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  • Kleiner’s Korner: Motor Parkway Real Estate Activity: January, 1926
    Feb 11 2026

    Kleiner’s Korner: Motor Parkway Real Estate Activity: January, 1926

    An active real estate market for land near the Motor Parkway continued in the first month of 1926. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: The Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge Structure
    Feb 10 2026

    Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: The Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge Structure

    The Ronkonkoma Lodge has been identified (8 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Actress Paulette Goddard in the 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399
    Feb 07 2026

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Actress Paulette Goddard in the 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399

    Collector Ed Minnie of the Sam Lehrman Collection has forwarded this 1932 photo of actress Paulette Goodard sitting in my favorite Duesenberg. (5 comments)


  • Video of the Week: New York City 1880: The Lost World of the Gilded Age [AI Reconstruction]
    Feb 06 2026

    Video of the Week: New York City 1880: The Lost World of the Gilded Age [AI Reconstruction]

    Step back into the mud and marble of New York 1880s. In this immersive AI Reconstruction, we’ve used historical maps, 19th-century engravings, and advanced neural rendering to bring the Gilded Age back to life. Experience the sights, sounds, and shadows of a city on the brink of becoming the world's capital. (2 comments)


  • Sad News: Charlie Cali  has passed away.
    Feb 06 2026

    Sad News: Charlie Cali has passed away.

    Charlie Cali, President of the Long Island Moose Car Club, has passed away. (2 comments)


  • The 1962 Ford Cougar 406 Concept Car featured in Hot Rodding Magazine (1962)
    Feb 03 2026

    The 1962 Ford Cougar 406 Concept Car featured in Hot Rodding Magazine (1962)

    The December 1962 issue Rodding and Re-styling magazine showed a glimpse at the outrageous Cougar concept car. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #5 Solved: A Mystery Racing Painting of George Robertson in ‘Old 16’
    Feb 03 2026

    Mystery Friday Foto #5 Solved: A Mystery Racing Painting of George Robertson in ‘Old 16’

    Peter Shriver has challenged you to identify his grandfather George Robertson in a racing painting by Peter Helck (6 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: A Father and Son Connection to The Motor Parkway and Camp Upton
    Jan 31 2026

    Kleiner’s Korner: A Father and Son Connection to The Motor Parkway and Camp Upton

    Here's information on a father and son possibly working together to build the Motor Parkway with one playing a critical role in building Camp Upton. (5 comments)


  • Video of the Week: Caravan of Stars (Ford Custom Car Caravan) - 1964
    Jan 30 2026

    Video of the Week: Caravan of Stars (Ford Custom Car Caravan) - 1964

    During the early 1960s, Ford in the USA had a traveling show called "Caravan of Stars" that went to trade fairs and similar events. This item shows the 1964 line up, which includes the 1950 Lincoln 'bubble-top' limousine used by three presidents, an endurance winning Comet and a Mercury Marauder that won the Pike's Peak challenge. There are also four "styling experimental cars" featuring such innovations as a floating instrument cluster, radar sensing for tailgaters and a private passenger… (0 comments)


  • Another Dominos Tritan A2 Aerojet Delivery Vehicle Crosses the Auction Block
    Jan 28 2026

    Another Dominos Tritan A2 Aerojet Delivery Vehicle Crosses the Auction Block

    This past Monday, one of the seven existing Tritan A2 Aerojets was sold on Bring a Trailer setting a new sales record selling for $50,251. (0 comments)




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Apr 15 2026 Thank you Ariejan! Better late than never! You’re information also aligns with Alice being a woman of means at that time and…

Apr 15 2026 Sorry for the late reply. The car is a 1908 Pope-Hartford, presumably the 30hp model M. The date of the car supports the 1908…

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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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