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  • Video of the Week: Priceless Ford Probe I Ghia Concept Car Destroyed in Fire Leaving Pebble Beach Concours
    Nov 15 2024

    Video of the Week: Priceless Ford Probe I Ghia Concept Car Destroyed in Fire Leaving Pebble Beach Concours

    The futuristic show car may have a future yet—its owner plans to keep it in the hopes it can be resurrected (1 comments)


  •  Kleiner’s Korner Visits 150 Motor Parkway Building in Hauppauge
    Nov 13 2024

    Kleiner’s Korner Visits 150 Motor Parkway Building in Hauppauge

    While on Long Island in early September celebrating the birth of my granddaughter, I had the opportunity to visit the Motor Parkway exhibit at 150 Motor Parkway in Hauppaugue. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #45 Solved: A Motor Parkway Cap from the Wheatley Hills Golf Club
    Nov 12 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #45 Solved: A Motor Parkway Cap from the Wheatley Hills Golf Club

    Andrew Carr challenged you to solve where this hat came from (11 comments)


  • InstaGRAM Report: My story on how the Black Beast influenced my life path Part 1
    Nov 09 2024

    InstaGRAM Report: My story on how the Black Beast influenced my life path Part 1

    My passion for automotive history traces back to when I was a young kid and got to sit and ride in Howard’s Black Beast. It gives me chills to think that those moments of influence as a kid eventually led to my current job with Howard. (5 comments)


  • Highlights from the 2024 Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival
    Nov 06 2024

    Highlights from the 2024 Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival

    The Mustang III Concept Show Car participated in the November 2 & 3 Concours event at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (0 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #44 Solved: A Lake Success Aerial
    Nov 05 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #44 Solved: A Lake Success Aerial

    Did you identify this aerial of Lake Success? (6 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: A 1934 New York Times Interview with Willie K.
    Nov 02 2024

    Kleiner’s Korner: A 1934 New York Times Interview with Willie K.

    A retrospective interview with Willie K. concerning the first Vanderbilt Cup Race was conducted by a New York Times reporter and published on October 7, 1934, 30 years following the running of the race. It is the only known interview that Willie K. gave concerning the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (3 comments)


  • Sports Car Market Magazine Profiles the 1966 Shelby GT-350H
    Oct 30 2024

    Sports Car Market Magazine Profiles the 1966 Shelby GT-350H

    At a recent Worldwide Auctioneers auction in Auburn, Indiana, a 1966 Shelby GT-350H was sold. Sports Car Market profiled the car from the sale in their latest magazine issue (0 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #43 Solved: Gustave Caillois driving his Vanderbilt Racer
    Oct 29 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #43 Solved: Gustave Caillois driving his Vanderbilt Racer

    Did you identify Gustave Caillois' Vanderbilt racer? (5 comments)


  • How does Artificial Intelligence view the Vanderbilt Cup Races?
    Oct 26 2024

    How does Artificial Intelligence view the Vanderbilt Cup Races?

    Cristofer Damianos Jr. from the Damianos Realty Group asks A.I. to envision the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (8 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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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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