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Sep 10 2010
News Updates and Long Island Car Shows & Events Schedule
Here is the weekly update of news, local car shows and events. Nine car shows will be held on Long Island this weekend with the Black Beast participating in the LI Moose Classic Car Club's 10th Anniversary Show in Mattituck on Sunday.
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Sep 09 2010
The Alco Practicing for the 1911 Indy 500: The License Plate & Mystery Car
Prior to the 1911 Indy 500 Race, the #18 Alco conducted practice runs on the Long Island Motor Parkway. On these runs, a New York license plate M1067 was placed on the front of the car. (Post corrected on November 10, 2011- Original post indicated the Alco was practicing for…
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Sep 08 2010
Willie K. Cars #2: 1901 35-HP Mercedes “Red Devil”- The Fastest Machine in the Country
After William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. dominated the 1900 Newport Races with the Daimler "White Ghost", he returned for the 1901 Newport Races with a brand new racer from Germany, a 35-HP Mercedes called the" Red Devil".
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Sep 07 2010
Was the “Man in the Leopard Coat” the Inspiration for Jay Gatsby?
One of my favorite 1904 photos in my Vanderbilt Cup Race book showed this fashion conscious group of men. My caption began: "In the custom of the day, the crowds typically wore their finest clothes to great public events such as the Vanderbilt Cup Race..."
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Sep 06 2010
Then & Now: The Jericho Turnpike Motor Parkway Bridge and the Mineola Lodge
Sara Danz comments: "I remember seeing a photo of the excavation of the LIMP UNDER Jericho Turnpike just south of this. Has anyone ever seen this photo? I haven't been able to find it again."
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Sep 04 2010
A Tour of the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course with the #14 FIAT
Request from Penny: " I am looking for information on a car pictured in the Westbury Turn. I believe it is in 1909. The image has two words at the bottom 'Parker Fiat' and the radiator features a large black '14'. Any information you could give me on this…
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Sep 03 2010
Long Island Automotive News and Updates on Car Shows & Events
Below is an update of Long Island automotive news, car shows and events including; the recent availability of personalized plates for historical cars, Nassau County County Executive Mangano's support for an Autoseum, the latest newsletter from the Mustang Shelby Club of Long Island and the return of the Americana Manhasset…
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Sep 02 2010
Willie K.‘s Cars #1: The 1900 23-HP Daimler “White Ghost”
From 1900 to 1905, William K. Vanderbilt , Jr was a pioneering race car driver, competing succesfully in the United States and Europe. Willie's K's racing career and his racing cars will be documented in a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com series "Willie K.'s Cars".
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Sep 01 2010
Maseratis in Action at the 1939 to 1948 Indy 500 Races
George Jasberg has provided this information as a follow-up to the August 25th post on the Maserati V8RI currently on display at the Saratorga Automobile Museum:
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Aug 31 2010
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Sets New Monthly Record in August 2010
VanderbiltCupRaces.com recorded its highest average monthly viewership ever in August 2010 with 4,512 unique visitors. This represented a daily unique visitor average of 146 and a 63% increase over August 2010. For the first eight months of 2010, a total of 31, 213 unique viewers (a daily average of…
Howard,
Great research, both historically and at the present time.I look forward to visiting that corner.
I went exploring…