Vanderbilt Cup Races

Yes Mark, there were 21 authentic Tuckers used for filming. In the movie, the ‘Tin Goose’ prototype was played by Francis Ford Coppola’s #1037.

However, for cars that are well off in the background, many of those were simple cardboard cutouts.

From Greg O's Garage: The Tucker 75th Anniversary Auction and a 'Tucker- The Man and His Dream' Movie Prop

Great story on the lost Tuckers!

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

Just this morning I learned of an earlier Brentwood in the Pines dating back to1888. Check today’s Newsday Life section, wonderful feel good story.

From Kleiner's Korner: The Motor Parkway Kiosk That Doubled as a Realty Office

The assembly line movie scene shows the Tuckers with WWs that was not on during the original assembly time. Those Tuckers on the line in the then modern movie times are real Tuckers?

From Greg O's Garage: The Tucker 75th Anniversary Auction and a 'Tucker- The Man and His Dream' Movie Prop

Great stuff. Nice talking to you at the Morgan Park Show. Thanks

From Greg O's Garage: The Tucker 75th Anniversary Auction and a 'Tucker- The Man and His Dream' Movie Prop

The middle photo, is that a RR crossing lights by the house? If crossing Jericho Turnpike there are two I might know by Bullheads now Greenvale, Oyster Bay branch?, or in Syosset for the Port Jefferson branch? both in Nassau County the location of the races.

From Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile Being Tested

Great story about what happin’ to the Tuckers 1027, 1023, 1018 and 1042
good job

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

Over the Christmas holiday in 1954 we drove by a used car lot near the Miami airport. There was a Tucker that was tan and black or yellow and black on this lot. There was also a red and black Cunningham C3 couple. Through Cunningham build sheet records we found that it was latter wrecked in TN. It has since been restored.

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

I’ll say this is the North Hempstead turnpike bridge in Fresh Meadows Queens.  The bridge was built in 1926 so this picture was take some time shortly after that.  The cars crossing over look like Ford Model A’s but that’s just a guess.  Kind of a tough angle to judge an absolute true direction the photographer might be facing because the length of the bridge lines up northwest to southeast and North Hempstead turnpike is pretty much dead straight west to east.  I’ll just say the photographer is facing more or less due north.  Stay well Howard.

From Mystery Friday Foto #26 Solved: Previously unpublished Fotos of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City

Howard, feel better soon!

These are such beautiful, amazing cars!

From Update: Highlights From the Tucker 75th Anniversary Celebration at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum

Helck’s caption stating Jericho Tpke on the back of the photo.

From Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile Being Tested

Howard thank you for sharing and wishing you a quick and full recovery JeRita

From Update: Highlights From the Tucker 75th Anniversary Celebration at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum

Thanks - great to see it working!

From Video: Watch the the center headlight of Tucker 1044

I only learned about them in the last couple decades, as I recall.  I finally found a car that I find as amazing as Packard, and in some ways, more so.  But then again, I don’t have a Tucker…

From Smithsonian Magazine (2009): The Cammack Collection-A rare look at Tucker Cars

Over time, lots of patents have been issued.  Some have turned out to be useful, a few, extremely useful.  And memorable.

My dad, who was a SAE member, would have enjoyed this article, and many others here.  He had his own impact on the auto industry in the 1950’s, designing car hauling trailers that were based on aeronautical engineering concepts - specifically a very strong, light framework, which greatly reduced the weight of such trailers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/carhaul/4088953465).

From Greg O's Garage; Joe Tracy's Patents

I think that might be the 1905 Locomobile being tested for that year’s Vanderbilt Cup Race. The three men in the photo could be Joe Tracy, A. L. Riker, and Al Poole. I’ll guess either Jericho Turnpike or Glen Cove Road for the road they’re on.

From Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile Being Tested

Howard,
Looks like it was an incredible event.  The cars are beautiful!  You must be exhausted.
Rog

From Update: Highlights From the Tucker 75th Anniversary Celebration at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum

Get well Howard K.

From Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile Being Tested

Even though most of my interests with the Motor Parkway usually have to do with its route through Nassau County, I found this article quite interesting.  It’s nice to see that the Motor Parkway had some influence somewhere along it’s route for proposed development.  It gave motorists a more tolerable and enjoyable ride the further east you had to go.  If you had to travel from the city to parts of Queens or Nassau you could probably suck it up and bear the local roads if you had to, but going out further east was a more grueling endeavor in the early days of motoring.

From Kleiner's Korner: The Motor Parkway Kiosk That Doubled as a Realty Office

Feel better, Howard

From Kleiner's Korner: The Motor Parkway Kiosk That Doubled as a Realty Office