Tim Williams

Stop whining.

[Tim Williams @texdub]

Grandpa "King" Williams played for the North Dakota State Bison (then North Dakota Agricultural College) in the 1920s. He left school to work at the GM Truck and Coach plant in Pontiac Michigan. What was he driving a few years later? davescaridservice @iowahawkblog

[Tim Williams @texdub]

If you don't already, you really should follow davescaridservice by @iowahawkblog Send old family photos if, like me, you want to know more about those cars in the background!

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

What do I think? I think this is an amazingly composed image with some great expressions. Also, insofar as I can tell, the car back there is a 1925-26 Nash Ajax.
https://t.co/xFifP2weNa

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@iowahawkblog One of my ROTC classmates was Valentine J Blatz IV. He never once bought me a beer.

[Tim Williams @texdub]

Is there enough visible for DavesCarIDService here? My grandma (right) and my Great-Grandpa (her father-in-law). What caught my eye on the car in the background is what looks like a solid wheel. This photo was taken in spring or summer of 1928. What do you think
@iowahawkblog?

[Tim Williams @texdub]

Hey, kids, it's time for today's episode of DavesCarIDService!

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

Today's Dave's Car ID Service is a FLAME WAR!

Yesterday we looked a some of the Old Masters of car painting, today we focus specifically on the art of the flame paint job. The first documented example of which was seen at the 1934 Indy 500, on Kelly Petillo's handsome Miller.

History does not record who painted them, and one might think simulated flames on a race car is tempting fate. But it wasn't so for Kelly Petillo, who returned to win Indy in 1935 with a similar flamed-up Offenhauser. It would be the first of many wins at Indy by Offy.

But that proved to be the highlight of Kelly Petillo's racing career. He later flamed out, so to speak. Spectacularly. He was arrested numerous times, including charges of rape and attempted murder; his attempted murder arrest was in Victory Lane at Owosso Speedway after winning a race there. He spent 8 years in the Indiana state pen before he was paroled, promptly violated his parole, and was re-arrested in the crowd at the 1957 Indy 500.

So, I dunno, maybe there is something to the idea that flame jobs are bad mojo.

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@ScottKacsmar I remember that Quincy Carter game. Antonio Bryant made a spectacular catch for the game winner. When he was asked later whether he was worried when they were reviewing it, he said "No, I figured they just wanted to watch it again."

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@ScottKacsmar 30 Rock was pretty funny - not sure I'd put it in my top ten, though. I have never seen The Sopranos, but kind of surprised NYT didn't put it on this list...

[Tim Williams @texdub]

Hey, @iowahawkblog, not sure if davescaridservice is up to a pedal car challenge from this 1931 photo in Minneapolis. My Uncle Roger at the wheel of a car, while his little brother Ralph (future author and Notre Dame philosophy professor) looks on from his Red Racer wagon.

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@TracesofTexas A little bit of the old bridge is still there...https://t.co/nh7cVuDy1P

[Tim Williams @texdub]

DavesCarIDService: This photo was taken in Hot Springs, SD in 1942. My grandfather with my dad (the little one) and my Uncle Mike on a summer vacation (Grandma took the picture). What did they drive down from their home in Mandan, ND? @iowahawkblog

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@JRPfeff @iowahawkblog hey, my old neighborhood!

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@iowahawkblog Well, I'm a little late for the Driving Attire theme day at DavesCarIDService, but here are my great-grandparents suited up for a drive in the Minnesota countryside. (You've ID'd the car for me before in a different photo)

[Tim Williams @texdub]

Well, #NDSUBison season starts today - I will surely miss being able to watch them on TV from now on...back to the radio (not the same without Scott Miller's "my oh my" though)

[Tim Williams @texdub]

Is it just me, or does "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley sound a lot like "Grandpa Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old days" by the Judds? Both good songs - very similar melodies.

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@iowahawkblog I'm curious - is it just the perspective in the photo, or was the front wheel larger than the rear?

[Tim Williams @texdub]

Here's one for davescaridservice: my great-grandmother, in or near Minneapolis around (I'm guessing) 1910. She was born in 1865, and lived to be 93. Already a mother of 8 by the time of this photo, she would adopt a 9th about ten years later. What's her fancy car, @iowahawkblog?

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@ABC This was a pretty black and white slam-dunk decision, except for those who believe in "living" laws, which are no laws at all.

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@PNWConservative Possibly a dumb question, but...if she and her husband don't work, why do they need child care?

[Tim Williams @texdub]

@onalius @AmericanAir @THE40OUNCE TBF, gaslights glow 😂