Vanderbilt Cup Races

Wow! This was fun. Our family saw one of those diving horses on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City during this same era. A friend of the family was very involved with Native American exhibitions like the one shown here. It was fun to see all those brass era autos running at speed. Sure would have loved to see that in person.

From InstaGRAM Report: Rare Home Film of Antique Automobile Racing at the 1960 Long Island Fair

Al, good job!

Arthur, thanks for the clarification.

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

Al Prete is correct
The portico was enclosed as a studio for my parents when they wed in 1953
The video was filmed in 1961

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

The vehicle is a Kelly Springfield Truck ca 1918.  At Mitchel Field ?  If so, why the license plate ?  Driver appears to be a civilian.

From Update: Mystery Friday Foto #36 Solved: A Kelly-Springfield Truck at Mitchel Field

Another great contibution to the site

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

I agree with Al Prete the car looks like a 58 Chevy Writing on the back of an old photo a 58 could easily look like a 53 JeRita

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

That’s a FWD Model “B” built by the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company. The date is around 1918 and the photo was probably taken at Camp Mills in Garden City. The truck appears to be a civilian vehicle with regular license plates and no military markings yet is being driven by uniformed soldiers at a military base.

From Update: Mystery Friday Foto #36 Solved: A Kelly-Springfield Truck at Mitchel Field

Very cool about the deed
Never saw one, Strength always nice to see something new

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

I watched the short Zinzi family video several times, and I’m convinced that it could not be from 1953. The car looks like a 1958 General Motors product, probably a Chevy.

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

The truck appears to be a 1914- 23 Kelly-Springfield.
The company supplied transport vehicles to the Canadian and French armies, and Liberty trucks, which did not resemble the Kelly-Springfield for the U.S. military.

From Update: Mystery Friday Foto #36 Solved: A Kelly-Springfield Truck at Mitchel Field

Al, thanks for clarifying the purchase price of the Lodge in 1938.

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

Howard, Great post on the Zinzi’s and the Massapequa Lodge, thoroughly enjoyable and very informative.

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

Gary, thanks for the feedback. The post has been updated and corrected.
Enjoy,
Howard

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

The car trailers parking is at the Oyster Bay High parking lot by E. Main St Oyster Bay about a mile from Sagamore Hill.

From Upcoming October 2026 Automotive Shows & Events

Two minor corrections - A.T. Stewart’s middle name was NOT Turner, but Turney.  And more importantly, Ron Ridolph wasn’t documenting the Motor Parkway in 1960, I believe it was about 1980 when I met him at the Cradle of Aviation Museum and he was working on his research. The original photo was taken in 1959 by a Nassau County Dept. of Public Works photographer. I have a copy of that photo which is marked “Location: site [of] 8th prect, / Date: 3/27/59 / Printed by Bob Donahue [NCDPW photographer]”.  There’s also a matching photo taken from the other end looking east from Wantagh Ave. of the site as DPW was documenting future project sites.  These were part of the donation of old NCDPW photos, negs., slides, and motion picture films transferred to the Nassau County Museum Reference Library.  At one time DPW actively documented various projects being done throughout the County.  I believe Ron got his copies either from the Co. Museum or possibly the NCPD Museum as we provided copy photos to them, and also donated a large quantity of photos and negs. to them from the John P. Drennan Collection which the Museum Ref. Lib. acquired in 1986.

From Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

Nice look at a premiere automotive event!

From InstaGRAM Report: A recap of the events of the 2026 Pebble Beach Concours and Car Week

This was a fun article! Attached here is me standing next to the Bob McGee ‘32 Ford when I saw it on display at the Peterson Museum in 2023. I’m not kidding when I say this; I cried tears of joy when I saw this hot rod in person for the first time. This Roadster will always hold a special place in my heart.

From InstaGRAM Report: A recap of the events of the 2026 Pebble Beach Concours and Car Week

Regarding the 1910 Buick in an unknown location. Could this be the east end of the section of LIMP at Great Neck South High School campus? Where the motor parkway crossed over the Northern State Parkway.

From 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City

I heard about the Tucker as a kid from my brother and seen a picture of the car before the movie and it was good But when i saw that the Big 3 had their crooked hands in its demise That really made me mad. I hate greed I personal think they should have gone to Jail for destruction and theft of company and made to pay restitution I was at a fair and a salesman for Chevy asked about buying one .I told him i don’t deal with crooks unless i’m shooting I tried to find his home in Michigan but was driving a semi with a cheap GPS And the streets hag low electrical lines

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

The race car is a Auto Union type C. The race is the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Field. The gentleman is Bernd Rosemeyer who drove the Auto Union in the race which he won.

From Mystery Friday Foto #35 Solved: Bernd Rosemeyer and his Auto Union Streamlined Type C Race Car