Vanderbilt Cup Races

Now knowing the Zinzi’s lived in the lodge from 1926, I believe the garage was built on or after this date. I was unable to locate the garage in any of the early Vanderbilt Cup Race photos.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!

Fantastic, another great find! Nearly impossible without Arthur’s inside information. Thank you Arthur and Howard for the pictures and keeping this wonderful history alive.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!

Howard,  I think I told you a few years ago I have taken pictures of the Massapequa lodge Garage before they put the siding on it,I took the pictures over 20 years ago. They say the grounds crew ‘landscapers” for the parkway keep their equipment in. It looked better Years ago with Shaker Shingles on it.  Keep up the good work guys. Joseph DeBono

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!

Hi Howard:

    This last post is the gem of the year for me as it brought back so many memories and I thank you so much !!!!!

      Blessings and Cheers !!!!!  Ron

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!

I enjoyed the presentation.  It brings back memories of when I was a teenager in the early fifties and walked east from Hicksville Road on the remains of Motor Parkway.  For some reason it never occurred to me to walk west.  Keep up the good work.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!

LOVE this discovery! Can’t wait to check it out.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!

Sure; it’s Emile Berliner’s trademark Berliner Gramophone-cum-Victor Talking Machine dog, Nipper!  How’d he ever get off the disks or out of the ads?  The next moment?  He got creamed and ended up flat as a pancake, so he fit back on the disks and ads just fine.  Hey, you asked!  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: Hubert Le Blon Avoiding a Dog at the Hairpin Turn During the 1906 Cup Race

Sure; it’s Emile Berliner’s trademark Berliner Gramophione-cum-Victor Talking Machine dog, Nipper!  How’d he ever get off the disks or out of the ads?  The next moment?  He got creamed and ended up flat as a pancake, so he fit back on the disks and ads just fine.  Hey, you asked!  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: Hubert Le Blon Avoiding a Dog at the Hairpin Turn During the 1906 Cup Race

Go back!  Go back!  Beams in the attics of at least two original LIMP buildings [Mineola and Roslyn(?)] were/are branded “LIMP” or “Long Island Motor Parkway”.  Check it out.  Sam, III

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!

Wow. This is cool. Strange how it all goes down. Lodge gets torn down but somehow the garage remains. I knew of the remaining posts there. Love how they survive!

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!

Was there a connection between the Krugs Hotel and the former Krugs bread and cake delivery company of the 50’s?  They had a distribution center on Route 25. I remember because my Dad was a delivery man for them. When Krugs Bakery (or whatever the right name was) went out of business, he took a job driving for Dugans Bakery.  Just curious. Thanks.
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From Howard Kroplick

Don’t know the answer but maybe someone does!

I loved the Dugan marble cake!!!

From Mystery Artwork #23 Solved: #1 Thomas and #4 Thomas Prior to the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Krug's

Fantastic accomplishment!  Thanks, Howard, et al!  Sam, III

From Town of North Hempstead Designates the Old Courthouse Road Motor Parkway Bridge as a Town Landmark

It’s LeBlon encountering a frisky dog during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race at the Old Westbury hairpin curve. LeBlon can be seen beginning to swerve the #1 Thomas racer to the left (check the front wheels) in an attempt to avoid another ‘unruly spectator,’ ultimately missing the dog. Another too close for comfort for the races. Willie K definitely had his hands filled!
http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/drivers/bio/hubert_le_blon 

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: Hubert Le Blon Avoiding a Dog at the Hairpin Turn During the 1906 Cup Race

That photo is from the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race with Hubert LeBlon driving the #1 Thomas racer. He is negotiating the hairpin turn in Old Westbury from Glen Cove Road onto Old Westbury Road. Moments after the photo was taken the dog made it safely across the road without getting run over.

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: Hubert Le Blon Avoiding a Dog at the Hairpin Turn During the 1906 Cup Race

The 1949 truck sales brochure offered either a 6 cylinder 226 inch overhead valve rated at 95 horsepower, or an L-head (flathead) 239 inch engine rated at 100 horsepower. Later years, circa 1952 offered the Y-block engine.

That particular model with the horizontal bars for the grille was sold as either a 1948, 1949, or 1950 model. Minor improvements were made from one year to another, but the VIN designated the model year. Production ceased in May 1950.

The Jericho truck was a model 85 delivered as a “windshield and chassis”. It was manufactured in February 1949 at the Ford Edgewater (NJ) assembly plant. Jericho FD got it and sent it out to Eastern Fire Apparatus to have the body installed. It was purchased locally from Hempstead Welding, a Ford truck dealership at the time. Jericho FD sold it in October 1965 for $125.
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From Howard Kroplick
Thanks, Willie T.

From Saturday Search: A Jericho Ford Fire Truck (Updated: 2/15/2015)

I would guess that it is the car from last weeks mystery photo (the painting of Hubert Le Blon in his #1 Thomas which finished eighth in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race). Locale is probably the hairpin turn at Westbury.  The dog is a Jack Russel Parsons Terrier with long legs (possibly my dog’s great great grandpa, who loves to run into immediate danger). I do not know what happened after the race but if the dog got hit he would have been the 2nd fatality of that year.

From Mystery Foto #24 Solved: Hubert Le Blon Avoiding a Dog at the Hairpin Turn During the 1906 Cup Race

From Hazel M:

I know how hard it is to judge the beautiful and most unique antique automobiles ever seen. This event of cars was Sunday, June 7th at Old Westbury Gardens. I have to admit I fell in love with one car- a 1937 Chrysler owned by Howard Kroplick. The interior and exterior of this “One of a Kind” made me want to take it for a ride. Howard should be proud of his achievement. I am sure he has heard this millions of times.

From Highlights from the 50th Annual Spring Meet at Old Westbury Gardens

Andy Hotton whose shop built it did lots of specialty work for Ford. He built the 1957 Battle-birds and raced them in 1957. I saw them when I was in High School. Andy lived next door to Les Henry, Ford Museum boss.

Andy had a large collection of early Lincolns.  Many were used in new Lincoln sales lit in the 1970s. He build a few Lincoln stretch limos after Leman-Peterson went out of business for Ford factory use. It was fun riding around Dearborn in them.  Hugh

From Profile- 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car: The Oldest Mustang on the Road Today

I have visited your grandfathers house when I was about 8 years old. I remember going to his barn and seeing all the vintage cars. I often think about opening those doors and being so amazed at what I saw. What a collection! Tim , I have communicated with you before,
Wonder if you remember me? My dad was a commercial artist also in Rochester,N Y. (Same name as mine) I was wondering, what kind of value his paintings are now? It would be great to hear from you.  BE WELL, Ric

From A Tribute to Peter Helck (1893-1988), the Great American Artist

It could be Joe Tracy by the right front wheel.

From Mystery Artwork #23 Solved: #1 Thomas and #4 Thomas Prior to the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Krug's