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  • Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3
    Sep 21 2019

    Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3

    In the 12th post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explore the section of the Motor Parkway in Bethpage State Park and the Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (24 comments)


  • Hold the Date: Presentation: Memories of the Long Island Motor Parkway in Central Park (Bethpage)
    Sep 18 2019

    Hold the Date: Presentation: Memories of the Long Island Motor Parkway in Central Park (Bethpage)

    The Central Park Historical Society and the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society will be co-hosting a special program on the Long Island Motor Parkway, the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the role of Central Park (Bethpage) on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 beginning at 7:00 PM. (4 comments)


  • Hemmings Daily: Tucker 1044 Awarded Best in Show-Post-War at the 2019 Hemmings Concours
    Sep 17 2019

    Hemmings Daily: Tucker 1044 Awarded Best in Show-Post-War at the 2019 Hemmings Concours

    Tucker 1044 was awarded Best in Show-Post-War and First Place for the Fresh Restorations category at last Sunday's 2019 Hemmings Motor News Concours d'Elegance at Lake George, New York. (4 comments)


  • Update: Mystery Foto #37 Solved: The Bethpage Lodge Under Construction in September 1908
    Sep 16 2019

    Update: Mystery Foto #37 Solved: The Bethpage Lodge Under Construction in September 1908

    The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (23 comments)


  • First of a Series: Motor Parkway Bridge Removals
    Sep 15 2019

    First of a Series: Motor Parkway Bridge Removals

    Nassau County took control of the Motor Parkway in 1938 and began to determine what to do with the various parts it now owned. With documentation provided by the Nassau County Dept. of Public Works, this post is the first in a series detailing the removal of the parkway bridges. (0 comments)


  • Highlights From The Bridge IV: 1948 Tucker 1044
    Sep 14 2019

    Highlights From The Bridge IV: 1948 Tucker 1044

    Tucker 1044 was honored to be invited to the fourth annual edition of The Bridge held on the hallowed grounds of the original Bridgehampton Race Circuit. (4 comments)


  • Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Sagamore Hill Car Show
    Sep 11 2019

    Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Sagamore Hill Car Show

    Chrysler's Chrysler was a proud participant in last Sunday's Sagamore Hill Car Show sponsored by the Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America. (1 comments)


  • Updated: From a Family Photo Album: The Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
    Sep 10 2019

    Updated: From a Family Photo Album: The Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge

    Patrick Ahern was looking through his family photo album and discovered these Motor Parkway photos taken by his father Jerry Ahern. (8 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #36: A Locomobile Limo with a Vanderbilt Cup Radiator Mascot
    Sep 09 2019

    Mystery Foto #36: A Locomobile Limo with a Vanderbilt Cup Radiator Mascot

    This weekend's never before published Mystery Foto needed to be examined very closely. (7 comments)


  • The 1948 Press Release Announcing “The Opening of the New Long Island Automotive Museum”
    Sep 07 2019

    The 1948 Press Release Announcing “The Opening of the New Long Island Automotive Museum”

    Gary Hammond has forwarded the official press release announcing the opening of the Henry Austin Clark, Jr.'s Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton. The release included a description of Clark's car collection featuring the 1908 Thomas Flyer. (3 comments)




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