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Jan 11 2017
1954 American Automobile Album: “American Classic”
Tom Gibson has forwarded this Vanderbilt Cup Races article "American Classic" from the 1954 book American Automobile Album by William McGaughey. (0 comments)
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Jul 24 2015
Newsday: ‘Mrs. Chrysler’s Chrysler,’ 1937 unique car at LI Museum
Reporter Peter King writes about the upcoming August 2nd presentation at the Long Island Museum in Sunday's Newsday. (2 comments)
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May 19 2015
Newsday: Merchant Marine Academy students show off repair skills at auto show
Scott Eidler reported on the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Car Show in yesterday's Newsday. Photos of this amazing historic event will soon be posted. (0 comments)
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Feb 28 2015
Book “Ways of the World”: Long Island Motor Parkway Documented as the First Parkway in the World
In his book, Dr. Maxwell (M.G.) Lay , a leading civil engineer, wrote the book "Ways of the World: A History of the World's Roads and the Vehicles That Used Them". Dr. Lay documented that the Long Island Motor Parkway was "historically" the first parkway built in the world. (3 comments)
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Nov 24 2012
Hemmings Classic Car: “The Black Beast: Tracing the history of the 1909 Alco”
The special commemorative January 2013 issue of Hemmings Classic Car includes an article on the Alco Black Beast by Senior Editor James Donnelly with photos by Editor-In-Chief Richard Lentinello. (4 comments)
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Nov 19 2012
Hemmings Classic Car: Automotive Pioneers- William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
The January 2013 issue of Hemmings Classic Car celebrates its 100th issue with several amazing articles including this profile of Willie K. (0 comments)
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Dec 19 2011
Article “The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race” by Peter Helck
For the 1948 Veteran Motor Club of America Antique Auto Show, prominent artist Peter Helck, then owner of "Old 16", wrote an article on the Vanderbilt Cup Races for the official program. Supplemented by photos from the book "Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island", this is Helck's colorful description of… (0 comments)
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Jul 11 2011
Garden City Patch: Article & Video “Black Beast Wins Indy 500 ... Sort Of…100 Years Later”
Garden City Patch 8/11/2011:"Howard Kroplick shares his story, through pictures and video, of running a centennial lap in the Indy 500 with the famed Black Beast.
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Jun 22 2011
Providence Journal: “Rehoboth’s Manny Souza’s Alco got a piece of the 500”
Providence Journal's Projo.com profiles Manny Souza's 1908 Alco Touring Car which participated in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Celebration of Automobiles on May 14-15, 2011:
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Jun 16 2011
Roslyn News “Black Beast Returns to Indy 500”
This week's issue of the Roslyn News features a full-page back cover article by Joe Scotchie highlighting the return of the Black Beast to the Indy 500.
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Great story. Thank you.
BTW between Austi Clark and the Brumos Collection the T35 Bugatti lived in Vermont in the…