Put on those gowns and tuxedos, it's time for the first annual #DavesCarIDService Idie Awards! Today I'd like to recognize those readers who provided me the absolute best car ID requests of 2023.
Criteria:
1. Originality. Recognition is only for photos that were sourced from the requester's personal family archives. Sorry, no second-hand viral Facebook photos or copyright materials.
2. People, location, and their stories. Cars, shmars, I love photos with an interesting back story and photogenic human subjects.
3. Photo quality. Points awarded for sharp images, nice scans, good composition. Slide images get an inside edge.
4. The cars. While any car is eligible, I awarded bonus points for cars of unusual rarity or value.
With over 2000 car ID requests submitted to me in 2023, believe you me the competition was tough, and it was a real struggle to narrow down the best of the best.
But now it's time to tip my hat to those showing conspicuous merit in providing me content.
The envelope, please:
Our first Idie goes to @JackJolis for this astonishing family shot from old London featuring a mind-blower of a car ID challenge. After days of research, I was able to determine it was a one-off Delage D8 with custom bodywork by Gaston Grummer.
@JackJolis
.@iowahawkblog
#DavesCarIDService
Any idea about this remarkable conveyance?
Taken in Kingston-upon-Thames (London suburb) in the early 30s, I believe.
(My English-born dad is the chap second from the right)
*more specifically a 1934 Delage D8 Aeroprofil, and I was delighted to find an advert of what I believe to be is the exact same Jolis family car.
The next Idie goes to @ItsBrettFromLA for this incredible photo of his va-va-va-voom grandmother Mabel gracing an almost-as-beautiful 1931 Auburn 12-160A phaeton. Tragically Mabel's husband Grandpa Bert lost his life in the car. (source: )
@ItsBrettFromLA
I was saving this photo for Father’s Day, but I think I’d better submit it now, in case #DavesCarIDService comes to an end.
Granpa Bert standing next the car he probably lost his life in, when he missed a turn up in Monterey. Grandma Mabel is the fender candy in the other photo https://t.co/gn0xF3rXUF
*by the way, this awards ceremony isn't in any particular order. Does the Louvre rank its paintings?
Special kudos, thanks, and an Idie goes to @walterewright for sharing this spectacular photo of his great grandfather William Wright, a pioneering black auto mechanic from Pittsburgh, with a circa 1910 Packard touring.
This one from my NW Iowa homeland delighted me to no end. An Idie to @jeffgaver for this shot of his mom & her cousins astride a ~1965 Honda C200 or CA200, proving - like the guy's shirt says - "you meet the nicest people on a Honda."
@jeffgaver
@iowahawkblog Spirit Lake Iowa. My mom is in the middle between her cousins on the bike. #DavesCarIDService https://t.co/tH8EEmq910
In the vintage hot rod division, the Idie goes to @mrshawnpthomas for an amazing shot of his dad and his hot rod greaser gang from the early-mid 1950s. The elder Mr Thomas remained an avid hot rodder until his death.
@iowahawkblog
As evidence for my thesis that a Flattop Boogie is more a hot rod coiff, behold this recent ID request from @mrshawnpthomas featuring a modified '33-34 Ford and his dad's hot rod club. Sports car gentlemen were more crewcut preppies with plaid scarves. https://t.co/l8jM8OkoBK
Speaking of the Louvre, how's this for accidental art? Masterful composition and beautiful color in this portrait of Grandma & her 1960 Oldsmobile 88. The Idie is yours, @mjpayne_ .
@mjpayne_
@iowahawkblog Here’s my grama with someone’s Region vehicle in the background. Thanks in advance. #DavesCarIDService https://t.co/DwvuRZhFw9
The next Idie goes to @jeffdomingues for sharing his coal-mining grandpa Oris & a car I'd give my eyetooth for: 1933 Ford V8 3 window coupe. Same model as the ZZ Top Eliminator coupe, and with another 6 inches of beard Oris could pass for Billy Gibbons.
What this lacks in photo quality, it more than makes up in story. My second favorite Iwo Jima pic ever, and the Idie goes to @smithkl42 for this stunner featuring GIs and their smuggled Kurtis Kraft V8-60 midget racer.
*And here the map to their clandestine Iwo Jima race track. Amazing!
A special institutional Idie to the Muskie Archives at Bates College in Maine (@MuskieArchives) for this shot of legendary campus prankster Mitchell crashing a Bates game in his 1913-15 Stanley Steamer coffin nose. Double Secret Probation!
@MuskieArchives
A couple of car pics on this frosty morning. First up is "Mitchell's Stanley Steamer," circa 1922, after crashing into (through?) the Garcelon Field fence. (Mitchell was later expelled, but not for this caper.) #DavesCarIDService https://t.co/eistRimxaS
Sometimes an ID request is just utterly humbling. Like this shot from @zach_baylor featuring his dad, uncle, and their cousin, all Auschwitz survivors, shown after the war with a 1934-38 Opel P4.
@iowahawkblog
Cropping this so readers can better appreciate the image. https://t.co/Rfymw3InMB
Rah rah rah! A grateful Idie goes out to Ryan Israelsen (@israelson) for sharing these amazing artifacts of his Utah State Aggie gridiron star granddad, whose NFL career was scuttled by WW2 Naval service. Car, 1936 Chevy or Pontiac coupe.
A special foreign Idie to Signore @IAlliata for this shot of his folks in Switzerland looking like a still from a Fellini or Goddard film. Car, a 1956ish Fiat 1100-103 B; motorbike, a 1959ish Moto Guzzi Falcone Sport 500.
@IAlliata
My Mom and Dad before 1960 in Switzerland on their way to Italy with friends following them in the car. You already ID the bike in a previous post. What about the car?
#DavesCarIDService https://t.co/FjuKlc0Fy8
Some beefcake for you ladies, and an Idie to @NoahPollak for this great shot of Grandpa Paul and his 1936 Ford 3 window coupe. Incidentally his 34th I saw some very intense combat in the Pacific.
@NoahPollak
@iowahawkblog My grandfather Paul, summer 1938. Pretty sure it wasn't his car. Five years later he'd be drafted, spend a year in combat in the Pacific (34th infantry regiment, 24th ID), and participate in the occupation of Japan before coming home in 1946. #DavesCarIDService https://t.co/y5BOAtincV
The Special Effects Idie goes to die hard Auburn U loyalist @willcollier for this 50s sci-fi process shot of his teenage mom wrasslin' a giant snake atop a 1957 Ford Fairlane Country Sedan wagon. At least I think it's special effects.
@willcollier
@iowahawkblog This one has already been Dave-ified, but yes, that's my mom, age 17 or so. Robert O. Johnson, who was the photogropher and unofficial historian of her hometown (Albertville, AL) told me before he died that this gag was the most famous and most reprinted shot he ever took: https://t.co/wMFD6FrH9s
What a shot here featuring a 34 Ford Tudor, @ChaseEyster's grandpa, and 4/11 of his offspring (cowboy, Tarzan, Joe College, and gangster). Idies all around, and dig that leaping greyhound hood ornament!
@iowahawkblog
Rotating here so folks can better appreciate this dapper squad of gentlemen. 100/100, no notes. https://t.co/iduyISKC42
Another foreign Idie to Aussie @RobertVargo for this Mad Max double feature, starring his father's family in rural Queensland and 2 ultra-Aussie utes: a 1934 Chevy and a 1935 Ford.
@iowahawkblog
Separating these for your enhanced enjoyment. The very first production ute was introduced by Ford in 1934, after a suggestion by a Victoria farm wife; Chevy quickly followed suit. All the innards are Detroit-made, but special ute bodies assembled in AUS. https://t.co/DzzS9Gor7B
Comedy or horror film? I award Idies in both categories to @Noah_Pology for this gruesome discovery in his family archives, featuring a 1961-63 Chevy pickup, 1960-ish Rolls Silver Cloud, his dad, and one-time girlfriend Polly Urethane.
@Noah_Pology
#davescaridservice @iowahawkblog
My brother sent me this pic of our dad (that's NOT my mom next to him) at Sebring from when he raced there and I just started looking at the big black sedan behind him. It kinda looks like a Rolls maybe? It definitely wasn't my father's. https://t.co/mY34Cz7dKc
And now to hand out some Cinematography Idies, starting with @WNYjay56's parents making a stylish getaway in a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner.
@WNYjay56
@iowahawkblog This is my parents, leaving on their honeymoon. August 16, 1959.
My dad used to talk about his red convertible, but I never knew the details.
#DavesCarIDService https://t.co/LxmUhi2hF8
And another to @SuperPanchro for this shot of his Grandma with her 1951 DeSoto Custom looking like a Andrew Wythe painting in Marion County OR, circa 1960.
Technicolor mayhem has erupted in this action shot from @RoudyJ featuring a 1959 Pontiac Safari, (I think) Vauxhall Victor, and a cast of rioting Boomer kids.
@RoudyJ
#DavesCarIDService The party’s about to get started at my childhood home (circa 1960). I know the massive brown station wagon is a Pontiac, but what is the red vehicle? https://t.co/6PP0jJxhPT
Dennis has something on his mind, and I think Tula knows what Dennis has on his mind, in this smoldering love scene. The Idie is yours, @princephillipau.
@princephillipau
@iowahawkblog #DavesCarIDService
My grandparents Dennis and Tula, probably somewhere around Birmingham, AL during WWII. Any idea what car they are leaning against? Thanks! https://t.co/sezYyZ6w3R
America, what a country! This delightful shot of Grandpa Harry aboard a circa 1916 Excelsior with factory sidecar earns @IGotANewPony an Idie.
@IGotANewPony
@iowahawkblog @iowahawkblog
#DavesCarIDService
My immigrant great-grandfather Harry, probably in Brooklyn, probably in the early 1920s. Any idea what buggy he's driving (or pretending to)? https://t.co/oFLUZE83P1
America, What a Country II: Another immigrant, another coast, another era, with elegant beauty Great Grandma Helen posing with a (1) 1949 Cadillac Sedanette and (2) 1951 Chevy. An Idie to @ellioteverhart.
@ellioteverhart
Great-grandma Helen, in her new home in the central valley of California, and at her even-newer home in San Francisco a few years later - leaving Shanghai must have been an easy decision after '49
Put on those gowns and tuxedos, it's time for the first annual #DavesCarIDService Idie Awards! Today I'd like to recognize those readers who provided me the absolute best car ID requests of 2023.Criteria:
1. Originality. Recognition is only for photos that were sourced from the requester's personal family archives. Sorry, no second-hand viral Facebook photos or copyright materials.
2. People, location, and their stories. Cars, shmars, I love photos with an interesting back story and photogenic human subjects.
3. Photo quality. Points awarded for sharp images, nice scans, good composition. Slide images get an inside edge.
4. The cars. While any car is eligible, I awarded bonus points for cars of unusual rarity or value.With over 2000 car ID requests submitted to me in 2023, believe you me the competition was tough, and it was a real struggle to narrow down the best of the best.
But now it's time to tip my hat to those showing conspicuous merit in providing me content.
The envelope, please:Our first Idie goes to @JackJolis for this astonishing family shot from old London featuring a mind-blower of a car ID challenge. After days of research, I was able to determine it was a one-off Delage D8 with custom bodywork by Gaston Grummer.*more specifically a 1934 Delage D8 Aeroprofil, and I was delighted to find an advert of what I believe to be is the exact same Jolis family car.The next Idie goes to @ItsBrettFromLA for this incredible photo of his va-va-va-voom grandmother Mabel gracing an almost-as-beautiful 1931 Auburn 12-160A phaeton. Tragically Mabel's husband Grandpa Bert lost his life in the car. (source: )*by the way, this awards ceremony isn't in any particular order. Does the Louvre rank its paintings?Special kudos, thanks, and an Idie goes to @walterewright for sharing this spectacular photo of his great grandfather William Wright, a pioneering black auto mechanic from Pittsburgh, with a circa 1910 Packard touring.This one from my NW Iowa homeland delighted me to no end. An Idie to @jeffgaver for this shot of his mom & her cousins astride a ~1965 Honda C200 or CA200, proving - like the guy's shirt says - "you meet the nicest people on a Honda."In the vintage hot rod division, the Idie goes to @mrshawnpthomas for an amazing shot of his dad and his hot rod greaser gang from the early-mid 1950s. The elder Mr Thomas remained an avid hot rodder until his death.Speaking of the Louvre, how's this for accidental art? Masterful composition and beautiful color in this portrait of Grandma & her 1960 Oldsmobile 88. The Idie is yours, @mjpayne_ .The next Idie goes to @jeffdomingues for sharing his coal-mining grandpa Oris & a car I'd give my eyetooth for: 1933 Ford V8 3 window coupe. Same model as the ZZ Top Eliminator coupe, and with another 6 inches of beard Oris could pass for Billy Gibbons.What this lacks in photo quality, it more than makes up in story. My second favorite Iwo Jima pic ever, and the Idie goes to @smithkl42 for this stunner featuring GIs and their smuggled Kurtis Kraft V8-60 midget racer.*And here the map to their clandestine Iwo Jima race track. Amazing!A special institutional Idie to the Muskie Archives at Bates College in Maine (@MuskieArchives) for this shot of legendary campus prankster Mitchell crashing a Bates game in his 1913-15 Stanley Steamer coffin nose. Double Secret Probation!Sometimes an ID request is just utterly humbling. Like this shot from @zach_baylor featuring his dad, uncle, and their cousin, all Auschwitz survivors, shown after the war with a 1934-38 Opel P4.Rah rah rah! A grateful Idie goes out to Ryan Israelsen (@israelson) for sharing these amazing artifacts of his Utah State Aggie gridiron star granddad, whose NFL career was scuttled by WW2 Naval service. Car, 1936 Chevy or Pontiac coupe.A special foreign Idie to Signore @IAlliata for this shot of his folks in Switzerland looking like a still from a Fellini or Goddard film. Car, a 1956ish Fiat 1100-103 B; motorbike, a 1959ish Moto Guzzi Falcone Sport 500.Some beefcake for you ladies, and an Idie to @NoahPollak for this great shot of Grandpa Paul and his 1936 Ford 3 window coupe. Incidentally his 34th I saw some very intense combat in the Pacific.The Special Effects Idie goes to die hard Auburn U loyalist @willcollier for this 50s sci-fi process shot of his teenage mom wrasslin' a giant snake atop a 1957 Ford Fairlane Country Sedan wagon. At least I think it's special effects.What a shot here featuring a 34 Ford Tudor, @ChaseEyster's grandpa, and 4/11 of his offspring (cowboy, Tarzan, Joe College, and gangster). Idies all around, and dig that leaping greyhound hood ornament!Another foreign Idie to Aussie @RobertVargo for this Mad Max double feature, starring his father's family in rural Queensland and 2 ultra-Aussie utes: a 1934 Chevy and a 1935 Ford.Comedy or horror film? I award Idies in both categories to @Noah_Pology for this gruesome discovery in his family archives, featuring a 1961-63 Chevy pickup, 1960-ish Rolls Silver Cloud, his dad, and one-time girlfriend Polly Urethane.And now to hand out some Cinematography Idies, starting with @WNYjay56's parents making a stylish getaway in a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner.And another to @SuperPanchro for this shot of his Grandma with her 1951 DeSoto Custom looking like a Andrew Wythe painting in Marion County OR, circa 1960.Technicolor mayhem has erupted in this action shot from @RoudyJ featuring a 1959 Pontiac Safari, (I think) Vauxhall Victor, and a cast of rioting Boomer kids.Dennis has something on his mind, and I think Tula knows what Dennis has on his mind, in this smoldering love scene. The Idie is yours, @princephillipau.oops! Car is a 1935-36 Dodge or Plymouth coupe.America, what a country! This delightful shot of Grandpa Harry aboard a circa 1916 Excelsior with factory sidecar earns @IGotANewPony an Idie.America, What a Country II: Another immigrant, another coast, another era, with elegant beauty Great Grandma Helen posing with a (1) 1949 Cadillac Sedanette and (2) 1951 Chevy. An Idie to @ellioteverhart.An Idie for musical score to @swomack for this treasure featuring his grandpa & partner off to shred at a barn dance in their 1940 Ford Tudor.
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Put on those gowns and tuxedos, it's time for the first annual #DavesCarIDService Idie Awards! Today I'd like to recognize those readers who provided me the absolute best car ID requests of 2023. ... Criteria:
1. Originality. Recognition is only for photos that were sourced from the requester's personal family archives. Sorry, no second-hand viral Facebook photos or copyright materials.
2. People, location, and their stories. Cars, shmars, I love photos with an interesting back story and photogenic human subjects.
3. Photo quality. Points awarded for sharp images, nice scans, good composition. Slide images get an inside edge.
4. The cars. While any car is eligible, I awarded bonus points for cars of unusual rarity or value. ... With over 2000 car ID requests submitted to me in 2023, believe you me the competition was tough, and it was a real struggle to narrow down the best of the best.
But now it's time to tip my hat to those showing conspicuous merit in providing me content.
The envelope, please: ... Our first Idie goes to @JackJolis for this astonishing family shot from old London featuring a mind-blower of a car ID challenge. After days of research, I was able to determine it was a one-off Delage D8 with custom bodywork by Gaston Grummer. ... *more specifically a 1934 Delage D8 Aeroprofil, and I was delighted to find an advert of what I believe to be is the exact same Jolis family car. ... The next Idie goes to @ItsBrettFromLA for this incredible photo of his va-va-va-voom grandmother Mabel gracing an almost-as-beautiful 1931 Auburn 12-160A phaeton. Tragically Mabel's husband Grandpa Bert lost his life in the car. (source: ) ... *by the way, this awards ceremony isn't in any particular order. Does the Louvre rank its paintings? ... Special kudos, thanks, and an Idie goes to @walterewright for sharing this spectacular photo of his great grandfather William Wright, a pioneering black auto mechanic from Pittsburgh, with a circa 1910 Packard touring. ... This one from my NW Iowa homeland delighted me to no end. An Idie to @jeffgaver for this shot of his mom & her cousins astride a ~1965 Honda C200 or CA200, proving - like the guy's shirt says - "you meet the nicest people on a Honda." ... In the vintage hot rod division, the Idie goes to @mrshawnpthomas for an amazing shot of his dad and his hot rod greaser gang from the early-mid 1950s. The elder Mr Thomas remained an avid hot rodder until his death. ... Speaking of the Louvre, how's this for accidental art? Masterful composition and beautiful color in this portrait of Grandma & her 1960 Oldsmobile 88. The Idie is yours, @mjpayne_ . ... The next Idie goes to @jeffdomingues for sharing his coal-mining grandpa Oris & a car I'd give my eyetooth for: 1933 Ford V8 3 window coupe. Same model as the ZZ Top Eliminator coupe, and with another 6 inches of beard Oris could pass for Billy Gibbons. ... What this lacks in photo quality, it more than makes up in story. My second favorite Iwo Jima pic ever, and the Idie goes to @smithkl42 for this stunner featuring GIs and their smuggled Kurtis Kraft V8-60 midget racer. ... *And here the map to their clandestine Iwo Jima race track. Amazing! ... A special institutional Idie to the Muskie Archives at Bates College in Maine (@MuskieArchives) for this shot of legendary campus prankster Mitchell crashing a Bates game in his 1913-15 Stanley Steamer coffin nose. Double Secret Probation! ... Sometimes an ID request is just utterly humbling. Like this shot from @zach_baylor featuring his dad, uncle, and their cousin, all Auschwitz survivors, shown after the war with a 1934-38 Opel P4. ... Rah rah rah! A grateful Idie goes out to Ryan Israelsen (@israelson) for sharing these amazing artifacts of his Utah State Aggie gridiron star granddad, whose NFL career was scuttled by WW2 Naval service. Car, 1936 Chevy or Pontiac coupe. ... A special foreign Idie to Signore @IAlliata for this shot of his folks in Switzerland looking like a still from a Fellini or Goddard film. Car, a 1956ish Fiat 1100-103 B; motorbike, a 1959ish Moto Guzzi Falcone Sport 500. ... Some beefcake for you ladies, and an Idie to @NoahPollak for this great shot of Grandpa Paul and his 1936 Ford 3 window coupe. Incidentally his 34th I saw some very intense combat in the Pacific. ... The Special Effects Idie goes to die hard Auburn U loyalist @willcollier for this 50s sci-fi process shot of his teenage mom wrasslin' a giant snake atop a 1957 Ford Fairlane Country Sedan wagon. At least I think it's special effects. ... What a shot here featuring a 34 Ford Tudor, @ChaseEyster's grandpa, and 4/11 of his offspring (cowboy, Tarzan, Joe College, and gangster). Idies all around, and dig that leaping greyhound hood ornament! ... Another foreign Idie to Aussie @RobertVargo for this Mad Max double feature, starring his father's family in rural Queensland and 2 ultra-Aussie utes: a 1934 Chevy and a 1935 Ford. ... Comedy or horror film? I award Idies in both categories to @Noah_Pology for this gruesome discovery in his family archives, featuring a 1961-63 Chevy pickup, 1960-ish Rolls Silver Cloud, his dad, and one-time girlfriend Polly Urethane. ... And now to hand out some Cinematography Idies, starting with @WNYjay56's parents making a stylish getaway in a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner. ... And another to @SuperPanchro for this shot of his Grandma with her 1951 DeSoto Custom looking like a Andrew Wythe painting in Marion County OR, circa 1960. ... Technicolor mayhem has erupted in this action shot from @RoudyJ featuring a 1959 Pontiac Safari, (I think) Vauxhall Victor, and a cast of rioting Boomer kids. ... Dennis has something on his mind, and I think Tula knows what Dennis has on his mind, in this smoldering love scene. The Idie is yours, @princephillipau. ... oops! Car is a 1935-36 Dodge or Plymouth coupe. ... America, what a country! This delightful shot of Grandpa Harry aboard a circa 1916 Excelsior with factory sidecar earns @IGotANewPony an Idie. ... America, What a Country II: Another immigrant, another coast, another era, with elegant beauty Great Grandma Helen posing with a (1) 1949 Cadillac Sedanette and (2) 1951 Chevy. An Idie to @ellioteverhart. ... An Idie for musical score to @swomack for this treasure featuring his grandpa & partner off to shred at a barn dance in their 1940 Ford Tudor.
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