Vanderbilt Cup Races

Ted, Steve Lucas provided this link: http://www.openstreetmap.org/ .

Move the cursor to Long Island .Click on any Motor Parkway location and the entire 44-mile path can be found from Fresh Meadows, Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County.

From Clean Up the Historic Deadman's Curve in Bethpage on Saturday, June 22, 2013

Howard,what’s that website that you can find all the limp locatoins on current maps,that was mentioned at the meeting ? Thanks.I hope you have it.

From Clean Up the Historic Deadman's Curve in Bethpage on Saturday, June 22, 2013

Ariejan, good question!

The photo was from a Motor Parkway article in a road engineering magazine.

Howard

From Clean Up the Historic Deadman's Curve in Bethpage on Saturday, June 22, 2013

For the record, the touring car on the 1910 photo surely must be a Chalmers-Detroit of 1910, probably a model Fourty. From Kimes’ Standard Catalog I understand, that the Vanderbilts had Chalmer-Detroits in the garage. So the question now is: who’s at the wheel?

From Clean Up the Historic Deadman's Curve in Bethpage on Saturday, June 22, 2013

Great pics!  The detail on the car is amazing.  I make car model’s myself and there never really finished, always adding more realistic items.

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile

The only doubt i would have on looking east thru the Claremont Road Bridge is the angle of the Foster bridge would be the opposite. The photographer standing west of the Claremont Road Bridge on the right side of the road to shoot the picture through to the Foster Farmway Bridge, the abuttment on the right would have to be closer, not further away, according to the map. Mike

From Mystery Foto #9 Possibly Solved: Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Bethpage?

Another guess of mine is the Claremont Road Bridge and the Foster Farmway Road Bridge looking east through the Claremont Road bridge east toward Foster Farmway Bridge. Its pretty much a straight line with a slight curve and the Foster Bridge is cut on a slight angle visible in the picture. This is also west of Huntington which would justify the no parking sign. Mike L

From Mystery Foto #9 Possibly Solved: Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Bethpage?

thanks for posting my work Howard- If any readers are interested in seeing how the model was built they can go to the   fotki   website and look up member ‘‘f1ford49’’ then in my gallery ‘‘OLD 16’’  there is the complete story of the build.  the car in the background is also Peter Helck’s MERCER.  this diorama is what the inside of Mr Helcks Car Barn may have looked like. it is also scenery for all of my builds. for more info and comments I can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile

The detailed work is exquisite!! Congratulations Mr. Schaeffer. Had me fooled.

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile

That was a tricky one,fooled me and a few others, Never even considered it being a scale model till now,I notice it is on a table. How’d I do with the other answers,the year it was built and when it raced? See you on Thursday nite

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile

Thanks for the presentation—I really enjoyed seeing that.  If, as Brian d. McCarthy suggests, Josato may come across artifacts, perhaps they would be willing to notify the LIMP Preservation Society.

From In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown

Could be at Bill Harrah’s museum.

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile

Added Grandstand location and a guess of Grandstand Road to google map:

http://goo.gl/maps/Ah1ne

From In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown

Yes, Ellen - and thanks to your help (and your truck) it was an even greater day!.  Thanks to Steve L. and Howard too!  We’ll definitely keep abreast of construction activities before, during and after they commence.

From In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown

The floor and car seem to perfect. They appear like a staged set. My guess on age is with the past few years.

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile

I believe Mr Vanderbilt is standing directly behind the gentleman with both arms raised.  The atlas prints are always informative.  There was to be 2 HWY bridges on either sides of the grandstand location?  I’d like to think that Josato will come across artifacts during construction.

From In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown

This was a great day.

From In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown

I don’t no but where is it taken.It looks like a great place.I see another car in the picture what is it? Also a set of tool boxes that look new.also tools on the floor look crome plated .was it early 50’s?

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile

It’s a current picture which has been taken in black and white to fool one into believing its older. It’s modern.

From Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 2013 Photo of a Model of Old 16 Locomobile

I am interested in a classic car show event to be held in Westhampton Beach NY this
summer, to benefit the Westhampton Beach Free Library.Please contact me with
information on the club that would be interested in assisting our organization.
Sincerely,

Mary Anne Yutes
Fundraiser

From Upcoming Exhibit: "Car Culture: Art and the Automobile" 4/27/13- 8/11/13, Huntington, NY