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  • Highlights from the LI Buick Club’s Visit to the Waterfront in Roslyn Garage
    Jul 11 2023

    Highlights from the LI Buick Club’s Visit to the Waterfront in Roslyn Garage

    About 25 members of the LI Buick Club came out on Sunday for a visit to the Waterfront (2 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #27 Solved: #9 Peugeot driven to victory by Dario Resta in the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Jul 10 2023

    Mystery Friday Foto #27 Solved: #9 Peugeot driven to victory by Dario Resta in the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Did you identify this Vanderbilt Cup racer? (6 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #26 Solved: Previously unpublished Fotos of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City
    Jul 03 2023

    Mystery Friday Foto #26 Solved: Previously unpublished Fotos of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City

    Did you solve this weekend's holiday Mystery Foto? (8 comments)


  • Greg O’s Garage: The Tucker 75th Anniversary Auction and a ‘Tucker- The Man and His Dream’ Movie Prop
    Jul 01 2023

    Greg O’s Garage: The Tucker 75th Anniversary Auction and a ‘Tucker- The Man and His Dream’ Movie Prop

    An interesting item across the auction block at the Tucker 75th anniversary celebration. (3 comments)


  • Greg O’s Garage; The four “lost” Tuckers #1027, #1023, #1018 and #1042
    Jun 28 2023

    Greg O’s Garage; The four “lost” Tuckers #1027, #1023, #1018 and #1042

    Preston Tucker built 50 'production' cars and one Tin Goose prototype. The Tin Goose and 46 others still amazingly survive, but what happened to the  four "lost" Tuckers? (9 comments)


  • Greg O’s Garage: Highlights from the 2023 Gold Coast Cruisers Waterfront Car Show in Glen Cove
    Jun 27 2023

    Greg O’s Garage: Highlights from the 2023 Gold Coast Cruisers Waterfront Car Show in Glen Cove

    Tucker #1044 takes a win at the spectacular Gold Coast Cruisers Waterfront Car Show (0 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile Being Tested
    Jun 26 2023

    Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile Being Tested

    Did you identify this new race car being tested from the Helck Family Collection? (6 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway Kiosk That Doubled as a Realty Office
    Jun 24 2023

    Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway Kiosk That Doubled as a Realty Office

    The original Brentwood Lodge (actually a ticket kiosk) was used by a local realtor to promote its new housing development, "Brentwood-in-the-Pines". (5 comments)


  • Update: Highlights From the Tucker 75th Anniversary Celebration at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum
    Jun 20 2023

    Update: Highlights From the Tucker 75th Anniversary Celebration at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum

    Highlights from last weekend's 75th anniversary gala at the AACA Museum in Hershey Pa. (5 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #24; Peter Helck with Joe Tracy and Painting “Speed Demons of 1904- A Motor Race On The Continent in The Early Days”
    Jun 19 2023

    Mystery Friday Foto #24; Peter Helck with Joe Tracy and Painting “Speed Demons of 1904- A Motor Race On The Continent in The Early Days”

    Did you identify the gentleman and painting in this 1926 photo? (3 comments)




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Apr 11 2026 Thanks for sharing, Greg.  Interesting historical view of the living quarters of a Vanderbilt socialite.

Apr 07 2026 Art, Part of the acreage was used for a cemetery.

Apr 07 2026 Art, Point made. Many thanks for your reply.

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