Vanderbilt Cup Races

Meredith, lot’s of luck with the Book about the Phantom Corsair.
It’s a very interesting piece of automotive history.
Wishing you much success with the Book.

From A New Book on the 1938 Phantom Corsair By Dr. Meredith Jaffe

Tucker # 1003 appears to be in a great example of an early Tucker.
Given its prior ownership and very detailed restoration I think that it’s going to sell above the sale estimate of $2 million.
My guess $2.1 million hammer price.
Anything less than $2 million is a bargain.

From 1948 Tucker '48 #1003 headed for auction in Monterey this Thursday- Can you guess the hammer price?

Oh, and by the way, serious congratulations on the new addition to the family. Very nice!

From The Howard & Roz Kroplick Collection: Updated January 9, 2025

A—Gary Cooper 1929 Duesenberg Model J Tourster
B—Clark Gable 1935 Duesenberg Model SSJ
C—Jimmy Cagney 1931 Duesenberg ModelJ

From Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: Hollywood Legends and their Duesenbergs

Coop and his Derham Tourster, Clark Gable and his Bohman and Schwartz roadster and Jimmy Cagney and another Tourster, not completely sure of body style g but sure looks like a Tourster, I suppose I could aleays go to my library to be sure but it’s late and I feel lazy

From Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: Hollywood Legends and their Duesenbergs

Kelly, I do have photos of it somewhere when he had it. I will have to look. I will ask him about the body. I believe it was a known fact that it was Brewster. Austie most likely documented it as such. I also own Austies 1911 American lafrance which is pictured above as well.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962, Part 6

Photo “A” shows Gary Cooper leaning on his 1931 Duesenberg Model J Derham Tourster. Photo “B” has Clark Gable in his 1935 Duesenberg Model JN Coupe. Photo “C” has James Cagney beside a 1931 Duesenberg Model J Dietrich Phaeton which he may or may not have owned. Some reports have that photo being set up by Duesenberg as publicity. All three cars still exist today. Coop’s car is in the Heritage Museum in Sandwich, MA. Gable’s car was last offered for sale by Gooding in 2022 but I don’t think it sold. The Cagney car is in the Richard Driehaus Collection at Chicago Vintage Motor Carriage. Attached is one other famous Duesy owned by Jay Leno.

From Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: Hollywood Legends and their Duesenbergs

Great Car best of Luck, be sure to bring it to Westbury next year.  Artie Finnegan membership secretary GNYR

From Update (1/5/2025): Duesenberg J Murphy Sedan Convertible Berline #2448 J-399

1884 LIRR promotion
No Nassau County, this map predates 1898.
No train service to Montauk Pt.
Long Beach train service to Pt Lookout. Interesting no track remnants exists but a NIKE missle site is still in place.
Manhattan has a street grid system.
Proposed RR to Norwalk, CT through Long Island Sound never happened, neither did Robert Moses’ Expwy bridge/tunnel.

From Mystery Friday Foto #31 Solved: An 1884 Long Island Rail Road Flyer

More LIRR info: Even at this time period, the service for the Central RR ended at Creedmore. Sure the tracks were intact continuing West, then North towards Flushing; just out of service.

Then and now, the railroad ends at Port Jefferson. But for a time period, this branch extended east to Wading River.

Noticed that today’s Montauk Line terminated then at Sag Harbor. LIRR runs east to Montauk after year 1900. Tracks and service to Sag Harbor is no more. I never explored this area, sure there’s remnants of ROW and tracks.

From Mystery Friday Foto #31 Solved: An 1884 Long Island Rail Road Flyer

Just adding some info about the Clubhouse Station along the LIRR in Great River. It was a privately built station, utilized by the Southside Sportmans Club. Just east of today’s Great River Station. Closed in 1897, Great River Station was built soon after. Rebuilt in 1943, then 2001.

From Mystery Friday Foto #31 Solved: An 1884 Long Island Rail Road Flyer

Congratulations on your latest acquisition. It is a beautiful car! Some say that the Deusenberg was the greatest American car ever made.

From Update (1/5/2025): Duesenberg J Murphy Sedan Convertible Berline #2448 J-399

I was born in Parsons Hospital, Flushing and grew up in Bayside. The Town of Flushing has a remarkable history. I highly recommend Vincent F. Seyfried’s books in the Queens Community Series. Physical copies are difficult to come by, but many are digitized by the Queens Library Archives. https://vital.queenslibrary.org/vital/access/services/Download/aql:16183/SOURCE1?view=true
Seyfried was also the author of a seven-volume series about the history of the Long Island Rail Road. My great-grandfather, George J. Easton, was an Engineman for the LIRR from 1893 to 1939 and lived in Whitestone Landing (Landing, because it had a ferry to the Bronx). He “drove” (or operated, better yet) the last electric multiple unit train in service on the Whitestone Branch in 1932, which was reported in the local newspapers. My family inherited photographs of him and his steam engine, upon which he began as “fireman,” learning all aspects of engine operation, for the first several years of his service. I am incredible proud of that history. He was born in Corona, moved with his family in 1890 to “Bay Side” in the Town of Flushing, and began his family, which included my maternal grandmother, in Whitestone. Thanks, Howard, for posting this incredible map!

From Mystery Friday Foto #31 Solved: An 1884 Long Island Rail Road Flyer

Congratulations Howie & Roz ...She’s A Beauty!

From Update (1/5/2025): Duesenberg J Murphy Sedan Convertible Berline #2448 J-399

Your groupie went to the ‘Black Beast’ garage right after I found out and me drooling by garage doors windows, YOU HAVE WHAT I DON’T HAVE, ENJOY!!
Open house soon??

From Update (1/5/2025): Duesenberg J Murphy Sedan Convertible Berline #2448 J-399

We know that the house in question is on the east side of Bagatelle Road, not where the nursery is on the west side.  It is a little difficult to see on the 1917 & 1941 maps.

From Kleiner's Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway (July, 1924)

Howard,
You just hit a home run.  Your new Duesenberg is a beauty. Best of luck to you and Roz.  I can’t wait to see it in person.
See you soon.
All the best!
Rog

From Update (1/5/2025): Duesenberg J Murphy Sedan Convertible Berline #2448 J-399

Congratulations, best of luck, enjoy

From Update (1/5/2025): Duesenberg J Murphy Sedan Convertible Berline #2448 J-399

Congratulations Howard & Roz on this fabulous addition to your collection. A truly magnificent automobile.
All the best,
Scott & Vicki Alexander

From Update (1/5/2025): Duesenberg J Murphy Sedan Convertible Berline #2448 J-399

Howard

Congratulations and what a doozy

The best, mark thomas

From Update (1/5/2025): Duesenberg J Murphy Sedan Convertible Berline #2448 J-399