Vanderbilt Cup Races

The painting depicts the old motor parkway crossing over the Northern state parkway just about 1000 ft. west of New Hyde Park road, before the Northern state was widened in the 1950s.  I had many bag lunches on my bicycle wanderings as a young boy on that bridge.  That bridge was built by the state when it was building Northern state pkwy.  The eastbound exit ramp of the Northern Pkwy.  marks the spot today.        The painting of the Great Neck lodge depicts   the Lakeville Road bridge on the Nassau/Queens border which was closed (as it is in the painting)  The building was a private residence in the 50s…gone…or not recognizable any more with many homes now there..  I also had lunches there as well as a long, banked curve about a mile or so to the west…where Glen Oaks apartments was built in the mid-50s.
    As far as lighting on the motor parkway…as far as I know..it did not have any. Lodges probably got power from the cross streets.  That was a grand old road!  I rode my bicycle from the start in Flushing, to what is now route 110 in Huntington, as well as the closed sections going east of that in later years…and drove to Ronkonkoma many many times in the 40s and 50s.  My mother rode with her uncle on the parkway the last day it was open.

From The Long Island Motor Parkway Paintings By Harvey Kidder

Amazing!

From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XIII: Completing the Restoration

The history of Chrysler’s Chrysler keeps going on as more people find out about it, now that it’s going to be shown and throw the help of Howard

From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XIII: Completing the Restoration

I’ll be interested in this one - no clue.  What I still find so fascinating is that, with all the great and near-great being captioned, no mention whatever is made of what is almost-certainly macabre cartoonist Charles Addams in his 1927 Mercedes S 36/220 (680) tourer at 0:53-54.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #83 Revealed: Russ Case was the Original Owner of "The Beast"

Wow!  Who woulda thunk it?  #8’s a magnet!  :·)

From Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the 2014 Old Timer's Day at the Himes Museum

From Roger Patterson:

Howard, but think the original owner was Herb Shriner…the car was later used to promote a North shore Long Island car dealer. It also appears in opening frame of your 1951 Bridgehampton road race film, doesn’t it?

From Mystery Foto #83 Revealed: Russ Case was the Original Owner of "The Beast"

i am sorry we could not make it, wish we could of been there though it looks like it was a good turn out. We did not even know about it, but we could not have made it even if we did because we had a prior commitment, we had a Birhday party to go to on Sunday August 24, so even if we had heard about this get together I do not think we could have been at the Museum and gotten to the Birthday party on time. We were to the Museum with you and the others a while ago it was interesting.

From Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the 2014 Old Timer's Day at the Himes Museum

What can I say?  INCREDIBLE!!!

Rog

From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XIII: Completing the Restoration

What a beautiful automobile! Now the only thing missing is Mr and Mrs Chrysler setting in the back seat..
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From Howard Kroplick

Members of the Chrysler family will be sitting in the automobile on September 14th at the Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance.

From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle XIII: Completing the Restoration

I know Marty well and have been to his home/museum on many occasions.  I’m sorry I couldn’t make it this time because we were away.
Great photos!
Rog

From Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the 2014 Old Timer's Day at the Himes Museum

From Richard C.

The images of the Beast tow car at Bridgehampton are great. I’d love to know more about it because I now have an Effyh. (Mine was made in 1953, so it’s not the one raced by Fitch in Bridgehampton—but there were only about six of them in the US.) I’ll have to bring it out to Bridgehampton sometime.

From Mystery Foto #83 Revealed: Russ Case was the Original Owner of "The Beast"

Being the huge Volkswagen fanatic that I am, I’m more interested in the Beetle in the background at the 16 second mark. 1951 is 4 years before VW of America’s inception, so seeing a pre-1955 Beetle in the U.S. was insanely rare.

Not too sure that I’ll solve this week’s photo, but I have the weekend to try and figure it out… While at one of my accounts, I might have to ask Mr. Biener at Biener Audi if he remembers anything about this one. Him and the Biener family were huge in local racing circles in the 40’, 50’s and 60’s. Plus, Grand Prix Motors was just a few doors down from his Pontiac dealership in Great Neck.

From Mystery Foto #83 Revealed: Russ Case was the Original Owner of "The Beast"

From Mark A:
WOW ! ...  All efforts and foresight has come to fruition.  Congratulations to all who made it possible !

From Video: "The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance "

Wow, how interesting is this - two of the cars chosen are owned by close friends! Howard, once again your Chrysler proves irresistible to anyone who has the opportunity to see it. Quite a feat since the car is a formal chauffeur driven car painted black with no added fog lights etc. Congratulations again! The 37 Packard Rollston convertible victoria is owned by CCCA member Dave Kane of NJ. Dave and I grew up in the same town where I still reside and were in high school together, and still stay in touch.

From AutoExpress.co.uk: "Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2014: 10 best cars"

Congratulations Howard on the win for your 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 LeBaron Town Car you had at Pebble Beach. It is an honor you deserved after all the work time and effort you had put in to get that car restored. Congratulations again on winning at Pebble Beach.
Colleen

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

Howard, I think that in the upper portion of this photo, I can see the Vanderbilt Parkway.  I believe that below that is Roosevelt Raceway and then Mitchell Field south of that.  Hempstead Turnpike is running east/west below the field.  I think this photo shows the hangars at Mitchell Field where Nassau Community College now stands.  Not sure of the date, but way before the college was built in 1959.

From Mystery Foto #82 Solved: Aerial View of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field on September 1, 1948

Congratulations Howard!  It is indeed a pleasure to see a fellow long islander make such an impact at this most prestigious of all Concours events worldwide.  Your dedication to acquiring and restoring this great Art Deco automobile is inspiring and encouraging to all of us who campaign these special cars to an adoring public.

From Video: "The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance "

Congratulations to Kroplick’s Chrysler - Mrs. Kroplick Chrysler was especially stunning.

From Video: "The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance "

I think Mr. Chrysler would be proud to see his car restored and a winner at Pebble Beach!

From Video: "The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance "

Hmmm   that appears to be Mitchell field on the bottom, and Roosevelt field at the top…..I also believe the roadway on the south side of Mitchell field is a very early Hempstead tpke!  I suspect this is prior to or just before WW2   The field seems to be not stocked with aircraft ( Mitchell field?)  Anyway that is my guess!

From Mystery Foto #82 Solved: Aerial View of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field on September 1, 1948