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  • Classic Car Club and Nassau County Historical Society Visit Waterfront at Roslyn
    Jul 18 2017

    Classic Car Club and Nassau County Historical Society Visit Waterfront at Roslyn

    Members of the Long Island Region of the Classic Car Club of America and the Nassau County Historical Society visited Waterfront at Roslyn last Sunday. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #28 Solved: The 1909 Buick Factory Racing Team in Flint, Michigan
    Jul 18 2017

    Mystery Foto #28 Solved: The 1909 Buick Factory Racing Team in Flint, Michigan

    This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a factory racing team and several drivers who participated in the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (9 comments)


  • Art Student Jennifer Siplia Awarded the First Peter Helck Scholarship in Realism
    Jul 14 2017

    Art Student Jennifer Siplia Awarded the First Peter Helck Scholarship in Realism

    Congratulations to Jennifer Siplia as the 2017-2018 recipient of the Peter Helck Scholarship at the Art Students League of New York. (3 comments)


  • A Tour of Long Island Roads During the 1909 One-Gallon Efficiency Test
    Jul 13 2017

    A Tour of Long Island Roads During the 1909 One-Gallon Efficiency Test

    As a follow-up to last weekend's Mystery Foto, here are additional images of the winning #1 Franklin during the One-Gallon Efficiency Test held on May 7, 1909 in conjunction with the Second New York Automobile Carnival. The images provide excellent documentation of Long Island roads in 1909. (9 comments)


  • Tucker 1044 in Hemmings Motor News and Highlights from the Oyster Bay Concours
    Jul 11 2017

    Tucker 1044 in Hemmings Motor News and Highlights from the Oyster Bay Concours

    The August 2017 issue of Hemmings Motor News has a small feature on the Tucker '48 #1044. It was also great meeting all the Tucker fans at the Oyster Bay Concours last Sunday. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #27 Solved:Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge During the 1909 One-Gallon Efficiency Test
    Jul 10 2017

    Mystery Foto #27 Solved:Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge During the 1909 One-Gallon Efficiency Test

    Brian McCarthy challenged you to identify the Motor Parkway bridge that was captured during the 1909 New York Economy Contest. (16 comments)


  • Chicago Tribune: 11 Things You Didn’t Know About the Tucker ‘48
    Jul 08 2017

    Chicago Tribune: 11 Things You Didn’t Know About the Tucker ‘48

    James Ryan has forwarded this February 1, 2011 Chicago Tribune article on the Tucker '48. (1 comments)


  • Tucker ‘48 to Be Featured at This Sunday’s Oyster Bay Concours d’Excellence
    Jul 06 2017

    Tucker ‘48 to Be Featured at This Sunday’s Oyster Bay Concours d’Excellence

    Come check out Tucker '48 #1044 this Sunday in Oyster Bay. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #26 Solved: The Two-Tone Tucker 1046 in 1956 at Sebring, Florida
    Jul 03 2017

    Mystery Foto #26 Solved: The Two-Tone Tucker 1046 in 1956 at Sebring, Florida

    My favorite assistant John Cuocco discovered this vintage image of an unusual two-tone Tucker. (17 comments)


  • Six More Amazing Automobiles at the Swigart Antique Automobile Museum in Huntingdon, PA Updated
    Jul 01 2017

    Six More Amazing Automobiles at the Swigart Antique Automobile Museum in Huntingdon, PA Updated

    Last May, Roz and I took a road trip to pay homage to the 1947 Tucker'48 Prototype "The Tin Goose" and Tucker '48 #1013. As a bonus, we discovered these amazing unique automobiles at the Swigart Museum. (4 comments)




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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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