image
Owing to my Hawkeye basketball-related hangover late start this morning, I will dispense with the usual car history jibber jabber save for noting the Gremlin was produced until 1978, succeeded by the 4WD AMC Spirit until 1983. Contain your AMX-citement! Image
Was the April Fools Day intro of the Gremlin deliberate, or just an eerie coincidence? I will leave it to other to conjecture. But for now, please rise to recite the Car ID Requester's Pledge: Image
It's S'no Go, Jackie! Hopefully even Minnesota is past snow shoveling season at this point (don't bet on it). I can tell you that the March snow here can't obscure a 1940 Ford Standard (#1) and a 1940 Plymouth Deluxe (#2).
More snow in this dandy color photo, with impish Mom about to launch her 90 mph fastball at unsuspecting Dad. Nearest is a 1942 or 46-47 Cadillac sedan; yonder L-R is 1951 Ford and 1950 Dodge convertible.
*perhaps one of you Photoshop whizzes could lighten that image up to better bring out Mom's impish smile?
A location now occupied by Little Woodrow's tavern, but you can still get gas from the nearby taco truck. The 2-tone beauty is a 1956 Chevy Bel Air 4 door hardtop, behind it a 1953 Oldsmobile 88.
*note the fiendishly clever gas filler tube hidden behind the left side hinged taillight door: Image
I salute your bravery in sharing a photo of you getting owned by your sister. Nearest car is a 1970-71 Olds Cutlass, next to a 1971-72 Cadillac. White car yonder not an El Camino at all, but a 1964-65 Dodge Coronet or Plymouth Belvedere 2 door post.
Oh the shame! Oh the humiliation! Image
3 dapper Cornhusker gents, and rightmost brother in #2 looks like the irascible wisecracking editor of the Omaha World Herald barking "hold the presses!" Car in #1 is a 1947-48 Ford, #2 a 1936 Chevy.
Those gals are the circa 1970 NW Iowa church ladiest of all circa 1970 NW Iowa church ladies. High Pontiac concentration here: R-L, 1968-69 Pontiac Catalina, 53 Chevy, 59 Pontiac 4 dr hardtop, 60-63 Ford Falcon. Yonder, a 62 Pontiac Catalina.
Yikes! This almost triggered a seizure in my car ID synapses. Nearest row L-R 55 Studebaker Champion, 55 Chevy Bel Air wagon, 49-51 Ford; next row, 56 Cadillac, 55 Chevy wagon, 54 Buick, 55 Chevy Bel Air; and you'll have to trust me on the rest.
Best not let that well-dressed suitor get away, Merle & Pearl! He's driving one of them brand new fancy 1940 Lincoln Continentals!
Here we see the rarest of all species: an actual native-born Austinite. Car photobombing behind Sis is a tough call, but I believe it's a 1942 Pontiac.
Grandpa, you lucky hound you. What woman could resist a man with a double-breasted suit, top notch hair, and a 1946-47 Cadillac?
Time to move on to some street and wilderness finds, like this de-lish 1949 Mercury 8 coupe with a boffo MCM building in background. So many of these have been customized into lead sleds, it's actually unusual to see one in stock trim like this.
1946-56 Willys Jeep wagon; granddad of the Jeep Cherokee. They actually continued making fairly identical model years until 1964, but I believe 1956 was last year for the faux-woody paint job.
A 1937 Plymouth RISES FROM THE GRAVE <spooky theramin music> (ht @0dinbot)
$3800 is a bit of a stretch for a base model 1938 Packard sedan, but metal looks solid and might be useful as a parts car for a restorer. Plus custom car guys go ga-ga over those grilles.
*case in point, '36 Ford with a Packard grille spliced in: Image
1940-41 Ford pickups are among my favorites, but not a big fan of painted grilles/headlight bezels, and shaving all that nice hood chrome trim.
1966 Dodge Coronet 2 dr hardtop, doomed to eternal duty as a graffiti wall.
This jaunty jalopy is a 1926-27 Ford Model T roadster or RPU.
Bondo spotting! Looks like this 1938 Chevy sedan is at the fender hospital for a little corrective surgery.
This big boi is a 1939 Diamond T pickup.
Sorry folks, that's it for me today, but will try to catch up with an extended episode tomorrow. Keep those awesome family pics coming, and until next time Happy Motoring!

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