Vanderbilt Cup Races

Hi Al:

Thanks for the correction.

Howard

From 2019 Long Island Cruises (Updated: July 26, 2019)

Islip Town Hall Cruse - is SATURDAY not SUNDAY!  Saturday -  Islip, Montauk Highway – next to (East of) Town Hall -  from 5 to 9 P.M.  East parking lot next to the Town Hall building, 655 Main St., Islip (next to the O-Co-Nee Diner).  Sponsored by the Plymouth Club,  -  Pres., Pete Marks   .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

From 2019 Long Island Cruises (Updated: July 26, 2019)

For a great cruise night please add Dogwood Avenue, Franklin Square it’s held in a small strip mall on the west side of the road opposite the West Hempstead Jewish Center. No burn outs or loud music. 6pm to 10pm (?) I have attended for the past 2 1/2 years and the cars and people are great you get a very wide variety of machinery - customs, stock, street rods - last week I went with my 1933 Chrysler convertible and a CCCA friend from near by had his 1932 Cadillac V16 town car there!

From 2019 Long Island Cruises (Updated: July 26, 2019)

Howard,  George, Eric (son) and I have opened a new business in Bohemia.  Barn Find Antiquities LLC on Sunrise Highway, Bohemia.  We are planning Cruise Nights on every other Friday eve begining
May 6 from 6PM til 9PM. The address is 4475 Sunrise Highway (north service road going west between Sycamore Ave. and Oakdale Bohemia Rd.) Watch for the large sign on the front of the building.

From 2019 Long Island Cruises (Updated: July 26, 2019)

Hi Charlie:

Wow! That’s exciting. Please send a jpeg and any other information on your grandfather’s Alco truck to me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .

Howard

From In Search of Alcos: #2 The Only Known Running Alco Truck In the World

Hi Frank:

There were two Motor Parkway bridges over Northern State Parkway built by Robert Moses:
http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/index.php/blog/article/friday_october_23_2009_the_motor_parkway_bridges_over_the_northern_state_pa

In upcoming posts, I will post new images and aerials of the Motor Parkway bridges.

Howard

From Midget Auto Racing at Roosevelt Raceway in 1939

Hugh:

Great job! The two cars on the left and right are definitely Abbott-Detroits. The big question is the car in the middle identifed as “Entrant No.42” which ran as a Mercer.

The radiator logo and Michigan license plate indicate that it also was an Abbott-Detroit.  Moreover, three Abbott-Detroits competed in the 1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes (#‘s 53,55 and 56)..

Howard

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Rare 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Radiator Plate

I knew they were rare, but not that rare. i live in kansas city missouri and my grandfather has had one in his barn for years. it hasn’t ran for a long time, though. information is hard to come by so anything you have is welcome.

From In Search of Alcos: #2 The Only Known Running Alco Truck In the World

I just blew up the first photo to 150%. The two other cars are Abbott-Detroits like the cars that won at Elgin against Frank Kulick’s Ford.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Rare 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Radiator Plate

The license plate is very interesting. It is a Michigan manufacturer’s plate. I have some photos of an Abbott-Detroit from 1912 with the same style lettering. 5056M was one of their plate numbers. I wonder if some Detroit car maker actually imported this 1910 Mercedes or helped with the paper work to enter it in the race.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Rare 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Radiator Plate

I remember riding on Mr Clarks fire truck as a 7 or 8 year old. What fun! As part of the museum admission little kids got to ride a real Fire Truck. He would take the truck through the woods and on the street.

From Hemmings Automotive Pioneers: Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

I worked for Austin during the summers when I was a teenager. He was a wonderful person to work for, as he had a great sense of humor and was very knowledgeable in his field of brass era and pre war cars. Austin was a very good friend of my father’s and together they help established the first Bridgehampton road races after WW 2.

From Hemmings Automotive Pioneers: Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Howard
  Great addition to the history of the Vanderbilt races. The more you dig into the past the more you find. Now we can begin the search to fine one still strapped to the front of Mercedes somewhere in the world car community.
    Good work
          Noel Gish

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Rare 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Radiator Plate

Hi Jerry:

Henry Austin Clark, Jr. passed away at the age of 74 in December 1991. His memory will live on.

I am not sure what the value of your prints. Please send an email to me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and the amount that you believe they are worth.

Howard

From Memories of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Hi Art:

And back during the Vanderbilt Cup Races the area was called Meadowbrook for the Meadow Brook that ran through the area.

Salisbury Park Drive inlcuding sections of the Motor Parkway right-of-way) is the border between East Meadow and Salisbury.

I was raised in East Meadow and was at the 1965 ceremony when Salisbury Park was renamed for Eisenhower by President Lyndon Johnson!

Enjoy,

Howard

From Then & Now: The "Meadowbrook" Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow

Hi Art:

Glitch is fixed.

Howard

From Art Kleiner's Exploration #1: The Motor Parkway near Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights

More good reporting Howard. Thanks for the pics.  I’m usually on Salisbury Park Drive 3 or 4 times a week and many times daydream about it being the Motor Parkway.  Speed limit is enforced at 30 mph. so I try to limit the daydreaming however.

Interestingly, the Ladenburg property is actually in today’s unincorporated area of Salisbury, which at one time was called South Westbury and which is now generally thought of as being Westbury (using Westbury’s zip code). And Long Island’s way of assigning school districts makes it more complicated, with Salisbury containing an elementary, middle and high school of the East Meadow school district (which may be why you’ve considered it East Meadow). What’s more, I live in a section of Levittown, bordering Salisbury, and my children went to one school in East Meadow and two in Salisbury (i.e., Westbury). And if you want more, my water is supplied by the Hicksville Water District. I’m sure it must have been much less confusing in Willie K’s days!

From Then & Now: The "Meadowbrook" Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow

It will be nice to be reminded of Austie’s machinations. I feel that the end of Bridgehampton Race Circuit also contributed to his demise. His and Alec Ulmann’s stories are largely missing from the history of “The Bridge”.
Bridgehampton Racing Heritage Group will be staging a revival with the Historical Society on Oct. 1 and 2 and invite any and all old-timers to tell their tales (and bring appropriate cars with a racing heritage).

From Archives: Long Island Automotive Museum

Thanks for posting Howard.  The three pics in the middle don’t seem to be opening for me, however.

From Art Kleiner's Exploration #1: The Motor Parkway near Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights

Hi Al:

Thanks for the information!

Howard

From Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates