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  • 1947 Tucker Franchise Plan Sales Tool Part IV: What You Get When You Buy a Tucker Franchise
    Jun 02 2018

    1947 Tucker Franchise Plan Sales Tool Part IV: What You Get When You Buy a Tucker Franchise

    A rare 45-page sales tool used by the Tucker Corporation to sell franchises to dealerships in 1947 has been recently discovered. The final section of this four-part series provides the financial rationale for purchasing a Tucker dealership. (2 comments)


  • Film of the Week: Great Cars- Tucker
    May 30 2018

    Film of the Week: Great Cars- Tucker

    This week's film/video is a 2004 25-minute film on the Tucker automobiles distributed by King Rose Archives. The film features interviews with the Tucker family, a sales presentation by Preston Tucker, clips of the Tucker Combat Car, Indy 500 track trials and the 1947 Chicago launch and the green Tucker 1005. (2 comments)


  • Up Close: The 1963 Mustang II Concept Car
    May 29 2018

    Up Close: The 1963 Mustang II Concept Car

    The 1963 Mustang II Concept Car, built by the same company that created the 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car, is currently on display at the America on Wheels Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #21 Maybe Solved: The Clinton Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge Under Construction in 1909?
    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    Gordon Bainbridge challenged you to identify this previously unpublished photo of a Motor Parkway Bridge under construction in 1909.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)


  • Correcting the Vanderbilt Cup Race Record of Washington Augustus Roebling II
    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)


  • 1947 Tucker Franchise Plan Sales Tool Part III: The Plant, Indy Track Testing and the Executive Team
    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)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: From the Lodgekeeper’s Family Archives-The Garden City Lodge
    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)


  • Mystery Foto #20 Solved: A Fedco Vehicle Number Plate for a 1926 Chrysler Model G70-6
    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)


  • Updated: 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car a Big Hit at the AACA Museum Exhibit Opening Reception
    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)


  • Video/Film of the Week: Classic Bridgehampton Racing
    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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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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