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  • 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)


  • Tucker 1044 Open House Draws a Great Crowd at Ida Automotive in New Jersey
    Oct 27 2018

    Tucker 1044 Open House Draws a Great Crowd at Ida Automotive in New Jersey

    Despite the threat of a Nor' easter, over 200 people came to Ida Automotive in Marlboro, New Jersey to view Tucker 1044. As seen below and as posted in several Facebook photo albums, a wonderful time was had by all. (4 comments)


  • Exclusive: Photos from the Wallis C. Bird and Marjorie Winifred Kendall Bird Family Album
    Oct 24 2018

    Exclusive: Photos from the Wallis C. Bird and Marjorie Winifred Kendall Bird Family Album

    During the 1920s and 1930s, Benjamin Kendall was the mechanic and groundskeeper for the prominent Long Island automobile collector Wallis C. Bird. He was also a relative of Marjorie Winifred Bird, Wallis's wife, . Benjamin's grandson Steve has forwarded several photos from the family album. (10 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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