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  • Mystery Foto #45 Solved: Jeff Bridges and Members of the Tucker Automobile Club in 1987
    Nov 12 2018

    Mystery Foto #45 Solved: Jeff Bridges and Members of the Tucker Automobile Club in 1987

    Gene Kennedy challenged you to identify this special Tucker gathering. (10 comments)


  • Limited Edition: “The Restoration of Tucker 1044” Hardbound Coffee Table Book
    Nov 10 2018

    Limited Edition: “The Restoration of Tucker 1044” Hardbound Coffee Table Book

    Mike and Sean Tucker are making available a limited supply of the 40-page Tucker 1044 restoration book. (2 comments)


  • Two Car Shows on Sunday and Tucker 1044 Videos (Updated 11/09/18)
    Nov 09 2018

    Two Car Shows on Sunday and Tucker 1044 Videos (Updated 11/09/18)

    Upcoming November automotive events. (0 comments)


  • Special East Meadow  Mystery Foto from Richard Panchyk Revealed at the Preservation Society Meeting
    Nov 06 2018

    Special East Meadow Mystery Foto from Richard Panchyk Revealed at the Preservation Society Meeting

    Richard Panchyk, the keynote presenter at Wednesday's meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, challenged you to identify another amazing Long Island aerial. Richard revealed the answers at last-night's wonderful meeting. (11 comments)


  • Wednesday Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society on November 7, 2018
    Nov 06 2018

    Wednesday Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society on November 7, 2018

    Please join us for another special evening providing an update on Motor Parkway projects and a return visit of author Richard Panchyk. Richard will be highlighting several of his new book Hidden History of Queens and his recent Mystery Foto aerials. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #44 Solved: Glen Oaks Village Being Built Along the Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in 1947
    Nov 05 2018

    Mystery Foto #44 Solved: Glen Oaks Village Being Built Along the Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in 1947

    Steve Lucas challenged you again you to identify this aerial of a section of the Long Island right-of-way. (19 comments)


  • Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast
    Nov 03 2018

    Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast

    Last Sunday, Scott Lytle, the great-great-grandson of Vanderbilt Cup Racer Herb Lytle, and his lovely wife Marie visited me in Roslyn and took rides in the Alco Black Beast. (14 comments)


  • OldMotor.com: Five Favorite Tuckers at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
    Oct 31 2018

    OldMotor.com: Five Favorite Tuckers at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

    Jennifer Strong profiled the celebration of "Tucker's Car of Tomorrow" at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and highlighted her five favorite Tuckers in the October 22, 2018 newsletter of OldMotor.com. (1 comments)


  • Ford.com: Mustang III ‘Shorty’ Prototype Long On Historical Significance
    Oct 30 2018

    Ford.com: Mustang III ‘Shorty’ Prototype Long On Historical Significance

    John F.Katz has profiled the Mustang III in Ford Company's October 25, 2018 newsletter of Performance.Ford.com. "The world's oldest known road-registered Mustang is also one of the most unusual: a short-wheelbase, triple-carburetor, custom-designed hot-rod prototype that survives today largely because it was stolen more than 50 years ago." (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #43 Solved:#7 Chalmers at the Hicksville Road Turn During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Oct 29 2018

    Mystery Foto #43 Solved:#7 Chalmers at the Hicksville Road Turn During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    This weekend's Mystery Foto is a classic scene during a Vanderbilt Cup Race. (14 comments)




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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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