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Jan 31 2015
New Series Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #1:Bell & Post Motors of Farmingdale
With the advent of the automobile in the early 20th century, Long Island was not only the location for the first international road race in the United States but the home for several of the first automobile manufacturers and coachbuilders. (8 comments)
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Jan 31 2015
Saturday Request: Information on the Christie Racers from Barney Oldfield’s Great-Great -Nephew
Wayne Peterson: "I am trying to get as much information as possible on the Christie Racer as it is being rebuilt." (16 comments)
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Jan 29 2015
Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”
Walt Gosden has written this article for VanderbiltCupRaces.com on the day author Eric Hatch drove his Mercedes 114 MPH on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (1 comments)
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Jan 27 2015
Concept Cars That Never Made It Part I
Bill K. has forwarded this photo series of 1950s concept cars "that never made it". (5 comments)
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Jan 26 2015
Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)
Gary Hammond forwarded this weekend's Mystery Foto of Long Island roadside signs. (15 comments)
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Jan 24 2015
The Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range near the Motor Parkway Western Terminus
After further examining our Mystery Foto #2, Mitch Kaften discovered another Queens landmark- the Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range. (2 comments)
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Jan 23 2015
Saturday Search: A 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Wooden Post?
A New Jersey viewer has forwarded this photo of wooden post that was found in his father's attic. The post has markings that indicate it may be from the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (3 comments)
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Jan 21 2015
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #53: Clody Farmway Bridge in Huntington (Melville Sand Pits)
The 53rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Clody Farmway Bridge located in Huntington (now Melville). (2 comments)
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Jan 20 2015
Walter C. White- Driver of the Only Non-Gasoline Powered Racer in the Vanderbilt Cup Races
One of the most unique racers in the Vanderbilt Cup Races was the White Steamer. Built by a sewing machine and driven by Walter C. White, the son of the company's founder, the White Steamer competed in the 1905 American Elimination Trial and the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (0 comments)
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Jan 19 2015
Mystery Foto #3 Solved:Driver Arthur Chevrolet After His Marquette-Buick Broke Down in the 1910 Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto showed the importance of the Vanderbilt Cup Races to the drivers of the era. (9 comments)
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