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  • New Series Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #1:Bell & Post Motors of Farmingdale
    Jan 31 2015

    New Series Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #1:Bell & Post Motors of Farmingdale

    With the advent of the automobile in the early 20th century, Long Island was not only the location for the first international road race in the United States but the home for several of the first automobile manufacturers and coachbuilders. (8 comments)


  • Saturday Request: Information on the Christie Racers from Barney Oldfield’s Great-Great -Nephew
    Jan 31 2015

    Saturday Request: Information on the Christie Racers from Barney Oldfield’s Great-Great -Nephew

    Wayne Peterson: "I am trying to get as much information as possible on the Christie Racer as it is being rebuilt." (16 comments)


  • Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”
    Jan 29 2015

    Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”

    Walt Gosden has written this article for VanderbiltCupRaces.com on the day author Eric Hatch drove his Mercedes 114 MPH on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (1 comments)


  • Concept Cars That Never Made It Part I
    Jan 27 2015

    Concept Cars That Never Made It Part I

    Bill K. has forwarded this photo series of 1950s concept cars "that never made it". (5 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)
    Jan 26 2015

    Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)

    Gary Hammond forwarded this weekend's Mystery Foto of Long Island roadside signs. (15 comments)


  • The Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range near the Motor Parkway Western Terminus
    Jan 24 2015

    The Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range near the Motor Parkway Western Terminus

    After further examining our Mystery Foto #2, Mitch Kaften discovered another Queens landmark- the Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range. (2 comments)


  • Saturday Search: A 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Wooden Post?
    Jan 23 2015

    Saturday Search: A 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Wooden Post?

    A New Jersey viewer has forwarded this photo of wooden post that was found in his father's attic. The post has markings that indicate it may be from the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (3 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #53: Clody Farmway Bridge in Huntington (Melville Sand Pits)
    Jan 21 2015

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #53: Clody Farmway Bridge in Huntington (Melville Sand Pits)

    The 53rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Clody Farmway Bridge located in Huntington (now Melville). (2 comments)


  • Walter C. White- Driver of the Only Non-Gasoline Powered Racer in the Vanderbilt Cup Races
    Jan 20 2015

    Walter C. White- Driver of the Only Non-Gasoline Powered Racer in the Vanderbilt Cup Races

    One of the most unique racers in the Vanderbilt Cup Races was the White Steamer. Built by a sewing machine and driven by Walter C. White, the son of the company's founder, the White Steamer competed in the 1905 American Elimination Trial and the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #3 Solved:Driver Arthur Chevrolet After His Marquette-Buick Broke Down in the 1910 Race
    Jan 19 2015

    Mystery Foto #3 Solved:Driver Arthur Chevrolet After His Marquette-Buick Broke Down in the 1910 Race

    This weekend's Mystery Foto showed the importance of the Vanderbilt Cup Races to the drivers of the era. (9 comments)




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