Archive - Dave’s Car ID Service

DCIDS Issue #20: Thank You Santa!

Most of the fare on this Substack is concerned with adult sized vehicles, but you know what?

Dec 23, 2021 • Dave Burge

DCIDS Issue #19: War Orphans: Detroit's 1942 Models

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air…

Dec 7, 2021 • Dave Burge

November 2021

DCIDS Issue #18: Rarities (Part I)

Obviously I love old photos featuring cars and people.

Nov 27, 2021 • Dave Burge

The Glorious Insanity of Turbonique

Nov 5, 2021 • Dave Burge

October 2021

DCIDS Issue 17: Attack of the 5000 Pound Beasts

A happy Halloween week to all DCIDS readers!

Oct 30, 2021 • Dave Burge

DCIDS Issue #16: The Wild Ones

He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots

Oct 19, 2021 • Dave Burge

To the unstumpers go the spoils

Thanks to all of you who chipped your well-reasoned two cents to solve the mystery car that had me stymied enough to run a contest.

Oct 6, 2021 • Dave Burge

Contest! Unstump Dave

I always try to make it clear in my car identification efforts that I am not infallible or unstumpable.

Oct 1, 2021 • Dave Burge

September 2021

DCIDS Issue #15: Gunslingers

One of the more retrospectively shocking aspects of pre-1990 childhood, at least by contemporary standards, was the widespread enthusiasm (and…

Sep 28, 2021 • Dave Burge

DCIDS Issue #14: Be a Clown, Be a Clown

When you look through as many old photos as I do, you can’t help but notice how people’s expressions changed over the course of the 19th and 20th…

Sep 14, 2021 • Dave Burge

DCIDS Issue 13: Rah! Rah! Rah!

September is here, the dorm stereos are blasting, and it’s once again time to fill up those campus stadiums and let out a little Boolah Boolah…

Sep 2, 2021 • Dave Burge

August 2021

DCIDS Issue 12: Bottoms Up!

For the most part the car ID photos I receive are of the Disneyesque wholesome variety; weddings and graduations and National Park vacations, featuring…

Aug 29, 2021 • Dave Burge