Vanderbilt Cup Races

Mystery Foto #16… This is the 1976 Mustang station wagon prototype based on the Mustang II platform. Never put into production of course.
Howard has the Mustang GT350H which is based on the original Mustang.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Mid 70s ford mustang station wagon prototype

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Ford Mustang concept car….

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Anybody have blueprints or a line drawings of the 1911 Fiat S74?

Thanks

From Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Louis Wagner Driving a S74 FIAT at the 1911 American Grand Prize in Savannah

Much thanks Howard!

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction

Frank, thanks for the heads-up. The link is back and working.

Howard

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction

Thank you so much Frank. I think that map is such a good reference on the LIMP. I was hoping someone would comment when I mentioned the stale link.

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction

Ernie - It is unclear to what happened to Wayne Consolla’s online map. Wayne had supplied this link to his back-up map.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1txBIpGwi8_bcSwIsl8fBNTzya-Nkgicl&usp=sharing

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction

Another photo of R.C. Watson Jr. taken by Willie K. himself in Oct., 1903.  From the Vanderbilt Museum Collection.

From Mystery Foto #35 Solved: Robert C. Watson, Jr. was Willie K's mechanician at the 1904 Ormond Daytona Tournament

Thanks Dave, yes additional research is necessary on Aiken, SC and Jekyl Island, GA.  Will report back!  And possibly new blog material!

From Kleiner's Korner: Part 2 - The Vanderbilt (Willie K.) Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina

Good stuff as always Art,
Aiken SC. This needs to be investigated. Seems like everyone in Old Westbury would go there in the winter. Thoroughbred and polo zones….these were the spots. You have to make your way down to Aiken one day and check this out, find the houses where Hitchcock, Whitney and Bostwick lived. Probably some cool stuff to see there.
And of all the places…how did they choose that location? Apparently the “grounds” there are perfect for horses, whatever that means. Jekyl Island, GA is another spot to investigate one day. I can’t wait till I have free time one day!

From Kleiner's Korner: Part 2 - The Vanderbilt (Willie K.) Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina

Here are 2 pages from Willie Ks detailed logs of his yachting trips down the east coast indicating stops in Wilmington, NC.  The first is from April, 1908 and seems to indicate the “Tarantula’s” journey started in Wilmington.  On board were friends R.C. Watson (see mystery photo #35, Aug. 30, 2021) and Sydney J. Smith. 

The second is the “Eagle’s” journey starting in November, 1920. 

Both are from the Vanderbilt Museum Collections.

From Kleiner's Korner: Part 2 - The Vanderbilt (Willie K.) Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina

Over Old Court House Road, Manhasset Hills!

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction

The photo shows the LIMP bridge being built over Jerusalem Road (today’s Stewart Avenue) in Bethpage. The view is looking south because of the LIRR crossing sign just beyond the bridge. The date is approximately August 20, 1908. The LIMP groundbreaking ceremony took place very close to this site a little over two months prior on June 6, 1908.

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction

Nice Howard!  Vintage racing in store?

From The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III is racing to Roslyn in April

Well I’m stumped again. The diamond shape “RAILROAD CROSSING LOOK OUT FOR THE CARS” sign puts us looking south near the Steward Line, or between (Old) Westbury Road and Broadway Road in Bethpage. There is a culvert or small bridge so I presume there is a stream there to the right/west. That should nail down this exact location, but the only source I could use for that is Wayne Consolla’s Google Map, which seems to have gone away. Such a shame, it was great work.

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction

https://thefriedegg.com/sunday-brunch-shinnecock-hills-clubhouse-history/

Interesting back story as well.

From Greg O’s Garage: HBO’s The Gilded Age, Long Island, The Vanderbilts and Stanford White Part 3

He designed the Clubhouse at Shinnecock Hills.

From Greg O’s Garage: HBO’s The Gilded Age, Long Island, The Vanderbilts and Stanford White Part 3

after some research that probably should have been done BEFORE I answered, I’ve discovered the date is August 20, 1908

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction

must be 1908.  after the grounbreaking in june but before the opening of the parkway

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction