Vanderbilt Cup Races

This is the Gordon Bennett trophy.

From Mystery Friday Foto #17 Solved: The Gordon Bennett Cup

Excellent pics!

From Mystery Friday Foto #12 Solved; The Oyster Bay LIRR Bridge Williston Park & East Williston Abutment

Nice to see it unmarked, only the winter brush.

From Current Views of the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge

So what was soldered up and recut “Thiery” on the plaque? I never could get a straight answer.

From Mystery Friday Foto #17 Solved: The Gordon Bennett Cup

The Gordon Bennett Trophy. 1901-1905. Plate inscribed with the races and winners. When I saw it, I did not ask for the other details you require.

From Mystery Friday Foto #17 Solved: The Gordon Bennett Cup

Awesome article Howard… congratulations

From Sportshistoryweekly.com: Recalling Long Island’s Vanderbilt Cup Races A vintage car collector preserves a bygone era

This is the Gordon Bennett cup race trophy.  The car shown is a Panhard and it is steered by the Genius of Progress with the Goddess of Victory standing on the seat.  It was designed by the jeweler Aucoc.  Today it is located at the Gordon Bennett salon at the Automobile Club de France building, located on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.  The Gordon Bennett race helped established the idea of a “closed circuit” race which links the types of races that William K. Vanderbilt Jr. organized.

From Mystery Friday Foto #17 Solved: The Gordon Bennett Cup

Looks great Frank.  Nice job showing us this improvement to the Motor Parkway.  You are an asset to our cause.  For the record I want you to know that i constantly refer to the Motor Parkway interactive map you created.  A constant treasure trove of fascinating information.

From The Femenias Report: Repaving of the Motor Parkway In Alley Pond and Cunningham Park

Brian-
The narrow sections you mention are the part of the bikeway that are west of the Clearview in Cunningham Park and do not follow the original ROW in the Park. They will most likely remain as such. It seems that anything that was the original ROW east of the Clearview has been paved to its original width from concrete extension to extension.

From The Femenias Report: Repaving of the Motor Parkway In Alley Pond and Cunningham Park

What a great improvement. Thank you, I can’t wait to ride this.

From The Femenias Report: Repaving of the Motor Parkway In Alley Pond and Cunningham Park

Nice captures, Frank. Some of the path seems rather narrow. But maybe they haven’t finished paving yet in those areas.

From The Femenias Report: Repaving of the Motor Parkway In Alley Pond and Cunningham Park

#3 - Believe this is viewing north on the LIMP, then curves east under the Plainview Rd HWY Bridge in Bethpage. #5 - This view is similar to the Mystery Foto, but I believe this viewing west on the LIMP, with the PKWY Bridge over Wantagh Ave. #6 - Purely a guess, but this may be viewing west on the LIMP, between the Bloomingdale Rd HWY Bridge and the Wantagh Ave PKWY Bridge, with the auto heading east.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 likely solved: A section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course near Wantagh Avenue

I would definitely be interested in more info on the other postcards. Obvioulsy a couple are very obvious, but some are not.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 likely solved: A section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course near Wantagh Avenue

Aldo-
Look for the next post in the series. It will detail the 1920’s Rumpler Tropfenwagen.

Tropfenwagen in German translates to Teardrop Car.

From Greg O's Garage; A New Series From the Helck Family Collection: Strange and Unusual Cars #1: 1925 Forostovsky-Bignan

Looking forward to seeing more articles about this collection!

From Greg O's Garage; A New Series From the Helck Family Collection: Strange and Unusual Cars #1: 1925 Forostovsky-Bignan

Could be looking west with the Newbridge Road bridge in the distance. The trees look like those near the Newbridge Hotel. Another possible structure is the fencing for the parking lot for spectators of the 1908 V. C. Race. Date is probably October 24, 1908. The style of the card is similar to the set of 12 Locomobile cards but I don’t think that’s correct.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 likely solved: A section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course near Wantagh Avenue

I bought this Poster / Lobby Card several years ago from Jacques Vaucher, l’art et l’automobile <[email protected]>.  He used to have a shop in East Hampton and now in the Texas hill Country.  It appears to be a mock up or the original for a poster. The edges are painted but the lettering is cutout and pasted in place.  I’ve looked for years for a copy of the actual poster.  I’d be interested to know what you can tell me about it.  I’ve met Howard at a few shows with the Tucker.

From Greg O’s Garage; Henry Austin Clark Jr.‘s 1955 Automobile Auction Part 2

The question begs the answer, “who is in the car behind the workers?”. Has to be Willie K….

From Kleiner's Korner: Constructing Three Motor Parkway Extensions

Here’s #21 on the Clark auction list - 1910 Stanley Model 60 #5440.  After a recent mechanical recommissioning, it’s again being driven.

From Greg O’s Garage; Henry Austin Clark Jr.‘s 1955 Automobile Auction Part 2

Thanks for the comment, gents!  And Eric, you are correct.  The ROW would have been directly next to the offices today of NY Community Bank further north of my line.  Actually I believe the ramp leading to the back of the building is actually the roadway.  Here’s an updated pic where I believe the Motor Parkway is approx. located.

From Kleiner's Korner: A Return to the Long Island Motor Parkway (Part 1)