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May 28 2018
Mystery Foto #21 Maybe Solved: The Clinton Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge Under Construction in 1909?
Gordon Bainbridge challenged you to identify this previously unpublished photo of a Motor Parkway Bridge under construction in 1909. (35 comments)
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May 26 2018
Correcting the Vanderbilt Cup Race Record of Washington Augustus Roebling II
Tom Gibson has noted that many historic websites incorrectly state that Washington A. Roebling II finished in second place in the 1910 or 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Savannah, Georgia. Let's clear up Roebling's driving record. (4 comments)
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May 23 2018
1947 Tucker Franchise Plan Sales Tool Part III: The Plant, Indy Track Testing and the Executive Team
A rare 45-page sales tool used by the Tucker Corporation to sell franchises to dealerships in 1947 has been recently discovered. Part III of this four-part series provides the manufacturing, testing and staff rationale for "building a completely new car like the Tucker '48." (2 comments)
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May 22 2018
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: From the Lodgekeeper’s Family Archives-The Garden City Lodge
Greg O. has forwarded an email from the grandson of Motor Parkway lodge keepers Christian and Elizabeth Ernst. Gordon Bainbridge provided his Motor Parkway memories and this photo of the Garden City Lodge (circa 1931). (12 comments)
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May 21 2018
Mystery Foto #20 Solved: A Fedco Vehicle Number Plate for a 1926 Chrysler Model G70-6
My friend and automotive historian Walt Gosden challenged you to decipher this rare automobile body plate (badge). (14 comments)
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May 19 2018
Updated: 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car a Big Hit at the AACA Museum Exhibit Opening Reception
Over 400 people enjoyed the opening reception last Friday of the AACA Museum's exhibit "Mustangs: Six Generations of America's Favorite Pony Car" including Ford icons John Clor and Gale Halderman (above). (4 comments)
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May 16 2018
Video/Film of the Week: Classic Bridgehampton Racing
This film captured the sights and sounds of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit highlighted by an appearance by Paul Newman to a big crash. (8 comments)
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May 15 2018
Profile Series: Tucker 1007- The Metallic Blue Tucker at the LeMay Collections in Tacoma
In the eighth of profile of the 51 Tuckers, the metallic blue Tucker 1007 of the LeMay Collections of Marymount located in Tacoma, Washington is featured. (4 comments)
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May 14 2018
Mystery Foto #19 Solved: The Motor Parkway East of Clinton Road, Garden City in the 1950s
Brian McCarthy challenged you to solve another Motor Parkway Mystery Foto. (16 comments)
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May 12 2018
The Residence of the Starter of Five Vanderbilt Cup Races -Fred Wagner- Rediscovered in Smithtown
Fred J. (Wag) Wagner was the premier race starter in the early 1900s including: all the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races with the exception of the 1904 race. Researcher Corey Victoria Geske has recently revealed that a beautiful Smithtown residence built in 1913 was the residence of Fred and Nancy Wagner. (14 comments)
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