Vanderbilt Cup Races

I almost fully agree with you Howard! Except I believe it should be on permanent loan here at the Vanderbilt museum along with “Old 16” along side it! Now that would be a real good boost in revenue for the museum1After all it was our races and our cup! It’s like the “Elgin Marbles” being in the British museum, why it’s positively sacrilegious!

From Who Owns the Original Vanderbilt Cup Trophy and Where Is It Today?

Know what guys, I’m going to leave this one for you guys. Most of the car look the same to me,with the square radiators and known of the others are a team. Good luck to you all

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: The FIAT Team for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

The photo shows the FIAT-team for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup. From left to right we see the works drivers Felice Nazarro and Vincenzo Lancia, and Dr. Aldo Weilschott, the Italian driver millionaire with his private FIAT. The photo will have been taken somewhere between the first practice day (Monday 1 October) and the race itself (Saturday 6 October).
Nazarro’s mechanician was Antonio Fagnano (his name is spelled somewhat odd at this site). In these years he was Nazarro’s regular mechanician. After being mechanician for De Palma in the 1912 French Grand Prix he would become a Fiat driver himself in the 1914 French Grand Prix (with his brother as a mechanician).
Lancia’s mechanician would have been Ajassa Battista according to this site. However I can’t find this name anywhere. Pietro Bordino was Lancia’s regular mechanician, at least during the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup en the 1906 French Grand Prix. So I hope you can give some more information on this?
Weilschott’s mechanician was Colombo. There was a Colombo driving a SCAT at the 1914 Coppa Florio and the 1914 Targa Florio. And then there was a Dan Colombo who was killed at Omaha Speedway on July 15, 1916 while driving as a mechanician for Franchi on a Peugeot-Sunbeam. I wonder if they were all the same Colombo?

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: The FIAT Team for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Talking about Classic cars. I got an e-mail from a buddy of mine,he sent me pics of a 1950 chevy all original,never been restored and only has 437 original miles on it,clean as a whistle,plaid seat covers,automatic transmittion,staight six cylinder,now that’s a car to have and treasure.

From Black Beast to Be Featured in 2014 Hemmings Classic Car Calendar

Hi howard       I like your choice of favorites,but a little out of my class,just wishfull thinking

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance: The Concept Lawn #1

WOW! The Prince Henry Benz that Barney Oldfield, Master Driver of the World and America’s Legendary Speed King raced from 1910 through 1912.
Best regards,
Wayne Carroll Petersen
Barney Oldfield Great Great Nephew

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Part I

Jay Leno is hard to miss - especially at a great car show!  I’ll bet he’d love to add that Doozie to his collection!

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Part I

The red circle is definitely in the wrong place in the ‘56 aerial . . . that is South Street NOT the Merchants Concourse (just came back from lunch there)

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #33: The "Roosevelt Field" Motor Parkway Bridge in Westbury

Jim-You’re right, that particular page you posted seems to confirm #1 as a Model 30 runabout. There is also a photo which closely resembles car #2 identifying it also as a 1910 Model 30. While some details are slightly different (e.g. rear windows and curvature of the front fenders) I chalked the few differences up to maybe being a year or two off, or custom coach variations common in those days- ‘Coupe Deville’ had originally meant early cars that were completely enclosed passenger compartments, with driver compartments that were open sides and/or tops.

http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/cad1910/CAD10S.HTM

#3 still has me guessing. Ariejan, I’m not sure the fenders match to be an Autocar, but I do think it’s possible. There are a lot of little bits that say Caddy and the other vehicles are, or could be, Caddys, so hence my Model 30 to roundout all 3.

From Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Three Cars from a Family Album

John Muckel’s Duesenberg Murphy bodied roadster is exactly the way the car would have looked when new. Not “over restored” with extra lamps (spotlights, trippe or Pilot ray lights) and the color is very authentic and period for the car. Even the tires chosen suit it well. Great to see an owner use restraint when it is very easy and tempting to “tart it up”  . This car has a real aura about it for the era it was made. Absolutely magnificent.

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Part II

the celebrity in the background is YOU! talking to that guy, i think his name is leno

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Part I

Car # 1 is a 1910 Cadillac 30, Car # 2 is a 1910 Pierce-Arrow 48.

From Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Three Cars from a Family Album

Ed Hermann, love that guy!  Always nice to chat with him at Limerock at my art exhibit.  He gave an eloquent eulogy at the memorial service in CT for great race car driver and inventor John Fitch last November.  Thanks for the great photos Howard!

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Part II

Great photos Howard! I was at the Henry Ford Museum last month and got to see the 1950 Lincoln limo. I’ve attended Amelia Island and Greenwich but Pebble Beach is on my bucket list. If your Chrysler gets accepted next year then that will be the year to go!

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Part II

Hi H, I was just a spectator this year.

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Part II

Hi John, beautiful car!! Congrats!

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Part II

I’d know that jaw anywhere its Leno. Howard thanks for sharing

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Part I

Thanks for posting my 1929 Duesenberg on your site.

From Highlights from the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Part II

I do believe Sandy Leith is correct.  Walter Gerner was my father and that picture is most certainly of him. I’m so glad I found this site as my father passed in 1970 when I was only 13 and I don’t know enough about him.  I do know he eventually moved on to building and racing Offy-powered midgets and was a big fan of Alfa Romeo until the end.  He owned a very rare 6C 2500 Cabriolet with aluminum body and was restoring it when he passed.  Not knowing it’s value, my mother sold it, a parts car and all Alfa parts he had accumulated for $400. I would love to find out where that ended up.

From 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race: Photos from the Nassau County Division of Museum Services

Three mysteries at a time are of course a real challenge! This is what I made of it:
The touring car is a 1911 Autocar, probably a model XXIV (=24). There is not much doubt about this one. The 3p roadster took me some time, but all details point at a 1911 Cadillac ‘30’.  The limousine is a 1910 Pierce-Arrow, but doesn’t appear to be a standard model. It is definitely a 6-cylinder, but which model I don’t know. However, if I would have to guess, I would choose the 48hp model.

From Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Three Cars from a Family Album