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From Los Angeles Times: "At Indy course, vintage race cars take you on a roll down memory lane"

The photo is looking NW. Love the old country-style wood fence. Wish I could identify the house in the background. The racer could be the 1908 40hp Knox; its driver William Bourque would be the first killed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

From Friday Mystery Foto #47 Solved: An ALCO Roadside Repair

glad we have you, a true historian, to protect us from the AI!

From The Glitter and The Gold: The Gilded Age and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan- Formerly Duchess of Marlborough

Consuelo Vanderbilt WAS NOT Princess Diana’s great grandmother. Google AI has it all wrong.  The Spencer-Churchill family of Blenheim are DISTANT cousins of the Spencer family at Althorp.

From The Glitter and The Gold: The Gilded Age and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan- Formerly Duchess of Marlborough

I am a grand son,age 82, of Victor Hémery, am very happy to see that my grand father still triggers interest in the US . It is the first time I see a picture of Hémery at the wheel of his car with a woman who, obviously is not his wife. I lived and worked 34 years in the US and met in 1980 with Briggs Cunningham who had a car museom in Newport Beach, Ca , had met Hémery in the 50s and gave me a book about early races in Alerica.

From Friday Mystery Foto #46 Solved: Victor Hemery in the #18 Darracq

More . . .

From Friday Mystery Foto #47 Solved: An ALCO Roadside Repair

Alco - possibly 1909.  Alco built racers for the Vanderbilt Cup race
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll - Family business was a Philadelphia based brewery.  Became famous as a draft dodger. 
Fixing a rim
Nathan Lazarnick is the photographer.

From Friday Mystery Foto #47 Solved: An ALCO Roadside Repair

That looks like a 1909 ALCO racer, similar to the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup winner. This one was owned by Grover Cleveland Bergdoll who was part of the family that owned Louis Bergdoll &  Sons Brewing Co. that produced beer from 1849 - 1951. It looks like he has just successfully changed a tire and is re-attaching the ring. The photo was taken by Nathan Lazarnick.

From Friday Mystery Foto #47 Solved: An ALCO Roadside Repair

The rich and amazing history of the Motor Parkway continues growing. This post is an amazing document of that glorious past.
Thanks so much!

From Kleiner's Korner: Match Races and Speed Trials on The Motor Parkway

What will become of those plates?

Howard Kroplick: They were purchased for my collection.

From Another set of six Long Island Motor Parkway license plates has been discovered

Regarding the bonus mystery photo, I believe that we are looking north of the Newbridge Rd. bridge and in the background is the Newbridge Hotel. I wonder if prior to the bridge being taken down motorist heading south would slow down as they approached the railroad tracks.

From Friday Mystery Foto #46 Solved: Victor Hemery in the #18 Darracq

I would like to comment on the bridge photo, but specifically on the car, which seems to a 1908 Locomobile model 40 4p roadster, as shown in the advertisement (sorry about the quality, but this is the best I have). There is this other photo of Riker testing the LIMP in 1908 in a Locomobile model 40, which has been taken in front view, but it’s my impression that we see the same car. So I wonder if there are any other images of Riker in his Locomobile during this test to confirm it’s the same car.

From Friday Mystery Foto #46 Solved: Victor Hemery in the #18 Darracq

Howard, Congratulations on the latest additions to your Motor Parkway plates collection. This new find has a plate though not specifically a separate edition, has what i would call a distinct “category “. I’m referring to the 1929 plate numbered 1086. That year Kienzle ordered 201 plates numbering 1000-1200. These plates were not issued to the general public. Kienzle referred to them as “pass” plates. These were issued at no cost, to local politicians, police officials, fire chiefs, hospitals, family members, bankers, attorneys and good friends, all not regular users of the Parkway. Even I was surprised to learn that Queens County Highway Engineers for a couple years were issued free Motor Parkway plates. I believe that only one other plate of this type exists. Looking forward to when you incorporate them into your collection. Al.

From Another set of six Long Island Motor Parkway license plates has been discovered

That’s Victor Hemery driving the 85HP Darracq racer. Although Hemery won the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup that year on October 14th., I think the mystery photo was taken on August 7, 1905 in Belgium where he also won the Circuit Des Ardennes race using the same car.

From Friday Mystery Foto #46 Solved: Victor Hemery in the #18 Darracq

Victor Hemery’s 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race winning car was one of two Darracqs in a field of 19 machines. At 80 horsepower, the Darracqs had the lowest power of all the European cars entered in the race. Only three American entries had less power.
Hemery and his teammate Louis Wagner were entered in the only two cars in the race using wire spoke wheels and Dunlop tires. They were also among only four cars to utilize drive shafts to deliver power to the wheels. The rest used chain drive except the American Christie and the White steamer which used direct drive to the front wheels.
Known as a fierce competitor, Hemery was one of the most highly regarded drivers in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Only weeks before the race, he won the prestigious Belgian Circuit des Ardennes in the 80-hp Darracq.
The Darracq’s wheel base was 106 inches or nearly 9 feet. The wheels were 53 inches apart from one end of the axle to the other. The nose of the car was square and the machine sported a barrel-style gas tank behind the its seats.
The Darracqs had four cylinder engines with 6 inches of both stroke and bore. That meant the engine had a total displacement of 678.6 cubic inches. By comparison, the Locomobile, which had the largest engine in the race, checked in at 1,077.6 cubic inches.
The Darracqs had a four speed transmission with a reverse gear.  The smaller engine and wire spoke wheels accounted for both of the team cars being the lightest race entries with Hemery’s weighing 2,060 pounds.
After the leader Vincenzo Lancia’s Fiat collided three laps from the end of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Hemery took the lead and won averaging 61.5 mph.

From Friday Mystery Foto #46 Solved: Victor Hemery in the #18 Darracq

Nice find Howard! With over 7,000 produced I’m sure there are more to be discovered.

From Another set of six Long Island Motor Parkway license plates has been discovered

When I was in Reno for a CCCA national board meeting and annual meeting I got a ride in the Phantom Corsair as the Harrah Museum had it driven to the location the annual meeting was being held. Amazing car in person.
Walt

From Film of the Week: The 1938 Flying Wombat- The Car That Thinks for You

Very nice

From Another set of six Long Island Motor Parkway license plates has been discovered

Dana Kyle Kroplick is a very talented artist! I enjoyed the Song of the Week, and then listened to several of her recordings and live videos on YouTube. Great songwriting and performances!

From Song of the Week: “Small Men” by Dana Kyle Kroplick

That voice!  A year before ‘The Wizard of Oz’, check out Billie Burke, pre-‘Glinda the Good Witch’ at the 1:46 mark!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpUHvXIXFQY&t=106s

From Film of the Week: The 1938 Flying Wombat- The Car That Thinks for You