1906 American Elimination Trial
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Sep 04 2023
Mystery Friday #35 Solved: The Maxwell-Briscoe 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Race Team Headquarters in Mineola
Did you identify this race team headquarters? (11 comments)
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Jan 24 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: Willie K’s Cars and Related Items of Interest
Items of interest about Willie K. and some of his cars as reported by newspapers in the early 1900s. (3 comments)
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Jan 17 2023
Greg O’s Garage: New Discovery- The actual 1906 location of the Spinney Hill grandstands
In debate for many years, the actual location of the Spinney Hill grandstands at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races has largely been unconfirmed. (9 comments)
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Nov 09 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Road Signs Erected for the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Finding one's way in the early days of automobiling was not as easy as plugging an address into a navigation system or even looking at a map. To aid the traveler on Long Island, "Automobile Topics" magazine in October 1905 erected numerous road signs. (2 comments)
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Nov 01 2022
Profile of George Robertson- Winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
In preparation for Wednesday's Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting, below is a profile of driver George Robertson. (2 comments)
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Sep 19 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The 12-cylinder Maxwell built for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (11 comments)
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Jul 27 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: From Vanderbilt Cup Racer to Jaguar XK120
Here's the story of how George Robertson's mechanician in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Elimination Trial 40 years later got to test drive a Jaguar XK120. (1 comments)
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Mar 30 2022
Greg O’s Garage: Weighing in on the 1906 American Elimination Trial and Vanderbilt Cup Race
The official instructions for weighing-in and weighing-out of the 1906 American Elimination Trials and Vanderbilt Cup Race. But the weigh-ins and outs were not as cut-and-dry as what was on the sheets handed out to the contestants. (1 comments)
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Oct 11 2021
Mystery Foto #41 Solved: Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy with reporter Ada Patterson
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (10 comments)
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Oct 06 2021
Greg O’s Garage: A 1906 Nassau County Map
An early, unique map of Nassau County (5 comments)
Bob, the plates were purchased by members of the Wheatley Hills Golf Club and Links Golf Club. Both clubs had private…