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Jan 02 2017
Mystery Foto #53 Solved: A Rare Look Inside William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s Long Island Garage in 1904

This holiday weekend's Mystery Foto was a never-before-published image from the Helck Family Collection, gifted from Joel Finn in 1970.
Nov 09 2016
Willie K’s 1909 55-HP Mercedes that Toured From Tunisia to France

Tom Padilla is currently researching a 1913 accident witnessed by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. and looking for information on one of Willie K's cars.
Jul 05 2016
Translation: May 1902 La Stampa Sportiva: Vanderbilt, Jr. Breaks the One-Kilometer Land Speed Record

Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has forwarded two articles on William K. Vanderbilt Jr. breaking the one-kilometer land speed record twice in 1902 as reported in the Italian magazine La Stampa Sportiva. Dr. Andrea Fedi has now translated the article.
Feb 16 2016
Willie K’s 1902 40-HP Mercedes Simplex in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart

In 2009, Tom Gibson visited the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany and photographed the oldest surviving Mercedes in the world. Only years later, did Tom discover the original owner was William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
Sep 15 2015
Willie K’s Cars #7: 1928 Lincoln Model L Town Car Built for his Wife Rosamund & A Music Video

When the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler returned to the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum last Sunday, it was the second town car on the premises. In 1928 William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. commissioned a Lincoln Model L town car for his wife Rosamund.
Jan 03 2015
The Unsolved Mystery of William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s 90-HP Mercedes Automobile(s) (1904-1908)

From 1904 to 1908, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. owned 90-HP Mercedes automobile(s) which he used as race car, a hill climber and a course patrol car. The mystery is determining how many 90-HP Mercedes did Willie K. actually own during this period; 1,2,3 or 4?
Dec 02 2014
Mystery Foto #96 Solved: Willie K. at the 1903 Eagle Rock Hill Climb in his Mors

This holiday weekend's Mystery Foto was taken many years ago on Thanksgiving.
Dec 16 2013
Mystery Foto #46 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt Jr in a Mors at the 1902 Circuit des Ardennes Race

Last week's Mystery Foto was a pioneer race car driver- Willie K!
Aug 15 2013
Willie K’s Cars #6: The 1907 Renault “Vanderbilt Racer”

In a continuation of the series of the cars owned by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., this is a profile of one of his classic automobiles.
Aug 23 2011
Willie K’s Cars: #5 The 90-HP Mercedes that Broke the One-Mile Land Speed Record in 1904

William K. Vanderbilt Jr. was among the first generation of people who grew up with the automobile. With his family’s fortune predicated on transportation perhaps it was inevitable that he was drawn to the latest innovation in machinery to transport goods and people from one place to another. Regardless, his…