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  • Market Watch: Steve McQueen’s Bullitt Mustang
    Dec 07 2019

    Market Watch: Steve McQueen’s Bullitt Mustang

    Mac's Motor City Garage previews next month's auction of a "star" Mustang. (8 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part II)
    Dec 05 2019

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part II)

    Part II of my map series displays maps that were used for what I call specific purposes and generally not for touring. (19 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn:  Another Long Island  Race Inspired  by the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Dec 04 2019

    Kleiner’s Kolumn:  Another Long Island Race Inspired by the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Three weeks after the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race on Long Island, another group of racing daredevils took to their vehicles to vie for a coveted cup. (7 comments)


  • Helck Family Collection: Long Island Motor Parkway Inc. $1,000 Four Per Cent Gold Bond
    Dec 03 2019

    Helck Family Collection: Long Island Motor Parkway Inc. $1,000 Four Per Cent Gold Bond

    In 1906 William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his business associates raised $2 million ($57 million today) in stock to build the Motor Parkway. Eventually, more than $6 million ($171 million today) was raised including $1 million in 4% interest gold bonds. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #48 Solved: Marion Spooner Photographed at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Dec 02 2019

    Mystery Foto #48 Solved: Marion Spooner Photographed at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    This holiday Mystery Foto was taken by a professional photographer. (16 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Vince Gardner Building the Mustang III Concept Show Car
    Nov 30 2019

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Vince Gardner Building the Mustang III Concept Show Car

    Last week, I obtained 63 original negatives of the 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car being built in the summer of 1964 at Dearborn Steel Tubing, Ford's prototype maker. This post features the Mustang III's designer Vincent Gardner building his two-seat concept car. (4 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)
    Nov 26 2019

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)

    As a follow up to the November 20, 2019 post showing the Motor Parkway on a 1927 map, here a number of other maps I've collected and/or saved from various newspapers including the The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Life and The New York Times. (17 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way
    Nov 25 2019

    Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify the location of this section of the Motor Parkway which he photographed in 1995. (15 comments)


  • Mystery Auto #2: 1941 Chevy Special Deluxe Coupe Parked In Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
    Nov 25 2019

    Mystery Auto #2: 1941 Chevy Special Deluxe Coupe Parked In Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House

    The Roslyn Mill Tea House operated in the Roslyn Grist Mill building from 1920 to 1974. Help date this photo by identifying the make and year of the Mystery Auto. (5 comments)


  • Memories of Roosevelt Raceway (1936-1988)
    Nov 23 2019

    Memories of Roosevelt Raceway (1936-1988)

    For 20 years from 1936 to 1956, the original Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury was the host for various types of racing including: two Vanderbilt Cup Races, midget car racing and harness horse racing. Here is its history and the various configurations of the raceway. (8 comments)




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Apr 30 2026 Thanks for these maps.  In 1914 W. K. Vanderbilt Sr. commissioned a mansion, stables an garage at Jericho. It was called…

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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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