Vanderbilt Cup Races

The television show host is Gary Moore.  The automobile is the 1907 Thomas Flyer
from the New York to Paris race completed in 1908.

Answers to Mystery Photo #12:
Year & Model & Claim to Fame:
1907 Thomas Flyer Model 35; Winner of the 1908 NY to Paris [Around the World] Race - “The Great Race”.

Game Show & participants: I’ve Got a Secret hosted by Garry Moore; Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, Jane Mansfield, and Henry Morgan

The Contestant:  George Schuster (1873-1972), 85 years old, from Springville, NY, who was the driver of the Thomas Flyer

Date of telecast: July 16, 1958

Owner of the Car in 1958:  Henry Austin Clark, Jr. / L.I. Automotive Museum; Clark supposedly owned it for 15 years, then sold it to Bill Harrah in 1964.

Current owner: National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection), Reno, NV

Attached is a Newsday photo of the car & mention of it in 1967 (conflicts was the 1964 date above). And a page for the Antique Cars booklet sold by HAC at the LIAM published in the early 1950’s.

The host is Garry Moore, so the show is I’ve Got a Secret. The panelists were likely Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, Henry Morgan, and Bess Myerson. I can’t name the car or the contestant. I’m guessing 1963.

•  The automobile is a 1907 Thomas Flyer, winner of the 1908 New York to Paris around-the-world race.
•  The game show is “I’ve Got a Secret” with Host Garry Moore, and panelists Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, and Betsy Palmer.
•  The contestant is the winning driver of the Thomas Flyer, George N. Schuster.
•  The date of the telecast was July 16, 1958.

Mystery Foto #12…The auto on the stage is a 1907 Thomas Flyer which won the 1908 “Great Race” from New York to Paris. It beat the nearest rival by 26 days. The Game Show was “I’ve Got a Secret”, its host was Garry Moore. The panelists, at one time or another, were Jayne Meadows, Bill Cullen, Bess Meyerson and Betsy Palmer.
The contestant was George Schuster, the driver of the Thomas Flyer in the Great Race. The date of the telecast was July 16, 1958.
Henry Austin Clark was the owner of the car back when the TV show was broadcast.
The car is currently owned by the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada.

Spoiler alert: All of the answers are in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GgkXaO5x68

That’s the 1907 Thomas Flyer which won the 1908 New York to Paris “Great Race”. The game show was “I’ve Got A Secret” with Garry Moore as host. The panelists were Jayne Meadows, Betsy Palmer, Bill Cullen, and Henry Morgan. The contestant was George Schuster, who was the driver of the Thomas Flyer during the 1908 race. The telecast was on July 16, 1958. At that time the car was owned by Henry Austin Clark, Jr. The car is currently owned by the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada.

The automobile - 1907 Thomas ( Flyer ) Model 35, Winner of the 1908 New York
                    to Paris race
The game show - I’ve Got a Secret
                  Host - Garry Moore
                  Panelists - Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows,
                              Henry Morgan, and Betsy Palmer
Contestant -  George Schuster ( the riding mechanic in the race )
Telecast date - July 16, 1958
Owner of the Car in 1958 - Henry Austin Clark, Jr. ( Long Island Auto Museum )
Current Owner - National Automobile Museum, Reno, Nevada

An article in the program for the 1948 Antique Auto Show in New York has a picture of the Thomas when it was owned by Mr. F. V. duPont , from whom Mr.  Clark bought the car.

1907 Thomas Flyer Model 35, winner of the 1908 New York to Paris Race.
I’ve Got a Secret, moderated by Gary Moore with panelists Jane Mansfield, Betsy Palmer, Bill Cullen, and Henry Morgan.
The contestant was George Shuster
Owned by Henry Austin Clark Jr at the time of broadcast.
Telecast, 7/16/58.

*Auto Year, Make, Model, Driver/Contestant & Claim to Fame:  seen on stage is a 1907 Thomas Flyer, which George Schuster drove in the 1908 New York to Paris Race. He finished in 1st place   2/12/1908 to 7/30/1908. This automobile was kept in the LIAM in Southampton NY, lent to the show. George was born in 1873, passed away in 1972. Almost a century old.

*Show/Date/Host, Contestant & Panelists:  I’ve Got A Secret 7/16/1958 Gary Moore, George Schuster   Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, Betsy Palmer

I enjoy watching these old game shows : )

I have that program from HAC L.I. Automotive Museum when I was there in ‘57? at age12? and saw his Thomas Flyer in that unrestored condition, then in late ‘77 saw this again at Harrah’s Museum in Sparks NV in the restored condition by Harrah, a few months before Bill Harrah had passed on, and now relocated to the modern Nation Automobile Museum in Reno that someday I hope to go?

Delightful clip. That must have been some adventure, especially crossing to Russia “without snow tires” before the revolution. …and according to contemporary sources the GNP of Russia is still smaller than that of Texas.