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  • Update: Tucker 1044: The most awarded Tucker ever
    Jul 24 2024

    Update: Tucker 1044: The most awarded Tucker ever

    According to Mike and Sean Tucker, great-grandsons of Preston Tucker, Tucker 1044 is the most awarded Tucker of the 51 produced. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #29 Solved; Willie K. in his Mercedes
    Jul 23 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #29 Solved; Willie K. in his Mercedes

    Did you identify William K. Vanderbilt Jr. in his Mercedes? (4 comments)


  • Mike & Sean Tucker: Tucker 1044 will be on display this weekend at the Misselwood Concours d’Elegance in Beverly, MA
    Jul 20 2024

    Mike & Sean Tucker: Tucker 1044 will be on display this weekend at the Misselwood Concours d’Elegance in Beverly, MA

    Mike and Sean Tucker will be joining the Tucker 1044 team at the Misselwood Concours d'Elegance in Beverly, Massachusetts this weekend. Here are their Facebook posts. (2 comments)


  • In the Garden City News: Village Takes Bids for Toll Lodge Work
    Jul 17 2024

    In the Garden City News: Village Takes Bids for Toll Lodge Work

    The Garden City News reports on the village accepting bids for the restoration of the Garden City Motor Parkway Toll Lodge (2 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #28 Solved; Did you find the 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III?
    Jul 16 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #28 Solved; Did you find the 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III?

    Did you find the Holman Moody Challenger III at The Bridge VI Concours? (1 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway Part 3 - June, 1924
    Jul 13 2024

    Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway Part 3 - June, 1924

    Here's my next edition of events and happenings on the Motor Parkway. (7 comments)


  • Highlights of the Roslyn Landmark Society’s ‘Pizza Party’ at the Waterfront Garage
    Jul 10 2024

    Highlights of the Roslyn Landmark Society’s ‘Pizza Party’ at the Waterfront Garage

    On Sunday, June 30, 2024, The Roslyn Landmark Society held a pizza party at the Waterfront Garage to welcome the 1984 Tritan A2 Aerocar to the Kroplick collection. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #27 Solved: Freeport Racetrack/Stadium
    Jul 09 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #27 Solved: Freeport Racetrack/Stadium

    Did you identify the Freeport Stadium? (6 comments)


  • The Planning and Construction of the Long Island Expressway Through the Roslyn Area: 1953 – 1959
    Jul 06 2024

    The Planning and Construction of the Long Island Expressway Through the Roslyn Area: 1953 – 1959

    Roslyn Landmark Society trustee Mitchell Schwartz, of Flower Hill, has published an extensive history report for the Roslyn Landmark Society on the construction of the Long Island Expressway through the Roslyn area (between exits 36 and 39) in the 1950s. The report highlights the planning and construction of the highway through the area. (4 comments)


  • The newly discovered owner of the Mustang III Concept Show Car in 1968 and 1969
    Jul 03 2024

    The newly discovered owner of the Mustang III Concept Show Car in 1968 and 1969

    The owner of the Mustang III in 1968 and 1969 has recently been discovered. (0 comments)




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