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  • Article: “1904 Vanderbilt Cup: Dark Horse- What Hope for the Pope-Toledo?”
    Sep 23 2014

    Article: “1904 Vanderbilt Cup: Dark Horse- What Hope for the Pope-Toledo?”

    Tony Kaye has forwarded this article concerning the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the #6 Pope-Toledo published in the November 1967 issue of Car Life. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #86 Solved: Antique Five Gallon Can Manufactured by George D. Ellis & Sons, Inc.
    Sep 23 2014

    Mystery Foto #86 Solved: Antique Five Gallon Can Manufactured by George D. Ellis & Sons, Inc.

    Noel Gish needed your help to identify this object that was donated to the Suffolk County Historical Society. (14 comments)


  • Upcoming Howard Kroplick & Chrysler’s Chrysler Events
    Sep 21 2014

    Upcoming Howard Kroplick & Chrysler’s Chrysler Events

    Current schedule of presentations and events. (8 comments)


  • New York Times: “Classics on 4 Wheels or 2 at the Radnor Hunt Concours”
    Sep 20 2014

    New York Times: “Classics on 4 Wheels or 2 at the Radnor Hunt Concours”

    New York Times reporter Fred Heiler has reviewed last Sunday's Radnor Concours d'Elegance with a shout-out to the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler. (2 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #50: The Round Swamp Road Bridge in Old Bethpage
    Sep 17 2014

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #50: The Round Swamp Road Bridge in Old Bethpage

    The 50th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Round Swamp Road Bridge in Old Bethpage. This "parkway" bridge was located just east of the Bethpage Lodge. (0 comments)


  • Walter P. Chrysler’s Granddaughter and Great-Grandson Reconnect with Chrysler’s Chrysler
    Sep 16 2014

    Walter P. Chrysler’s Granddaughter and Great-Grandson Reconnect with Chrysler’s Chrysler

    On September 14, 2014 , Gywnne McDevitt, granddaughter of Walter P. Chrysler, and her son Frank Rhodes Jr., reconnected with Chrysler's Chrysler at the Radnor Concours d'Elegance in Malvern, Pennsylvania. (4 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #85 Solved: Ten Automobiles from the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
    Sep 15 2014

    Mystery Foto #85 Solved: Ten Automobiles from the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance

    Robert Caves documented the over 250 automobiles that participated in the 2014 Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance in this 11-minute video. (6 comments)


  • Video: “Upclose with Chrysler’s Chrysler”
    Sep 13 2014

    Video: “Upclose with Chrysler’s Chrysler”

    Michael Warshaw recently visited Steve Babinsky's Automotive Restorations to check out Chrysler's Chrysler. He created this 2 1/2-minute closeup view of the automobile. (10 comments)


  • Newsday Luxury Living Magazine: “Charisma on Wheels”
    Sep 10 2014

    Newsday Luxury Living Magazine: “Charisma on Wheels”

    The Fall 2014 issue of Newsday's LL Luxury Living magazine featured an article by Jim Merritt on exotic car and motorcycle collectors on Long Island. (1 comments)


  • Inthedriveway.com: “VanderbiltCupRaces.com:  Website worth a Trophy”
    Sep 09 2014

    Inthedriveway.com: “VanderbiltCupRaces.com:  Website worth a Trophy”

    David Fluhrer, Newsday's classic car columnist, has posted a review of VanderbiltCupRaces.com on the auto resources page of his new website Inthedriveway.com . (5 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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