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  • Video of the Week: The Black Beast in New York City
    Nov 22 2024

    Video of the Week: The Black Beast in New York City

    The 'Fire-breathing' Alco "Black Beast" made a special visit to the Museum of the City of New York on June 30, 2010 as part of "Speakeasy Night". Watch the "Black Beast" drive light up Fifth Avenue. (0 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway (Sept., 1924)
    Nov 21 2024

    Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway (Sept., 1924)

    Dateline: The Motor Parkway, Sept. 1924! (1 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #46 Solved: A 1940 midair crash of two B-18 bombers over Bellerose, Queens
    Nov 19 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #46 Solved: A 1940 midair crash of two B-18 bombers over Bellerose, Queens

    Joel Friedman of the Cradle of Aviation Museum challenged you to identify this weekend's mystery aerial. (12 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A great grandson’s profile of Willie K’s friend and a Motor Parkway treasurer Robert C. Watson, Jr.
    Nov 16 2024

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A great grandson’s profile of Willie K’s friend and a Motor Parkway treasurer Robert C. Watson, Jr.

    David Watson has provided a profile on his great-grandfather Robert C. Watson Jr., a friend of Willie K.and a treasurer of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (1 comments)


  • Video of the Week: Priceless Ford Probe I Ghia Concept Car Destroyed in Fire Leaving Pebble Beach Concours
    Nov 15 2024

    Video of the Week: Priceless Ford Probe I Ghia Concept Car Destroyed in Fire Leaving Pebble Beach Concours

    The futuristic show car may have a future yet—its owner plans to keep it in the hopes it can be resurrected (1 comments)


  •  Kleiner’s Korner Visits 150 Motor Parkway Building in Hauppauge
    Nov 13 2024

    Kleiner’s Korner Visits 150 Motor Parkway Building in Hauppauge

    While on Long Island in early September celebrating the birth of my granddaughter, I had the opportunity to visit the Motor Parkway exhibit at 150 Motor Parkway in Hauppaugue. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #45 Solved: A Motor Parkway Cap from the Wheatley Hills Golf Club
    Nov 12 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #45 Solved: A Motor Parkway Cap from the Wheatley Hills Golf Club

    Andrew Carr challenged you to solve where this hat came from (11 comments)


  • InstaGRAM Report: My story on how the Black Beast influenced my life path Part 1
    Nov 09 2024

    InstaGRAM Report: My story on how the Black Beast influenced my life path Part 1

    My passion for automotive history traces back to when I was a young kid and got to sit and ride in Howard’s Black Beast. It gives me chills to think that those moments of influence as a kid eventually led to my current job with Howard. (5 comments)


  • Highlights from the 2024 Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival
    Nov 06 2024

    Highlights from the 2024 Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival

    The Mustang III Concept Show Car participated in the November 2 & 3 Concours event at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (0 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #44 Solved: A Lake Success Aerial
    Nov 05 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #44 Solved: A Lake Success Aerial

    Did you identify this aerial of Lake Success? (6 comments)




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Apr 18 2026 Hines museum trail is on a farm on Mill rd in coram. Right by the roadside.  Just sitting there.

Apr 17 2026 Interesting article. Thanks for sharing.

Apr 15 2026 Thank you Ariejan! Better late than never! You’re information also aligns with Alice being a woman of means at that time and…

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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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