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[Otto Puzzell]

Yes - it's a Davis Divan

[targhediferro]

#1 is a Mercury Park Lane 1959, I suppose.

[targhediferro]

#2 is a Pontiac Pathfinder De Luxe 1953 if I'm not in mistake.

[targhediferro]

#3 seems to be a Ford Galaxie XL 500 from 1965 (from door panel) with a Lincoln Dash from 1962-3

[bubenator]

#6 looks like a 1963 (1962 or 1961) Ford Thunderbird Convertible.

[bubenator]

Further edit on #6... the seats have pleats in the opposite direction as regular-production thunderbirds of this era.
I might need more time to figure this one out!

...later edit...
This is the 1963 Ford Thunderbird 'Italien' Concept.

[bubenator]

#12 is the most famous Silhouette custom by Bill Cushenberry - stolen in 1983 and never seen since!

[bubenator]

#2 is a Pontiac Pathfinder De Luxe 1953 if I'm not in mistake.

I completely concur with targhediferro.  I happened across the same picture that you've posted, and he nailed it.
Canadian Pontiacs were the only ones with the particular vent labelling shown here.  US Pontiacs had a simpler vent system.  That's the only difference I could find that indicates this is a Canadian Pontiac rather than a more common 1953-1954 US Pontiac.
Also interesting is that all 1953-1954 Pontiacs - US or Canadian - had 'Chieftain' script on the radios (obscured here by the #2 marker) whether they were Chieftains, Star Chiefs, Pathfinders, or any other non-Chieftain model.

[Otto Puzzell]

#1 is a Mercury Park Lane 1959, I suppose.

You suppose correctly.

[Otto Puzzell]

#2 is a Pontiac Pathfinder De Luxe 1953 if I'm not in mistake.

Yep

[Otto Puzzell]

#3 seems to be a Ford Galaxie XL 500 from 1965 (from door panel) with a Lincoln Dash from 1962-3

Amazing

[Otto Puzzell]

Further edit on #6... the seats have pleats in the opposite direction as regular-production thunderbirds of this era.
I might need more time to figure this one out!

...later edit...
This is the 1963 Ford Thunderbird 'Italien' Concept.

That's it.

[Otto Puzzell]

#12 is the most famous Silhouette custom by Bill Cushenberry - stolen in 1983 and never seen since!

Yep

[bubenator]

I can't believe it!  I absolutely stumbled over this one while researching one of grob's streamliners!

#7 is the Leston Special reported on in the April, 1950 issue of Autocar.  Apparently Mr. Leston built the car on an early Jaguar platform using airplane bits.

[Otto Puzzell]

I can't believe it!  I absolutely stumbled over this one while researching one of grob's streamliners!

#7 is the Leston Special reported on in the April, 1950 issue of Autocar.  Apparently Mr. Leston built the car on an early Jaguar platform using airplane bits.

A happy coincidence indeed.

[bubenator]

Ok...next...

#5 is a 1952 Oldsmobile 98

[Otto Puzzell]

Ok...next...

#5 is a 1952 Oldsmobile 98

Not a 52

[bubenator]

Well, if it isn't a 1952, it has to be a 1951.  1950 and 1953 both had different gauge clusters.
I'm still trying to figure out the difference between the '51 and '52.

[RayTheRat]

Pardon me for jumping in here, but I just ran across a photo of a 1950 Olds Futuramic 88  steering wheel and dash and it sure looks like the #11 puzzle picture.

Never mind.  I just proved myself wrong.

[RayTheRat]

Let's try this again.  This one's a 1951 Olds 88 with a self-winding watch/clock mounted on it.  Kinda clever.  I remember when self-winding wristwatches were "the in thing."  Then there was the red LED watch that would last about 2 weeks before the battery died.  I just found out (thru "empirical testing") that a Citizen watch's battery lasts 5 years, almost to the day.  A bit of improvement in 40 years or so.

Back to the puzzle, I'm talking about #11.

I just re-read bubenator's last reply.  It appears he already suggested 1951.  Just pretend my post is an "example" photo.   

[bubenator]

...and the last one.
numero once!

I belive the car is a thoroughly-modified 1932 Auburn Speedster.  A Californian by name of Lawrence Grayson had a hobby of attaching as many instruments to his dashboard as possible.  One of them was a 32,000-volt anti-theft device.  How comforting!
The car was detailed in a 1933 issue of Popular Science magazine.

[Otto Puzzell]

Let's try this again.  This one's a 1951 Olds 88 with a self-winding watch/clock mounted on it.  Kinda clever.  I remember when self-winding wristwatches were "the in thing."  Then there was the red LED watch that would last about 2 weeks before the battery died.  I just found out (thru "empirical testing") that a Citizen watch's battery lasts 5 years, almost to the day.  A bit of improvement in 40 years or so.

Back to the puzzle, I'm talking about #11.

I just re-read bubenator's last reply.  It appears he already suggested 1951.  Just pretend my post is an "example" photo.   

#11? 

[Otto Puzzell]

...and the last one.
numero once!

I belive the car is a thoroughly-modified 1932 Auburn Speedster.  A Californian by name of Lawrence Grayson had a hobby of attaching as many instruments to his dashboard as possible.  One of them was a 32,000-volt anti-theft device.  How comforting!
The car was detailed in a 1933 issue of Popular Science magazine.

#1 was identified earlier.

[bubenator]

Ok, I'm sorry, I was mixing languages.  I wasn't sure who would pick up on that.

Numero once is Spanish for 'number eleven'.

also, I'm pretty sure Señor RtR meant item #5 in his previous post - concerning the 1951 Oldsmobile 98.

[RayTheRat]

Si, numero cinco.