Vanderbilt Cup Races

From Vera S.:

Congratulations once again !  Why did your lose 0.5 points ?  Is it that only God can be perfect ?
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From Howard Kroplick
Thanks for the congrats. The judges deducted 0.5 point because the clock did not have the exact time, mainly because the car has a battery kill switch for safety.

From Chrysler's Chrysler Captures a First Place Award at the Annual Meeting of the CCCA in Savannah

From Thomas Abbe:

It was a thrill to meet up at Amelia Island. Ethan and I had a great time.
Congratulations on your prize and the fine restoration of the Chrysler.
Here is a photo or two.

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

From Mike C.:

Congratulations on the Amelia Island show.  Very exciting to see!

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

From Rog P.:
Congrats on earning the CCCA and Amelia Island awards, Howard. Looks like you’re on a roll!

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Congratulations on the win and the continuing preservation of those GREAT AMERICAN cars.

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Congratulations & Well deserved! Walter Chrysler would be proud. Best regards, You Know Me, Barney Oldfield, Master Driver of the World & America’s legendary Speed King Great Great Nephew

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

1933 Dymaxion No.2 (1 of 3 existing at the National Auto Museum, Reno, Nevada)

Designed by Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller, an American neo-futuristic architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. 1895-1983

No.1 Dymaxion damaged at 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, caught fire in 1941.
No.3 scrapped at a junkyard in Wichita, Kansas.

Folks were uncomfortable with the single rear wheel steering design.

11 seater, Ford flathead V8, 85hp, 90mph, 30mpg, rear mount engine, front wheel drive, periscope in the rear.

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/dymaxion-car-plans-resurface-yesterdays-tomorrow-is-still-todays-future/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5VJ1yd3HQ

Sending pics Howard of various designs

From Mystery Foto #12 Solved: Buckminister Fuller's Dymaxion #3 Built at the Former Locomobile Factory

Looks like Buckminster Fuller’s DYMAXION prototype auto, a three wheeled auto at the 1933 Chicage Worlds Fair in front of the Crystal House.
Frequent contributor to this website (Art Kleiner) also wrote a 1988 book (The Age Of Heretics) in which he refers to the Dymaxion auto.

From Mystery Foto #12 Solved: Buckminister Fuller's Dymaxion #3 Built at the Former Locomobile Factory

Congratulations Howie & Roz:  Glad to see that the Chrysler (& its owners) are so well preserved and continue to win prizes!

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Great job getting this far on the bridge.  I have taken pictures over the years and to think it would be demolished is unheard of.  I will e-mail our Town officials to keep them interested.  I had walked that parkway many years ago and the rabbits, and quail were abundent .  Thanks great job.  Artie.

From Newsday Article and Video: "Rebuilding a Bridge"

The Chrysler looks fantastic on the field at Amelia Island.  Cannot wait to see it back on the grounds of its original home at the Vanderbilt Estate.  Congrats on a very well deserved award

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Congratulations Commish…See you soon..Marty

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Coudn’t be easier for a car freak - Buckminster (“Bucky”) Fuller’s 1933 Dymaxion car!  It had wheels and ran fast?  It (car #2) survives?  Actually, no clue as to any link.  Art Kleiner should know all about this one.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #12 Solved: Buckminister Fuller's Dymaxion #3 Built at the Former Locomobile Factory

YEE-HAH!  I KNEW you’d do it!  Sam, III

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

One of our favorite bridges! Such a “secret” place to wander just steps from modern civilization and a stretch of our beloved parkway that truly functions as a stroll back in time. I this piece of history is ignored or, even worse, destroyed Long Islanders will basically cut off a path to their own heritage.

From Newsday Article and Video: "Rebuilding a Bridge"

Howard, Congrats on this award as you keep racking up concours wins.  You have done a lot for the local history on Long Island as well collectable cars.

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Congratulations on a beautiful restoration.  I would venture though that after restoring the Black Beast this was a snap.

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

From Walt Gosden:
I just attended the CCCA annual meeting in Savannah that was organized by CCCA President Dave Johnson and Christine Snyder.
What an absolutely amazing good time. There were about 45 or so cars and much to my surprise and delight most were all restored in authentic period color schemes for paint, interior and tops. It made the cars looks so “right”. The Peterson clan was out in force and patriarch Don had his beautiful model 734 Packard speedster there for all to enjoy looking over. What a swell group of people to visit with and the sites we saw in the historic town of Savannah were just excellent. One of the highlights was the railway museum with all the brick buildings , round house etc. One afternoon CCCA Director Steve Babinsky of NJ gave a technical talk on how to tune your distributor; and brought (at his expense) all that distance a Sun machine along with a 1931 Cadilloac V12 engine and trans. (all 1.200 lbs of it ) mounted neatly on a stand and running so he could demonstrate how to set up the points in the distributor , not only on the machine but also with just a screw driver and a test light. He had 50 people looking on and explained in easy to understand basic terms what and how to do the job. One of the many personal highlights for me was riding around with Dave Kane in his 1937 Packard V12 Rollston bodied convertible victoria , Dave and I grew up in the same town (I still reside in) and went to high school together. Going down the road in the middle of the night in the dark in a pre war custom bodied Packard has to be one of life’s great pleasures . Among the spectacular cars there out for the first time on the East coast was my dear friends Howard and Roz Kroplick’s 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 town car by LeBaron that was ordered new by Walter P. Chrysler for his wife Della. This car is Streamline Deco styling at its zenith . CCCA is what you want it to be, caravans, Grand Classics, regional get togethers or way cool events like the Annual meeting in Savannah.

From Chrysler's Chrysler Captures a First Place Award at the Annual Meeting of the CCCA in Savannah

Howard,
Congratulatons and a big THANK YOU for all you do to preserve our automotive history in such a grand way !

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored with "The Amelia Island Award" at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

From Frank F.:

Thrilled to see first step success in its long journey towards landmark status. Hoping it goes as smooth all the way home. Congratulations to all for a fine job thus far. Stay

From Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission Recommends Landmarking of a Motor Parkway Bridge