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  • Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Two Pegaso Z-102s Parked at the 1953 Bridgehampton Races
    Feb 18 2019

    Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Two Pegaso Z-102s Parked at the 1953 Bridgehampton Races

    Dick Gorman reached into his personal photo collection and challenges you to identify this Mystery Foto. (16 comments)


  • Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Surveyors of the Long Island Motor Parkway
    Feb 16 2019

    Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Surveyors of the Long Island Motor Parkway

    In the ninth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's newly discovered Motor Parkway construction album, photos of Clinton Robertson and his fellow surveyors are featured. (1 comments)


  • Jerry Helck: Anyone Here Ever Seen A Vanderbilt Cup Race?
    Feb 13 2019

    Jerry Helck: Anyone Here Ever Seen A Vanderbilt Cup Race?

    Jerry Helck, former owner of Old 16 Locomobile and the son of artist icon Peter Helck, wants to know if anyone else is a member of the two Vanderbilt Cup Races Club? (3 comments)


  • Profile Series: Tucker 1009- The Award-Winning Grey Tucker Owned By George Lucas
    Feb 12 2019

    Profile Series: Tucker 1009- The Award-Winning Grey Tucker Owned By George Lucas

    In the tenth of profiles on the 51 Tuckers, George Lucas' Tucker 1009 is featured. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #6 Solved: A Rare Long Island Motor Parkway Paycheck
    Feb 11 2019

    Mystery Foto #6 Solved: A Rare Long Island Motor Parkway Paycheck

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this rare Long Island Motor Parkway memorabilia in his collection. (14 comments)


  • Tucker Topics: The 40 Most Memorable Moments from the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
    Feb 09 2019

    Tucker Topics: The 40 Most Memorable Moments from the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

    Kevin Leavesley in Tucker Topics reported on the 40 most memorable Tucker Moments at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours. Tucker 1044 was featured in six of the Moments. (2 comments)


  • Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Construction of the Jerusalem Road Motor Parkway Bridge
    Feb 06 2019

    Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Construction of the Jerusalem Road Motor Parkway Bridge

    In the eighth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered Motor Parkway construction album, the 1908 construction of the Jerusalem Road Bridge in Central Park (Now Stewart Avenue in Bethpage) is featured. (4 comments)


  • Japlopnik Video: Car vs. America-Tucker 48: The Car Too Good For Detroit
    Feb 05 2019

    Japlopnik Video: Car vs. America-Tucker 48: The Car Too Good For Detroit

    Mike Ballaban has posted an article on Jalopnik.com and 12-minute video on the Tucker '48 automobile featuring Mile and Sean Tucker and the Tucker 1044. The video was filmed at Waterfront at Roslyn in August 2017, prior to its restoration. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #5 Solved:Briggs Cunningham Driving His 1914 Mercedes Grand Prix Car at Sebring (1959)
    Feb 04 2019

    Mystery Foto #5 Solved:Briggs Cunningham Driving His 1914 Mercedes Grand Prix Car at Sebring (1959)

    Dick Gorman made a big challenge to see who can solve his never-before-published Mystery Foto. (12 comments)


  • The Alco “White Beast” in 1909
    Feb 02 2019

    The Alco “White Beast” in 1909

    Ray Holmes has forwarded this never-before-published photo of Harry Grant in the Alco "White Beast". Based on 1909 articles also provided by Ray, the photo was likely taken before the Lowell Trophy Race held on the Merrimac Valley Course, Massachusetts on September 8, 1909. (1 comments)




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