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  • Weekly Cruises and Cars & Coffees on Long Island
    Sep 18 2026

    Weekly Cruises and Cars & Coffees on Long Island

    A guide to cruises, weekly Cars & Coffees and meet-ups. (0 comments)


  • InstaGRAM Report: A YouTube video tour of the AACA Museum’s Chrysler Imperials exhibit with Chrysler’s Chrysler
    Sep 16 2026

    InstaGRAM Report: A YouTube video tour of the AACA Museum’s Chrysler Imperials exhibit with Chrysler’s Chrysler

    The AACA Museum recently uploaded a video to its YouTube channel with a full walkthrough of the Chrysler Imperial exhibit, where Howard Kroplick’s 1937 Chrysler Imperial is a featured attraction. (1 comments)


  • UPDATE 9/16/26: Mystery Friday Foto #37 Solved: A Flight Over Clarence Mackay’s Harbor Hill Estate
    Sep 15 2026

    UPDATE 9/16/26: Mystery Friday Foto #37 Solved: A Flight Over Clarence Mackay’s Harbor Hill Estate

    Did you identify this plane, estate and Motor Parkway connection? (4 comments)


  • Hemmings.com: Before Lucid’s Four-Door Dream, There Were Tuckers
    Sep 12 2026

    Hemmings.com: Before Lucid’s Four-Door Dream, There Were Tuckers

    Tyler Roland of Hemmings.com has a new article featuring Tucker #1044. (1 comments)


  • Update 8/9/26:Howard Kroplick to be a featured speaker at the Fifth FIVA Pan-European Conference for Automotive History in Lillehammer, Norway
    Sep 10 2026

    Update 8/9/26:Howard Kroplick to be a featured speaker at the Fifth FIVA Pan-European Conference for Automotive History in Lillehammer, Norway

    I am honored to been asked to present at the Fifth Pan-European Conference for Automotive History in Lillehammer, Norway on September 19, 2026. (3 comments)


  • InstaGRAM Report: Rare Home Film of Antique Automobile Racing at the 1960 Long Island Fair
    Sep 09 2026

    InstaGRAM Report: Rare Home Film of Antique Automobile Racing at the 1960 Long Island Fair

    Thanks to Arthur Mauriello for forwarding his family’s home video capturing the events of the 1960 Long Island Fair at Roosevelt Raceway including an antique automobile race. (6 comments)


  • Update: Mystery Friday Foto #36 Solved: A Kelly-Springfield Truck at Mitchel Field
    Sep 08 2026

    Update: Mystery Friday Foto #36 Solved: A Kelly-Springfield Truck at Mitchel Field

    The Cradle of Aviation again challenged you to identify this truck and its location (5 comments)


  • Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film
    Sep 05 2026

    Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

    Lodge keeper descendant Arthur Mauriello has provided a rare deed of sale and film of the Massapequa Lodge in Plainedge. (10 comments)


  • InstaGRAM Report: A recap of the events of the 2026 Pebble Beach Concours and Car Week
    Sep 02 2026

    InstaGRAM Report: A recap of the events of the 2026 Pebble Beach Concours and Car Week

    This year we did not attend the Pebble Beach Concours, but since it is the most prominent concours of the year, it deserves a recap. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #35 Solved: Bernd Rosemeyer and his Auto Union Streamlined Type C Race Car
    Sep 01 2026

    Mystery Friday Foto #35 Solved: Bernd Rosemeyer and his Auto Union Streamlined Type C Race Car

    Did you identify Bernd Rosemeyer and his Auto Union Streamlined Race Car? (4 comments)




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Oct 01 2026 Plainview Rd Bridge.  The area towards the back of this photo sort likes the same today.  Sort of. This is the summer of…

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