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Mar 16 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com cited in the “Nation of Speed” exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
The website has been cited as a contributor to the ongoing "Nation of Speed" exhibit, a collaboration between National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. (1 comments)
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Mar 15 2024
Updated: My Long Island Motor Parkway License Plate Collection (3/15/2024)
Among the most sought-after pieces of Vanderbilia are the porcelain Motor Parkway license plates. From 1912 to 1937, an estimated 7,400 Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were manufactured including 6,700 regular plates and 700 golf club plates. (14 comments)
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Mar 12 2024
A Lodge Keeper’s 1933 Motor Parkway Plate
Bill Cruickshank has forwarded this image of his grandfather's 1933 Long Island Motor Parkway plate. (0 comments)
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Mar 12 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #10 Solved; Theodore Roosevelt goes for an automobile ride
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (17 comments)
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Mar 09 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962, Part 5
This is our 5th article focusing on never-before-published color slides of the Long Island Automotive Museum. Richard Weir took these images between 1958 and 1962 during repeat visits to the beloved automotive museum. (5 comments)
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Mar 08 2024
Hagerty.com: A 1903 Mercedes Simplex is Amelia 2024’s Oldest, Most Expensive, and Best Car
Hagerty.com has documented the most expensive automobile sold last week in Amelia Island last week- a121-year old Mercedes Simplex similar to the one driven by Willie K. (0 comments)
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Mar 06 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: A Hundred Years Ago on The Motor Parkway (Part 1 -January-March 1924)
What really was happening on our favorite roadway 100 years ago? Read on . . . (1 comments)
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Mar 05 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #9 Solved; The Central Ave Bridge Being Built
Did you identify the Central Ave. Bridge being built? (5 comments)
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Mar 02 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962 Part 4
A deep dive into more images from the Long Island Automotive Museum. Included is a look at the vehicles as they were in previously unseen images, museum postcards, and information on where the automobiles are today. (8 comments)
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Mar 01 2024
Video of the Week: The Evolution of the Long Island Parkway System
Chris Barba posted this graphic video in 2021 showing how the Long Island parkway system evolved from 1927 to 2021. Sorry, the evolution of the Motor Parkway from 1908 to 1938 was not included. (2 comments)
hi, how do you date the chassis of a car with the fedco plate? my fedco plate read
YYY EEE ZERO THRE ONE WWW, so the…