Vanderbilt Cup Races

I find it interesting that the original transfer plans seemed to be that the Motor Parkway would be refurbished as local roads and kept largely intact. What would be even more interesting is learning how that only happened in Suffolk, and the Queens bike path segment, but finding out how Nassau simply abandoned so much of the route and how that came about.

From The Day Vanderbilt and Moses Announced the Long Island Motor Parkway Was Closing

Very nice coverage of the L.I. Motor Parkway!

From The Day Vanderbilt and Moses Announced the Long Island Motor Parkway Was Closing

Nice Tucker stuff !

From Tucker 1044 Participates at the Unveiling of the Tucker Torpedo Concept Car at the AACA Museum

Enjoyed reading this….Thanks for finding it and sharing it….

From The Day Vanderbilt and Moses Announced the Long Island Motor Parkway Was Closing

The building is the old Rockville Centre Public Library on Clinton Ave. built with a Carnegie grant in 1903 / 1904.

From Mystery Foto #40 Solved: A Willys-Overland Whippet in Front of Rockville Centre's Carnegie Library

Wayne does seem to keep very busy.  When Andrew Cuomo announced that FDR’s Packard was being ‘restored’, Cuomo was a bit off, but not knowing what was going on, I was a bit to’d that a NY restorer didn’t get the work.  Except that all that was being done was to make it run - safely (after decades in a museum that it had entered with mechanical problems) - and Wayne was the one selected to get it done.  Then, of course, it showed up for the opening of the new Koz… (can’t spell it) bridge - running, of course, driven by AC.

From Tucker 1044 Honored with the "Wayne Carini Award" at the Hemmings Concours d'Elegance

Will let others figure out the car, but year is circa 1930.

The building is the Clinton Avenue Library in Rockville Center.  Built in 1912 and existed until 1962.  The donor was Andrew Carnegie who gave $10,000 for the library (one of many donations he made for libraries to be built) on property given by John Lyon.  The building is at 11 Clinton Avenue, near the intersection with Front Street, near the RC LIRR station. Today it is an office building, housing numerous lawyers.

From Mystery Foto #40 Solved: A Willys-Overland Whippet in Front of Rockville Centre's Carnegie Library

The Rockville Centre library, built in 1912, seen in the 1930’s.

The car looks like it could be a 1927 Willys-Overland Whippet Model 96

From Mystery Foto #40 Solved: A Willys-Overland Whippet in Front of Rockville Centre's Carnegie Library

Mystery Foto #40… The auto in the photo is a 1928 Willys Overland 96 Knight or at least I want to believe that it is. All cars really did look alike back then. It could easily be a Jewett, a Chandler, a Paige Broughham, a Whippet.
The building is the fourth home of the Rockville Centre library built in 1912.

From Mystery Foto #40 Solved: A Willys-Overland Whippet in Front of Rockville Centre's Carnegie Library

GARY, THANKS FOR THE FOLLOW UP INFORMATION. ON THE 1901 ROCHESTER. IT SEEMS IT IS NO LONGER ON L.I. BUT AT LEAST IT IS IN THE U.S.A. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THE 1899 LOCOMOBILE THAT WAS ON L.I. IS NOW. ALSO DOES SAM GRECO HAVE MORE THAN ONE CURVED DASH OLDSMOBILE.
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Howard Kroplick

Gene, Sam Greco has three Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabouts (1901, 1902 and 1903)

From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: The 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout Owned by Sam Greco

MORE INFORMATION ON MY 1967 SHELBY. I BOUGHT IT AT A NYC POLICE DEPARTMENT AUCTION IN 1971. I FIRST SAW IT AT THE IMPOUND YARD IN WHITESTONE, NY AT THAT TIME IT WAS JUST CONSIDERED A FANCY MUSTANG. i WAS HIGH BIDDER AT $850. IF I HAD NOT BOUGHT IT IT MAY HAVE BEEN BOUGHT FOR SCRAP OR PARTING OUT. I HAVE THE MARTI REPORT AND IT SEEMS I AM THE SECOND OWNER IF YOU DO NOT COUNT THE NYC POLICE DEPARTMENT.  I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT GOT TO THE IMPOUND YARD BUT I CAN ONLY ASSUME IT WAS STOLEN AND RECOVERED . PARTS THAT WERE MISSING WHEN I GOT IT WERE 2 OF THE ORIGIN AL MAGSTAR WHEELS BATTERY DISTRIBUTOR AND FACTORY OVAL AIR CLEANER. I WAS ABLE TO GET CORRECT SHELBY NUMBERED REPLACEMENT PARTS FROM A FRIEND WHO WAS THE PARTS MANAGER AT A LOCAL DEALER. I REBUILT THE CARBURETORS AND GOT IT RUNNING. I ALSO HAVE SEVERAL WORK REPAIR ORDERS FROM LARSON FORD WHERE IT WAS SOLD FROM THE DEALER TOUCHED UP SOME OF THE PAINT. ALSO THE HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED. THE ORIGINAL 4 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW. YEARS LATER AFTER BEING IN STORAGE, I TOOK THE TRANSMISSION APART AND FOUND THE “TECHNICIAN” WHO WORKED ON IT AT LARSEN FORD IN 1968 PUT THE TRANSMISSION TOGETHER WRONG, I CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE COUNTER-SHAFT WITH A NEW ONE. I DROVE IT VERY LITTLE AND THEN STORED IT FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS. LATELY I HAVE ONLY TAKEN IT OUT A FEW TIMES FOR SHOWING IT AND CLUB EVENTS. A FEW YEARS AGO I TOOK IT TO THE MUSTANG CLUB OF AMERICA SHOW HERE ON LONG ISLAND AND WAS ABLE TO WIN A GOLD , WHICH IS THE HIGHEST AWARD. CAR HAS NOW BEEN IN STORAGE FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND NYS DMV WILL NOT RENEW REGISTRATION ONLINE.  THEY TELL ME I WILL HAVE TO GO TO DMV OFFICE PERSONALLY TO RENEW IT.

From Car Collection Profile: 1966 Shelby Mustang GT-350H SFM6S475

Very relevant information. Thank you

From The Day Vanderbilt and Moses Announced the Long Island Motor Parkway Was Closing

Many of Parker Wickham’s automobiles wound up at the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska - one of the best auto museums in the U.S.  And yes, his 1901 Rochester Steam Runabout is there.  Also located there is the 1899 Hertel that Henry Austin Clark once owned (among other ex-HAC vehicles on exhibit).

From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: The 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout Owned by Sam Greco

Congratulations Howard Well deserved Mazel Tov JeRita

From Howard Kroplick Honored with the 2017 George Barris Cup at the Nassau County Cruise to the Show

CARROLL SHELBY ALSO SIGNED THE GLOVE BOX DOOR FROM MY 1967 SHELBY GT 500 NUMBER 1726, THIS WAS FROM WHEN I MET HIM AT ATLANTIC CITY NJ SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I ALSO HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM SHAKING MY HAND AS HE IS HANDING ME THE SIGNED GLOVE BOX DOOR. I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN OFF THE BRUSHED ALUMINUM DASH PANEL INSTEAD BECAUSE THE SIGNATURE ON TH GLOVE BOX DOOR IS HARD TO SEE. I HAVE OWNED THE SHELBY FOR 47 YEARS. IT HAS ABOUT 22,000 MILES ON IT NOW HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF STORAGE GARAGE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT MANDATED FUEL HAS NOT DESTROYED THE CARBURETORS WHILE SITTING IN STORAGE.  THE FUEL PUMP IS THE ORIGINAL MECHANICAL FUEL PUMP FROM 1966.
  THE CURRENT GASOLINE ALSO RUINED MY TURBO CORVAIR ENGINE BY EATING UP THE FUEL PUMP. ALSO IT DAMAGED THE CARTER YH CARBURETOR ON THE ORIGINAL TURBOCHARGER. I GOT A KIT AND REBUILT THE CARBURETOR 2 YEARS AGO AND JUST HAD TO REBUILD IT AGAIN 2 WEEKS AGO. I GOT IT STARTED BUT IT STILL HAS A KNOCK WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE GASOLINE WASHING LUBRICATING OIL OUT OF THE BEARINGS. IN THE MEANTIME. N.Y.S D.M.V. HAS BEEN CHARGING US $30 A YEAR FOR METROPOLITAN SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUTATOR TAX ON EACH OF OUR COLLECTOR CARS EVEN IF THEY ARE IN STORAGE AND WE DO NOT COMMUTE WITH THEM.
SORRY FOR DIGRESSING FORM CARROLL SHELBY

From Car Collection Profile: 1966 Shelby Mustang GT-350H SFM6S475

I also own a white and gold GT350 H, #6S490, only 15 cars from yours!
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Howard Kroplick

Tom, very cool!!

From Car Collection Profile: 1966 Shelby Mustang GT-350H SFM6S475

This mystery photo to me is too easy to me,because I knew right off the bat that’s Sam Greco driving that car and I know he has a car like that,he brought it to the Easter Parade in Garden City,so all I had to do is find about it. This is what I came up with. The car is a 1905 Curved Dash Oldsmobile.As to another car older than that,I might get back to you on that.

From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: The 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout Owned by Sam Greco

Amaziing what you guys found and probably lots more that you didn’t,that are buried under everything,that you can’t see,it would have to be dug up. Great job on what you found

From Sam & Dave’s Excellent “Lost” Motor Parkway Adventure VI: Remnants of Petit Trianon

I have a similar story from Lime Rock.  I had a copy of Dennis Jenkinson’s book “The racing driver”.  Dennis was Stirling Moss’s co-driver in the record setting Mille Miglia race in the Mercedes 300SL.  Waiting in the 85 degree heat I finally got to meet Sir Stirling.  His wife Lady Susie said ” You must be baking out there in this heat and then said oh look…he has Jenk’s old book!  I told her as soon as he signed it I would head for my car for a cold beer.  She asked if she could join me.  I said of course!  Great memories.  Great story about Shelby and his Mustang.  Regards.  Mitch

From Car Collection Profile: 1966 Shelby Mustang GT-350H SFM6S475

Just off hand, it appears to be a 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: The 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout Owned by Sam Greco