Vanderbilt Cup Races

Standing on either side of the wooden column are Eleonora Sears, a renown tennis player of the time, and Mrs. William K. (Virginia) Vanderbilt II. The gentleman leaning on the column could be Clarence Mackay. I believe the photo is from October 24, 1908 since I think that was the only race that all three of them were in attendance at the same time.

From Mystery Foto #8 Solved: Birdie, Sears and Beach at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Aside from wondering why it was not built with only one support in the center instead of two, it is surprising that in almost twenty years no one thought to block the center path where the accidents from use by opposing traffic probably occurred and make the traffic only use the outer paths. Was any other bridge on the parkway built this way? Why couldn’t a steel span have been used such as the one that crossed the LIRR to the north? That it was on a curve only meant to make the span a bit wider for the roadway.

From Kleiner's Korner: The Removal of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge

Very well narrated, but here’s some errors I noticed:

*1:10 William Kissam Vanderbilt I is incorrectly shown as the LIMP President, his son Willy K was the president.
*1:20 LIMP is incorrectly described as 70 miles in length, was about 45 miles long.
*2:15 LIMP construction began in 1906, it actually began in 1908. Believe the LIMP corporation began in 1906.
*2:35 LIMP extended towards Lake Ronkonkoma and Queens by 1910, believe the roadway extended to the locations a few years later.
*4:15 & 4:35 The Islip Recreation Center isn’t the former location of the Petit Trianon. This Inn was nearby to the northwest.
*5:35 3 bridges remaining in Nassau & Suffolk. There’s 4 - Ezekiel Smith & Melville Sand Pits Abutments, Pkwy Bridge in OBVR, and the Hwy Bridge at Old Courthouse Rd.
*5:50 Toll Lodge is described being where BSP parking lot booth is presently. Nearest lodge was at Round Swamp Rd.

From Video of the Week: Long Island's Hidden History: The Long Island Motor Parkway

Thank you all for these wonderful remembrances. I regret not having seen them sooner.

From A Tribute to Guy Frost (1934-2019)

Fascinating and well done. Thank you

From Video of the Week: Long Island's Hidden History: The Long Island Motor Parkway

Wow a great documentary! I learned a few mor things . I live in The Eagle Rick apt. and
only recently knew the LIMP went through it! Sorry I didn’t notice any mistakes in this video. Maria

From Video of the Week: Long Island's Hidden History: The Long Island Motor Parkway

A very nice tribute to Sam, Mitch.

From Sad News: The Passing of Sam Berliner III

The woman in the center is Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Willie K’s first wife.

The date of the photo is October 24, 1908, during the ‘08 Cup Race. Rationale being a similar photo found on VCR.com taken the same day which also clues us in as to some of the others in the photo.

From Mystery Foto #8 Solved: Birdie, Sears and Beach at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

In all the photos only one Cadillac (a 1958).

From Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Open-Air Roosevelt Field Mall in 1957

Thanks for sharing, R I P Sam.

From Sad News: The Passing of Sam Berliner III

A nice report of the events Art. I suppose the technology at the time of construction required columns to support the bridge if it was longer than a certain length. Would that be correct? They were clearly a hazard. An idea for a future story would be the chronological details of when all of the LIMP bridges were dismantled. you may have done that but I missed it.

From Kleiner's Korner: The Removal of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge

Sam was a LIMP pioneer, along with a few other gents that we know so well (of course, Howard has taken it to another level). Sam and I spent many hours in emails back and forth when I discovered my dad’s photos of the North Hempstead Turnpike overpass. His emails were curmudgeonly with a large dollop of humor. He frequently pretended to be annoyed with me, but I knew he really wasn’t. His web sites, like his emails, were rambling. They were full of underlinings, redirects, weird mixes of fonts and colors, frequently funny, but always interesting and full of substance. I loved his description of himself on his sites as a “light-weight linguist and lay minister”. I’ll truly miss him.

From Sad News: The Passing of Sam Berliner III

Great historic events of the Clinton Rd bridge Art, thank you for the articles. Sad to see it removed. There was no other way to allow free flowing traffic on Clinton Rd below, similar to the New Hyde Park Rd parkway bridge. As I understand, both bridges were hazards, with increasing volume of traffic at the time.

From Kleiner's Korner: The Removal of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge

The logo may be SAE, Society of Automotive Engineering, founded in 1905 by Andrew Ricker and Henry Ford. Its sole aim was to provide an umbrella organization for scattered automotive engineers who usually worked alone in various parts of the country. SAE later expanded to add aeronautical and tractor engineers in 1916.

Could that be tree-lined Motor Parkway in the back, hidden behind the hill?

Great rare film Howard, thanks for sharing the views on how the airfield once operated.

From A rare 1936 amateur film of airplanes at Roosevelt Field

Craig Baxter
That must have been a awesome experience! Those Tuckers were something to behold.

Ronald A. Givler
Cannot wait to read this new publication! Thank You Richard Lentinello

Bob Lovely
just ordered

Richard Slim Toonkel
Saw it at The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum.

Jim Kreuz
Can’t wait to read this story…. the Smithsonian has a silver Tucker, and Francis Ford Coppola has one on display at his Calif winery…. Preston Tucker was an engineering and business genius… I wish the article was longer…

Brian Rachlin
Just ordered for the year.
If you are doing the orders and shipping I’d love a signed first issue.
I am also a charter subscriber of HCC and have decided not to renew.

John Whelpley
Can’t wait for my first issue to arrive!

Jim Govoni
This is great

Dave Siegel
I’ve seen that car! Nice to see it’s getting the care it needed!

Steve Petrelli
I am looking forward to seeing the new magazine.

Richard Stuck
I was fortunate enough to visit Ida Automotive several times while Tucker 44 was being restored.
Rob Ida is an artist in metal.
I’m looking forward to reading this article.

John Cuocco
Great picture… miss u guys

Chris Callen
How cool is that!! I’ve been a Tucker fan since I was 8 years old. Its one of the most interesting stories in automotive history.

Kurt White
That must be something to be there.

Linda Latulippe
What an AMAZING Car & story..Good choice for first edition!

Richard N Teresa Munoz
Thank you and I look forward towards exciting readings.

Rob Robison
Richard, just ordered! Thanks!!

Dwayne Christopher Burda
Just ordered mine,woot woot

Gerald Hawkins
I don’t know what number cars they are, but there is a Tucker at the Gilmore museum in Michigan, and another at Kesling History museum in Laporte Indiana

Sean Tucker
Number 1047 and number 1012

Joe Olek
I saw this car at pebble beach 2018

Tom Williamson
What a great restoration project

Mike Roesch
Hershey AACA has a couple

John R Tucker Jr.
So proud of my sons, Sean and Mike, the Ida and Kroplick families for this epic collaboration! Thank you Richard for recognizing the importance of this story.

Marty Rendon
Terrific! Just ordered my subscription! Thanks!

Larry L Tebo
Subscribing; with great enthusiasm.

John Corey
eager for #1 in my box!

Larry L Tebo
My son and I spent a wonderful day at the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia summer before last at the exhibition of #44, and we had the pleasure of speaking briefly with the Tucker brothers, Dr Simeone, and the others involved in the creation

Richard Lentinello
Larry L Tebo Thank you…..you are going to really enjoy the article on Howard’s Tucker. I had a ride in it and oh boy was that a memorable experience.

Bill Fisher
Went to the museum of speed in Lincoln, Neb and got to see the first Tucker water cooled motor. Looks like it had been under the sea! Under reconstruction.

Meredith Jaffe
Ordered my copy!

Bill Mclin
Done and looking forward to the first issue. Richard, in addition to all your contributions to automotive journalism, you hold a special place for many of us when you were our keynote speaker at the Rehoboth Beach banquet.

Marty Rendon
Bill Mclin Let me second that, Bill!

Richard Lentinello
Bill Mclin Thank you! That Grand National show in Rehoboth Beach was great, and I hope to attend this year’s GN in Michigan.

Jennifer Sturken Maurer
My dad remembered the Tucker. We talked about after watching the movie. He said the big auto makers put him out of business

Marty Rendon
The late David Cammack with his Tucker collection at his small museum in Alexandria, Virginia in 2012. After he passed away, his collection was added to the AACA Museum.

George Schire
I’m so looking forward to the new magazine!

James Chase
Just ordered the first issue….Can’t wait to check it out!

Steve Tremulis
The signatures on the crest blueprint include George Klix. As Alex Tremulis said: “The tools and dies were the responsibility of George Klix, who had the capability of developing the tools for production.

Steve Tremulis
The O’Brien signature belongs to H. O’Brien, George Klix’s Administrative Engineer in the Body Division. For a time, both Klix and Tremulis reported to Eddie Offutt, Chief Engineer, also the driver of the car that famously flipped during testing.

Larry L Tebo
I had a personal “six degrees of separation” experience regarding the Tucker saga back in the seventies. I worked in a factory in Lansing, Illinois, on Chicago’s south side, and one of my co-workers was a silver-haired fellow named Paul Tima.

Jon Philbrick
I can’t wait to read it once the magazine arrives!!! Great job fellas!

Michael S Johnson
May I ask you to join our group—pre-1970 American cars, no resto-mod posts allowed. Vintage photos and car stories are especially encouraged. Treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required. Bullying isn’t allowed.

Louis Ivan Mandich Jr.
I just ordered as well-I am looking forward to it!

From Update with new video: Crankshaft, Richard Lentinello's new quarterly magazine, is available for orders

Mike Tucker

We were very humbled to be included in the first issue, 1044 changed our life! We can’t thank Howard Kroplick enough for believing in us, and Rob/Bob for being the masterminds behind the project. The team they put together was unbelievable!

From Update with new video: Crankshaft, Richard Lentinello's new quarterly magazine, is available for orders

Was the photo taken from his sea plane?

From Mystery Foto #7 Solved: A 1932 View of Willie's K's Eagle Nest and Northport Harbor

Kudos question has me stumped on my own photo! Jean Grey maybe?

From Mystery Foto #7 Solved: A 1932 View of Willie's K's Eagle Nest and Northport Harbor

I was born in 1942 at the Floral Park Sanitarium. I am trying to locate an old photo of the Sanitarium that stood on the South side of Jericho Turnpike near the intersection of Little Neck Parkway and Tulip Avenue, Floral Park. I you can, please post photo. Thank you.
JM

From Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Jericho Turnpike in Floral Park Looking Towards the LIRR Bridge

Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport?
Northport Harbor?
Facing south east?
That’s it not sure about any of this….

From Mystery Foto #7 Solved: A 1932 View of Willie's K's Eagle Nest and Northport Harbor