Vanderbilt Cup Races

Hi rmw,

The name of the street was originally Queens Road because it was the road that took you from Flushing to the Village of Queens (a.k.a. Queens Village) in the Town of Jamaica.

I believe that they renamed all the streets in Queens after the western half of the County of Queens was consolidated into NYC. It was probably in the 1910s and 1920s and I bet that’s when the street was first renamed as Hollis Court Blvd.

You are right that after the Clearview opened, the section south of 73rd Ave (Blackstump Road) became known as Hollis Hills Terrace.

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #3 The Hollis Court Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in Queens

This must be Walther P. Chrysler with a 1924 Chrysler B-70 roadster. The B-70, the first Chrysler model, was also the first medium-priced car with a high compression engine.
The only link I could find with the Vanderbilt Cup races, was that Walther P. Chrysler worked as a works manager for Alco in the locomotive branch of the company around 1910, when Alco won the Vanderbilt Cup twice (in 1909 and 1910 of course). In 1911 he became works manager of the Buick Motor Company.

From Mystery Foto #91 Solved: Walter P. Chrysler with a Maxwell 1924 Chrysler B-70 Roadster

Walter Percy Chrysler
Maxwell-Chrysler (or just Maxwell) made it.  The Chrysler Corporation was formed in June of 1925. This is a 1924 model Chrysler roadster with the 2-tone paint scheme (all had black fenders). This was the introduction of the new Chrysler, with 4-wheel hydraulic brakes, full pressure lubrication (with a replaceable oil filter element), and a high-compression (4.7 to 1) 200 cu. in. engine developing 68 horsepower.  This may have been taken at the introduction at the NY Auto Show at the Commodore Hotel.  Walter Chrysler entered the automobile manufacturing business via his employment at the American Locomotive Company who made ALCO cars, which won the Vanderbilt Cup in 1909 and 1910.  Chrysler, never with the auto side of ALCO, left for GM and Buick in 1911, and Durant bought him out in 1919, enabling Chrysler to buy Maxwell.

From Mystery Foto #91 Solved: Walter P. Chrysler with a Maxwell 1924 Chrysler B-70 Roadster

On my way home today, from Cradle Aviation Museum, I took a look at what Salisbury Park Drive is like. They improved on it since I last updated it in July. Warning signs on path conditions were put up and there’s lines now. It looks better than it did the last time I saw it, just driving by at a quick glance

From Pilot Section of the Motor Parkway Trail Is Under Construction in East Meadow(Updated:June 17, 2014)

I believe that the 1920’s photos don’t show foundations for new buildings, but are leftover remains of the now gone WWI buildings.  Along the north side of Commercial Ave. still stood some wooden WWI vintage warehouses in the 1980’s, which slowly were destroyed by fire & replaced by newer brick/concrete structures.  One of these seems to be on the lower left side of the Oct. 10, 1927 photo.  I believe that Camp Mills had extended quite a distance to the east from Clinton St, where the Rainbow Division monument now stands, and ended close the Mitchel during the “Great War”.  I believe photos do exist showing this.

From Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field and Sonny Corleone

Howard,
I grew up in W. Hempstead and remember riding with my father through Hempstead and past Mitchel Field on the way to the farm stands, which were in E. Meadow and what became Uniondale just before the building boom.  Back then (the ‘40s & ‘50s) Mitchel was an active Army Air Force and USAF base.  I remember seeing B-25 bombers flying over our heads coming in for a landing.  Hofstra College, across Hempstead Tpke was just a small college at that time.  Many of my fellow graduates from W. Hempstead High School went to either Hofstra or Adelphi after our graduation in 1955.
Rog

From Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field and Sonny Corleone

Thanks for the Mitchell Field presentation—it brought back some memories.  In the late fifties and into the early sixties I spent some some time in that area.  The father of a young lady I was dating was the food service director at the air force base so we had dinner there a couple of times.  Also, I was taking evening classes toward a masters degree at Hofstra during that time so I was right across the street (Hempstead Turnpike) several evenings a week when the base was still in operation.

From Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field and Sonny Corleone

I’m not sure if I hit submit on my follow-up, but I’m going to guess that the gentleman is Walter P. Chrysler.  Sorry if I already sent it.

From Mystery Foto #91 Solved: Walter P. Chrysler with a Maxwell 1924 Chrysler B-70 Roadster

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From Mystery Foto #91 Solved: Walter P. Chrysler with a Maxwell 1924 Chrysler B-70 Roadster

Just as a correction, the northern piece of runway off of the NCCC access road is actually being used for police EVOC driver training as far as I know—NOT a go-cart track Other groups would *love* to have access to that site for public motorsport events, but alas we are stuck with what’s left of Nassau Coliseum…..

From Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field and Sonny Corleone

The car is a 1924 Chrysler B-70 six cylinder roadster. The model car is historically significant as it was the first Chrysler and the first production car with four wheel hydraulic brakes, among other technological innovations.  Perhaps the connection to the Vanderbilt Cup Races is that Chrysler worked for ALCO, builder of the Black Beast race car, before going into the automobile business.  I don’t recognize the gentleman.

From Mystery Foto #91 Solved: Walter P. Chrysler with a Maxwell 1924 Chrysler B-70 Roadster

Hope to see the Chryslers Chrysler tomorrow. I wasn’t going to go, but now I want to see the 1962 Chrysler Imperial that you posted, then leave, after taking a quick look at the rest of the vehicles, then go to another show.

From Video of the Week "Willie K. in an Auto Boat Race on the Hudson"

Congrats Howie. Just learned about your win from Darrell. Don’t get no better. would love to see the car some time.

Andy

From The 26 First in Class Winners at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

-Who is the gentleman in the photo?

Walter P. Chrysler affixing an ‘inspection tag’ to his newly branded car at the New York Motor Show on January 5, 1924

-Identify the manufacturer of this automobile.

Chrysler

-What is the link between this manufacturer and the Vanderbilt Cup Races?

The only thing I can think of would be that Chrysler worked for ALCO very early on.

-What is the year and model of the automobile?

1924 Chrysler Six, marketed with the model designation B-70 because of its top speed of 70 mph

-Why is this model historically important?

It was the first branded Chrysler automobile. It also performed almost as well as most cars 2 and 3 times the price at the time.

From Mystery Foto #91 Solved: Walter P. Chrysler with a Maxwell 1924 Chrysler B-70 Roadster

I enjoyed the Shelby video you brought to us , it was great , and yes I am a Shelby fan . Thank You

From Video of the Week "Willie K. in an Auto Boat Race on the Hudson"

Although the Wikipedia article states that only one prototype was ever built, the film “The Flying Wombat,” shows a Dealers showroom containing 9 fully built series vehicles…. I am sure the film director did not just order 9 cardboard copies as they look real enough to me ...but can anyone explain this anomaly?

From Mystery Foto #27 Solved: Rust Heinz' 1938 Phantom Corsair

Enjoyed the pictures, couldn’t make it this year.  Congrats Howard!

From Three Days at the Hershey Region AACA Meet

Wow, what a beautiful estate it was….. Money was no issue at all during its inception and it showed ...

From Mystery Foto #89 Solved: The Brookholt Mansion Built by Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and O.H.P. Belmont

photo appears to be in front of Vanderbilt mansion in NYC
gates were saved and are in Central Park
Plaza Hotel would be to the right of the cars

From Mystery Foto #90 Solved (Updated 10/21/14): The 1902 ACA New York to Boston Reliability Run

It certainly was a memorable and rewarding 3 days at Hershey and you still have the AACA awards banquet to go to yet. Great pictures

From Three Days at the Hershey Region AACA Meet