Vanderbilt Cup Races

I seem to recall a scene where Paul Hogan pulls the TV (?) antenna off the trunk of the Lincoln limousine and throws it like a boomerang.  I thought that was such improbable fantasy…

From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island

The plans depict the removal of the two Long Island Motor Parkway bridges over the Long Island Railroad. One was from the Oyster Bay line at the Williston Park/East Wiliston boundary and the other over the main line at Carle Place/Mineola.

From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge

Direction for making a bridge.

From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge

Croc was a good man.
I especially liked the scene where the guy tried to rob him with a small knife and Croc pulled out his huge one and scared the pants off the bad guy !!!

From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island

That blueprint looks like the plans for how to demolish the LIMP bridge over the LIRR Oyster Bay branch in Williston Park / East Williston. Since the bridge came down in 1983, I’m guessing the plans were drawn up in 1982. The plans show the rigging / demo team how to prepare for and remove the bridge.

From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge

Sure looks like one of our LIRR bridges over the LIMP.  I say 1908.  Albertson or Mineola.

From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge

Alex,

Do you have some photos of when your dad owned the Pierce? It’s a unique car, and I hope to see one someday. Writing these posts has given me a great appreciation for these high-end pre-war American cars.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962, Part 6

Great find Ariejan!
I had the same issues when trying to pair it to a Franklin.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby

I had to dig a bit, but eventually found out that the car is a 1908 Cameron model 7. See uploaded images.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby

Great spotting out that Tucker on hwy 395. That’s one of my projects sitting there.

From Greg O's Garage; The four "lost" Tuckers #1027, #1023, #1018 and #1042

It always nice to see new pictures of the early races, thanks for sharing!

As for the crashed mystery car, that one is a real challenge. Indeed Franklin came up first in my mind too, but I had problems finding a similar model. In the period between 1905 and 1910, when Franklin used these barrel shaped hoods, the never produced a model with a hooded dash. Besides several details just don’t match with Franklin like the rather steeply inclined steering column (with parallel auxiliary rod), the side lever configuration and the location of the crank handle.
Another option seemed to be the Pickard (built from 1909), which used a similar barrel shaped hood and shares the location of the crank handle. However these were only used for their larger models. The smaller cars had a different radiator shape and also were different in several details.
Coincidentally I had filed an almost identical car in my Franklin files, but based on the above mentioned observations the car clearly is something else. According to the caption the car is ‘An early Greensboro car ...’, which doesn’t really solve the mystery: Greensboro is a town in North Carolina and according to the Standard Catalog by Rae Kimes and Austin Clark Jr. a Greensboro Motor Car Company was organized in that city in 1911, with a note added that manufacture is doubted. So is the car a real Greensboro car or just an early car in Greensboro? More research will be needed to find out!

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby

The Godfather

From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island

Kelly, my dad owned that Pierce a number of years ago, sometime in the early 1990s. The body is Brewster.

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

Marvelous collection of unseen photos! Thanks to Ann Marie and Mark for preventing the negatives from being trashed. High-five for sharing these gems.

The location of the J15 Selden racer could be the Motor Parkway stretch just east of the Plainview Rd bridge where the roadway has opposing curves. Both curves appear in the photo. This photo along with the P47 Itala racer photo were likely taken from the same location, but with the camera panned

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby

Anne Marie,  Your comment about Italian emigrants working on the Parkway was right on target. Technically they were not employees of the Motor Parkway. Instead the Parkway contracted with two temp agency’s in the City who specialized in supplying Italian immigrant construction laborer’s. The man in the opening above the arrow is most likely also of Italian background because of the language situation.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby

Crocodile Dundee II
October, 1987 (as per article below)
Eagle’s Nest, Centerport, LI
Paul Hogan
Estate was owned and built by Willie K., originator of the Vanderbilt Cup Races. 

From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island

Movie: Crocodile Dundee 2
Filmed in 1988
Location is the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium in Centerport NY
Stars Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski, in picture
This structure is on/near Eagles Nest , owned by Willie K

From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island

Howard

I’m sure the mystery car is a Franklin, probably the small Model G, perhaps a larger Model D.

Cheers

John Harley

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby

Wild Guess: Movie - Crocodile Dundee, Date Sept - Oct 1985, Location - Eagle’s Nest Northport NY, Star - Paul Hogan, Home of William K Vanderbilt II founder of Vanderbilt Cup races.

From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island

Howard thank you for your generosity in sharing your marvelous collection with everyone Jerry and Rita Trapani

From Upcoming car shows, concours and exhibits for the Howard & Roz Kroplick Collection: Updated 5/8/26