Vanderbilt Cup Races

Howard, All the other photos you purchased show cars with either full or semi custom coachwork by the Derham Body Co. of Rosemont, Pa. . Derham was founded as a carriage builder and made the transition to motor cars. It was one of the premier custom coachwork firms and lasted until 1967 (!) out living all its competition from the Pre WWII era of the Golden Age of coachwork . Derham survived by taking on a Chrysler - DeSoto franchise in 1936, so could modify a production sedan into a semi custom (padded top, new interior, etc) but also do full customs bodies the last 3 photos are full customs.
I always buy pre war period paper and photographs from the vendor you bought your photographs at Hershey and when I saw these just knew it was a place you had to visit !  Keep the memories of the great time at Hershey while we put up with the stress of the recovery from the storm.

From My Hershey Treasure: Five Chrysler Town Car Factory Photos (1937-1942)

I am glad to see that the cars have escaped damage.  I wish everyone well during the recovery from this terrible storm.

Steve McKelvie
Franklin, MA

From Black Beast Garage Withstands the Fury of Superstorm Sandy

And oh what a time it was!!!!
Thank you one and all

From The "Sunday Drive" on the Motor Parkway in Queens

Howard,
Thanks for posting.
Best regards,
Wayne Carroll Petersen

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From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Barney Oldfield Preparing for the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Great slide show of very interesting cars.  I’ll try to make the next one.

Ken

From Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the 2012 Cradle of Aviation Classic Car Show

Howard, thanks for your support of the annual Cradle of Aviation Show. You are a loyal member of our Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America. It was great to see your Chrysler out on the road and being driven since its decades of hibernation! Because of you this great car will stay here on Long Island.

From Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the 2012 Cradle of Aviation Classic Car Show

thanks for all your help and your input in to the show
your cars make it a special day
and your patience with kids is so ‘strange” to the hobby

thanks
jim barnes

From Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the 2012 Cradle of Aviation Classic Car Show

Tom, thanks for the info!

From History Channel's "Men Who Built America" Series

Hope we don’t get that storm, I’m looking forward to take that drive from Queens to Ronkonkoma. All these years I knew about Motor Parkway, but not that it was and still is historic. I knew about the sretch on Jericho by Westbury Gardens,I was at an event once, but didn’t know it started in Queens, the presentation informed me of that on Thursday nite,well as they say, “you live and learn”. That story he told was pretty amazing too. Got my finger crossed for Sunday,see you bright and early

From Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the 2012 Antique Car & Fashion Show in Cutchogue

Actually Carnegie didn’t hire Frick so much as go into business with him.  Frick was not a coal supplier.  He produced coke for blast furnace consumption.  He owned coke furnaces.  Carnegie convinced him to come in with him and being ready to retire gave him control of the steel company.  After the strike, Carnegie, horrified sold out to J.P. Morgan and then, like Rockefeller he spent the rest of his life setting up charitable institutions, esp. libraries as he had loved to read as a child.  (My home town has one of his libraries.  - TBA

From History Channel's "Men Who Built America" Series

Howard !  What a great show it was indeed, especially that BEAST of a ride with you, the greatest I ever had, never thought I would get a chance like that, riding in a historical racing car like that, I sort of made history, didn’t I ?  Can’t thank you enough.

From Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the 2012 Antique Car & Fashion Show in Cutchogue

Frank, it may be. Any Queens experts wish to confirm?

From The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structure #2 Hillside Ave Lodge & #3 Rocky Hill Rd Lodge in Queens

Brooks, I appreciate the comment. I cannot wait to see the race on December 4th.

From History Channel's "Men Who Built America" Series

Howard,

I actually saw the promo the other day….while watching the History Channel and saw you !  Great job !

Thanks for keeping the Black Beast alive.

Brooks Marston
(Great Grandson of Harry F. Grant)

From History Channel's "Men Who Built America" Series

Also at the top of the aerial, is that Cloverdale Blvd cutting across Alley Pond Park?

From The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structure #2 Hillside Ave Lodge & #3 Rocky Hill Rd Lodge in Queens

Hi Howard
Recently, I stumbled across the white bridge pictured in the center of the 1937 aerial above and was amazed to discover it still exists today! It’s been hidden north of the baseball diamonds since the widening of the GCP. It’s accessible from Douglaston Pkwy on the Alley Pond Park/GCP Service roads. The roadway is so deteriorated it must be the original surface.

From The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structure #2 Hillside Ave Lodge & #3 Rocky Hill Rd Lodge in Queens

Thanks Jean-Yves. Correction has been made.

From 1904 Renault Vanderbilt Cup Racer

Hi Howard,
Beautiful photo indeed!
The second picture (caption “Another view of Bernin and…”) is in fact Ferenc Szisz at the wheel of the Renault prior to the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup.
This car was the same (slightly modified) that Szisz drove 5th in the french elimination trial for the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup held june 16 on the “Circuit d’Auvergne”, France.

From 1904 Renault Vanderbilt Cup Racer

I thought that was your Black Beast .. when I saw the coming attractions on the History Channel.  I’m glad you are continuing to enjoy the Beast.  Its really neat that this car was actually in the car races with Vanderbilt as a contender !

Take care!
Bob

From History Channel's "Men Who Built America" Series

Hershey is not the world’s largest car show.  The world’s largest car show is in Vasteras, Sweden, July 4 weekend, the Big Power Meet.  Over 12,000 American cars.

From Highlights from the Hershey Fall Meet: "Reflections Through Time"