Vanderbilt Cup Races

The ramp leading up to the Meadow Brook Lodge in Westbury/East Meadow.
The photo is looking west from the west side of Merrick Ave.

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

This is the former entrance ramp to the Motor Pkwy and to the Meadowbrook lodge. We’re looking West from Merrick Ave in East Garden City/Westbury across the street from Eisenhower Park. The lodge was up the hill and just to the right behind the building against the low hedge in the back. But before reaching the lodge the ramp ascended up the hill, curved to the left, then quickly curved back around towards the lodge. Howard, sending a photo . 

This ramp also provided access for spectators viewing the 1908 - 1910 races. The parkway bridge just to the right of the photo carried the Motor Pkwy through the center of the building. 

When Brian McCarthy and I tried to gain access last year, we were greeted with a closed gate and overhead camera. I think the gate remains open during business hours

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

Looks great Howard! Green is my favorite color and it looks fantastic.
Happy to hear that you got that license plate. What a find!

From Updated: On the Road to Pebble: Tucker 1948 License Plate 44 Finds Tucker 1044

Looking West from Merrick Ave at was once the exact location of the entrance for the Meadowbrook Lodge.

The Meadow Brook Lodge was the beginning of the parkway section for the 1908, 1909 and 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Races courses.

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

Thanks for the update. Color looks very nice. As for the license plate, it’s the little touches that make the car great. Can’t wait to see the interior and of course the completed car. Keep the updates coming. Good luck!

From Updated: On the Road to Pebble: Tucker 1948 License Plate 44 Finds Tucker 1044

This is a driveway leading into a parking lot behind the New York Community Bank building on Merrick Avenue.

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

Give-away time!  NY Commercial Bankcorp building at 615 Merrick Avenue in Westbury{?} looking (LI) west along LIMP RoW (or was it the Merrick Road ramp?).  Ve (Howard, Al, and I) vuz dere, Cholly, ‘way back.  VCR?  Well, duh - I duuno and won’t look it up.  Sam, III

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

New photo of Tucker 1044 in Andante Green!

From Updated: On the Road to Pebble: Tucker 1948 License Plate 44 Finds Tucker 1044

Comments and questions.  OCR is NOT diagonally across first (1938) shot; it’s the east-west north end of the field, south of the LIRR main line.  The southernmos{?} hanger on Clinton was the Moisant hangar, #11, where George Dade lived when his father moved east to LI to work spruce for Curtiss; they got off the LIRR train or trolley at the Clinton Road station and first saw their new home from the top of the Clinton LIMP bridge.  The private S-43 is shown as having been bought by Harold S. V. in 1938, not Willie - ???; in WWII, it became a USAAF OA-8 (not USN JRS-1 - my bad).  Boeing 247D - my fav. - new shot for me; thanks.  ERCO was Engrg. & Research Corp. started by (Gramophone and carbon mike inventor) Emile Berliner’s son, Henry (no relation), in 1930.  Great thread for me, personally!  Sam, III

From Cradle of Aviation Archives: Hangars and Aircraft of Roosevelt Field Along Clinton Avenue

Clearly NOT Roger price, the famed comedian, who died in 1990 (and CERTAINLY not Vincent Price).  Oh, ye of little faith; of course Rob knows (he’d better!).  Howard, I second Frank F.; please do tell how it came to be in your hands - or is it a repro?  It looks too good to be true.  Very odd proportions, too; wouldn’t fit on any car or bracket I’ve ever owned.  Sam, III

From Updated: On the Road to Pebble: Tucker 1948 License Plate 44 Finds Tucker 1044

Your Tucker seems to be coming along nicely.  Love the color.  The second photo looks like a jigsaw puzzle.  I hope someone knows how to put it back together.  Just a little humor.  (very little).
Rog
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Howard Kroplick

Rog, this is an original 1948 Tucker license plate that was sold two years ago on EBay. Amazingly, Koby, a fellow Motor Parkway license collector, discovered that his friend had one of the Tucker 44 plates.

Koby contacted me via this website.It took three months, but a deal was finally made last week. The plate is now on my desk and soon will be on Tucker 1044!

From Updated: On the Road to Pebble: Tucker 1948 License Plate 44 Finds Tucker 1044

Where in the world was this found? I wouldn’t know where to begin

From Updated: On the Road to Pebble: Tucker 1948 License Plate 44 Finds Tucker 1044

Thanks Howard, as always great enjoyable pictures from the past

From Cradle of Aviation Archives: Hangars and Aircraft of Roosevelt Field Along Clinton Avenue

It’s in the works….Isn’t this an exciting hobby…. !

From Updated: On the Road to Pebble: Tucker 1948 License Plate 44 Finds Tucker 1044

I pass this spot twice a day! It’s now a driveway to the NYCB bank on Merrick ave in west bury across from Eisenhower park facing west! It was the on ramp to the Long Island Motor Parkway where there was a toll house at the entrance! Before that it was the turn that came down from Ellison ave that then cut over Merrick Ave into Eisenhower park through the golf course and out to Salisbury park drive! Some of the golf cart paths are actually part of the old race course!How cool is that?

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

Looking west it shows the approximate location of the entrance to the meadowbrook toll lodge on the LIMP.

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

615 Merrick Ave looking west.

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

Photo is looking westward from Merrick Ave.  The ramp leading to the parking structure behind the bank was the route of the LIMP as it crossed Merrick Ave. into the Salisbury Golf Club. 

Off in the distance, a portion of the recycling plant can be seen, former site of Mitchel Gardens.  The LIMP skirted the edge of the property which was intended as civilian housing for those working at Mitchel Field.

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

This is a shot looking at the entrance/exit to what is now the NYCB building at 615 Merrick Avenue (west side) and shows the ROW of the Motor Parkway as it approached the Merrick Avenue crossing, heading into what is now Eisenhower Park. The camera is facing west.

From Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 "Now" Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way

Thanks for all your comments and input.  The Ham Radio Special Event station will run concurrently with the soon to be announced Challenge of Champions “race” organized by Motor Parkway pal, Ellen O.  This “race” will also commemorate the 110th Anniversary of the Parkway and Ellen has lots of exciting things planned.  She’ll be filling Howard and the rest of us in on the details soon, so be on the lookout. 

Date of the ham radio special event station and Ellen’s race is Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.  Ellen and I had a very productive conference call with the President of LIMARC (Long Island Amateur Radio Club) and we all agreed it would be best to have at least three radio stations transmitting along the course (each with a different call sign) - one at the beginning in Cunningham Park, one in the middle and one at the finish in Lake Ronkonkoma.  And to Bruce’s comment, we might be able to have a station operating mobile during the race and/or have a car tracking the race participants real time viewable on a computer. 

More to come on both the ham radio station and the race so we’ll keep everyone in the loop.  But keep Oct. 7 free!  Should be a fun time for Motor Parkway and ham radio enthusiasts alike.

From Ham Plans for the Upcoming 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway