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November 2021

DCIDS Issue #18: Rarities (Part I)
Obviously I love old photos featuring cars and people. For the most part the stars of the the most interesting ID request photos I get are the people…
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The Real Acme
The Glorious Insanity of Turbonique
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October 2021

DCIDS Issue 17: Attack of the 5000 Pound Beasts
A happy Halloween week to all DCIDS readers! In lieu of my normal fare of beguiling and sentimental reader photos from yesteryear, I am compelled by the…
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DCIDS Issue #16: The Wild Ones
He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back He had a hopped-up ‘sickle that took of like a…
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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. After much…
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Contest! Unstump Dave
I always try to make it clear in my car identification efforts that I am not infallible or unstumpable. I don’t really consider myself an expert, as I…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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August 2021

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