Cars
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Jan 19 2015
Mystery Foto #3 Solved:Driver Arthur Chevrolet After His Marquette-Buick Broke Down in the 1910 Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto showed the importance of the Vanderbilt Cup Races to the drivers of the era. (9 comments)
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Jul 15 2014
More Insight into the Bird Cars, the Farnesworth Garage and the 1962 “Car Auction of the Century”
VanderbiltCupRaces.com viewers continue to share stories and information on the unique car collection of Wallis Bird, his Farnesworth garage and the 1962 "Car Auction of the Century". (3 comments)
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Jul 09 2014
Henry Austin Clark Jr.‘s 1911 Type 35R Raceabout to be Auctioned in Monterey
RM Auctions has announced that a 1911 Mercer Type 35R Raceabout previously owned by Henry Austin Clark Jr. will make its auction debut in Monterrey , California held on August 15-16, 2014 (7 comments)
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Jul 01 2014
The 1962 “Car Auction of the Century” at the Farnesworth Garage
Continuing yesterday's story of the "Farnesworth" garage, around 1924, the estate was purchased by a Standard Oil heir Wallis Clinton Bird and his wife Marjorie Winifred Kendall. Wallis kept a spectacular collection of cars in the garage. (7 comments)
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Mar 17 2014
Mystery Foto #59 Solved: The Van Ausdall’s Hotel in Cold Spring Harbor, NY Circa 1914
Bruce Adams provided this Mystery Foto courtesy of Robert Hughes, Town of Huntington Historian, and forwarded by Robert “Toby” Kissam of the Huntington Historical Society. Yes, Toby is related to William Kissam Vanderbilt Jr.'s Kissam relatives. (15 comments)
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Mar 08 2014
Video of the Week: Ferrari F1 Pit Stop Perfection
Rog Patterson has forwarded this Video of the Week of a Ferrari F1 Pit Stop in Melbourne, Australia. (3 comments)
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Mar 05 2014
Hemmings Blog (2010) “Sand Special Riding: Ralph Hamlin’s 1911 Franklin Special desert racer”
Max Axen has forwarded this 2010 Hemmings article by David Traver Adolphus on one of the "few survivors of the Guided Age"-Ralph Hamlin's 1911 Franklin Special desert racer. (1 comments)
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Nov 29 2013
Video of the Week: The First Self-Propelled Vehicle: The 1769 Fardier du Cugnot
Seven years before the American Revolution in 1769, Nicholas Joseph Cugnot assembled the first self-propelled vehicle for the French military- the Fardier du Cugnot (Cugnot's flatbed truck). (6 comments)
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Nov 22 2013
Video of the Week: The Only Surviving Adams-Farwell Automobile
At the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, spectators were treated to seeing the only surviving Adams-Farwell automobile. (1 comments)
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Nov 13 2013
Cars of the Stars: Part III
The "Cars of the Stars" series continues with today's post. (3 comments)
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…