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  • Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Curtiss Engineering Corporation Garden City Complex Circa 1925
    Aug 13 2018

    Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Curtiss Engineering Corporation Garden City Complex Circa 1925

    Author Richard Panchyk challenged you once again with another classic aerial. (27 comments)


  • Update #2: On the Road to Pebble: Thumbs-Up to the Tucker 1044 Team!
    Aug 12 2018

    Update #2: On the Road to Pebble: Thumbs-Up to the Tucker 1044 Team!

    Congrats to the dedicated and talented Tucker 1044 Team that completed an estimated "two-year restoration" in eight months! (4 comments)


  • On the Road to Pebble: Two Days Until a Trip to the Beach!
    Aug 11 2018

    On the Road to Pebble: Two Days Until a Trip to the Beach!

    Roz and I checked out the progress of Tucker 1044 last night in New Jersey before attending the New York Jets pre-season opener. Very exciting! (15 comments)


  • Mustang Times: Mustangs at the Museum
    Aug 08 2018

    Mustang Times: Mustangs at the Museum

    The August 2019 issue of Mustang Times features an article by Donald Farr on the current AACA Museum exhibit "Mustangs: Six Generations of America's Favorite Pony Car". The 1963 Mustang III Concept Show is described as "a cornerstone of the exhibit". (0 comments)


  • Frank Lee’s Great-Grandson Visits the Alco Black Beast
    Aug 07 2018

    Frank Lee’s Great-Grandson Visits the Alco Black Beast

    Rich Lee, the great-grandson of the Alco Black Beast's mechanician Frank Lee, traveled down from Maine to visit the Black Beast tonight at the Waterfront at Roslyn garage. (4 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #31: Consuelo, Birdie and Alva Vanderbilt  and the daughters of Gertrude Whitney
    Aug 07 2018

    Mystery Friday Foto #31: Consuelo, Birdie and Alva Vanderbilt and the daughters of Gertrude Whitney

    This weekend's challenging Mystery Foto documented five Vanderbilt women together at a special event. (5 comments)


  • Jerry Helck and the Old 16 Locomobile Racer
    Aug 04 2018

    Jerry Helck and the Old 16 Locomobile Racer

    Old 16 Locomobile, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, was owned by the Helck family for 55 years from 1942 to 1997. Nobody was photographed more frequently with this historic racer than Jerry Helck. (3 comments)


  • FuelCurve.com: Ida Automotive Inc- Where Excellence Takes Shape
    Aug 01 2018

    FuelCurve.com: Ida Automotive Inc- Where Excellence Takes Shape

    FuelCurve.com has posted a profile on Rob and Bob Ida and Ida Automotive Inc where Tucker 1044 is being restored. (2 comments)


  • Femenias Findings: Exploring the Link Between Camp Mills and the “Mayan Ruins” Motor Parkway Bridge
    Jul 31 2018

    Femenias Findings: Exploring the Link Between Camp Mills and the “Mayan Ruins” Motor Parkway Bridge

    Frank Femenias believes there may be a link between the short-life of the Camp Mills (1918-1919) and the reason the nearby "Mayan Ruins"Motor Parkway Bridge was never completed. Did Frank convince you with these amazing overlays? (8 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #30 Solved: The Lakeville Hotel on the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
    Jul 30 2018

    Mystery Foto #30 Solved: The Lakeville Hotel on the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this Vanderbilt Cup Race course Mystery Foto. (11 comments)




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