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Feb 20 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #7 Solved: The former FIAT Lingotto Factory in Turin, Italy
Did you identify this world famous factory? (25 comments)
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Feb 18 2023
Greg O’s Garage; W.K. Vanderbilt Sr’s Idle Hour Estate and Outbuildings
Most of William K. Vanderbilt's Idle Hour estate is still intact around the Idle Hour neighborhood in Oakdale (11 comments)
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Feb 17 2023
Hold the Date: This Sunday, February 19, 2023: The Car Club Council Meeting in Garden City
The Centurion Cruisers have announced that they will be hosting this year's car council meeting next month. (0 comments)
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Feb 15 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: A Light-Hearted View of the Automobile
Throughout the years the automobile has played an important role in the development of the modern world. But on a lighter side . . . (6 comments)
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Feb 14 2023
Greg O’s Garage; A Flying ‘Feild’ at William K. Vanderbilt Sr’s Idle Hour
Old plans recently uncovered for a flying 'feild' on William K. Vanderbilt's Idle Hour (3 comments)
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Feb 13 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: William Wallace Jr. and the #19 FIAT
Did you identify this Helck artwork? (4 comments)
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Feb 11 2023
Video: The Preservation Society of Newport County Fall 2022 Lecture: The Advent of the Automobile including The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races
The Preservation Society of Newport County has posted a 90-minute video of their Fall 2023 lecture. (0 comments)
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Feb 08 2023
Rare 1993 image of Tucker 1044 with owner Skip Groh
Mike Tucker has forwarded this photo of the brown Tucker 1044 taken 30 years ago. (1 comments)
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Feb 07 2023
The centerpiece of Alva Belmont Vanderbilt’s Beacon Towers in Sands Point was this Joan of Arc Statue
A guiding inspiration for Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Willie K's mother, was Joan of Arc. This sculpture and surrounding murals depicting the life of the saint were the centerpiece of Beacon Towers in Sands Point. (2 comments)
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Feb 06 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #5 Solved: Mulford and Chandler winning the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify this wave to the crowds? (3 comments)
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