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I looked at the map a little bit more and found out it didn’t go thru anywhere close to where I live in Plainview, I have to look somemore,I might have found somewhere else I might know of,most of the places I saw you know of them already.

From A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway

What a great tool Wayne’s map is.  Andrew can use it ti go 1/2 mile north of Ruland Road on Maxxes Road and track along the LIMP from the bridge there.  I need to figure how to download it to my Iphone 4.  Is it an APP?  Is it ON Google Map?
Great Job Wayne !
Bruce Adams
Corr Secty.
LIMP Preservation Society

From A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway

The map of the outline of where the motor parkway ran is great. I have to look at it more closely before I can comment on it,from what I see,I think I know of a few places it ran and may have to go check it out,if it’s the area where I live and too far,maybe I’ll find something.

From A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway

This is a fantastic aid to really understanding how the VMP wound its way across the island!  What I learned from it is this:  I worked on Ruland Road in Melville and I would often wonder where the VMP ran through that area. What I learned is that it ran right through what was my office!  Often I would stand outside the front of the building and try to see any signs in the woods across the street that might tip off where the old road had been.  Turns out, I was ‘sitting on the road’ every day! 

Great job Wayne!  Thank you!

From A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway

99.9% of the work was done. All I did was connect the dots from Howard’s LIMP site. Please help with comments or corrections. Feel free to download the KML file from the google map and use it in google earth or convert it to a GPS file that will load into a hand held GPS. I use a Garmin eTrex and used a program GPSbable ( google it ) to convert it to .GPX.
Note - the photos in the locations as noted above are not copied which may infringe on copyright laws. Instead they are a link to the photo on the web site they are stored on. None of the images were copied just used the “hot link” feature of google maps.
Thanks Howard for a great site.

From A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway

Very interesting about Henry Ford’s Trophy,that it could still exist,but who was that person who bought it and what did he do with it,or where did it go from there, that’s the question.Someone out there will find it,now that it’s in the open,like always,you just have to know the know how,to find it Good luck. By the way do you know about The Classics at the Taj Mahal on March 1 in Atlantic City?

From Edsel Ford II Needs Your Help to Find Henry's 1901 Trophy

Hope everyone had a happy and joyfull new years. Howard,thanks for all the updates on everything you can come up with and that’s alot,don’t know how you do it,as your readers say “you are so informative”. Everytime I come on,there’s something new and learning more about the Vanderbilt Cup Races and Motor Parkway. It’s amazing how much there’s to know,so much we don’t know too,but somehow you Howard or someone else does find it

From 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler Highlighted in Vanderbilt Museum Annual Report 2012

Tom Cooper purchased the 999 Auto from Henry Ford on Oct. 13, 1902. Barney Oldfield drove the 999 Auto to beat Alex Winton in his Winton Bullet Auto on Oct. 25, 1902. As a result of of this publicity and with the financial backing of Alex Y. Malcomson the Ford Motor Company was launched in November 1902.

From Film "The Race That Changed Everything" with Edsel B. Ford II

Thought I’d sent my thank-you to everyone who helped identify my Aunt Nell’s car, but apparently not. I appreciate the more-than-I-ever-expected-to-know response and enjoy the photo more knowing it’s a 1912 Overland.

Thanks again to you all,

Rog

From Can You Identify Aunt Nell Patterson's Automobile?

From Ann B:

Happy New Year to you and your family Howard!  As always, I enjoy your blogs especially the Top 20 Posts, this week, which included the piece John had the thrill to film with Greg for NEWS 4.

From The Top Twenty 2012 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com

Hi Roy:

It is Route 107. A section of the Motor Parkway is still there as an access road to a Nassau County Police Department Eighth Precinct from Massapequa-Hicksville Road.

From A View of the Vanderbilt Cup Races From the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Motor Parkway Bridge

Hi Roy:

It is Route 107. A section of the Motor Parkway is still there as an access road to a Nassau County Police Department Eighth Precinct from Massapequa-Hicksville Road.

From A View of the Vanderbilt Cup Races From the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Motor Parkway Bridge

From Roy W. (Boca Raton)

Is the Hicksville/Massapequa road in the photos today what is now 106/107. If so, what happened to the LIMP right-of-way

Thanks.

Roy

PS. A long time fan who grew up in Fresh Meadows and rode my bike on the Motor Parkway all the way to Union Turnpike

From A View of the Vanderbilt Cup Races From the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Motor Parkway Bridge

From Robert R.:

Terrific Edsel Ford piece, Howard.

Happy New Year.

From Film "The Race That Changed Everything" with Edsel B. Ford II

So many of the early automobile manufacturers have been forgotten.  They developed almost all the engine technology used today in just a couple decades.  I remember seeing the 1908 Frayer-Miller in Reno.  It’s air-cooled engine was truly remarkable for its time.

Thanks for taking the time to reintroduce us to your great-grandfather and all his achievements.  And thanks Howard for providing this forum in which we can reconnect with these automobile pioneers.

From Profile of Driver Lee Frayer by his Great-Great Grandson

Scott;

Based on the one photo where you point out Frayer is pasenger, Rickenbacker is driving, I can guess at the other photos, but still not totally clear.

Larry

From Profile of Driver Lee Frayer by his Great-Great Grandson

Scott,

Great story, tracking down this part of your history is intriguing and can certainly fuel the OCD.  My brother and I, lifelong car enthusiasts, recently learned that our great uncle and his his first wife went on the Transcontinental Drive in 1916.  No one in our family ever talked about this, it was just mentioned in an article in the AACA magazine.  Led to much investigation by us.  Sadly, as it seems like with some of your story, all my relatives who might know a bit about this are gone. 
Your great great grandfather had an important role in early automotive development, though, so I’m sure you could uncover new facts all the time.

Can you define who is who in the photos, it’s a bit unclear.

Look forward to reading more about your family history.

Larry Trepel

From Profile of Driver Lee Frayer by his Great-Great Grandson

So much GOOD stuff and certainly much to be proud of, all shared with those devoted to the Vanderbilt heritage kept so alive and real by ...HOWARD!

From The Top Twenty 2012 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com

Here’s the CSI answer: http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/csi_report_identification_of_a_rare_photo_of_the_motor_parkway_in_suffolk_c

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Contest: Identify This Rare Motor Parkway Photo

Nobody has a comment about the frame houses in East Hampton? I do. Why would you want to ruin something as historic as that, It’s a beautiful thing,,american heritage,right Howard?l like your cars,you buy them to preserve them in their original state,need I say more?  Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR. Will be intouch some time next week

From Can You Identify Aunt Nell Patterson's Automobile?