Vanderbilt Cup Races

It would be fun to see the owner bring the painting on the Antique Roadshow!

From Update: The Hunt for the "Godfather" Train Painting is Over

I’m thinking that this “gentleman driver” might be William Wallace.  Just surmising that maybe he was called that, and what made him unique was that he was the only Vanderbilt commissioner board member that also drove in a race.  The car looks like it could be the 90 hp Fiat.  The exhaust headers coming out of the side seem to substantiate this.  This car finished last (18th) in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

From Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: William Wallace Jr. and the #19 FIAT

Gary, thanks! That’s the “hazard” of not proof-reading! H.A. Kroplick

From The centerpiece of Alva Belmont Vanderbilt's Beacon Towers in Sands Point was this Joan of Arc Statue

One slight correction, her husband was Oliver HAZARD Perry Belmont (1858-1908).

From The centerpiece of Alva Belmont Vanderbilt's Beacon Towers in Sands Point was this Joan of Arc Statue

I was there in the mid 60s with my parents.
I still remember that glass entryway. The gift shop and the Amazing cars. I remember it being a bit dark inside this building. My dad bought a blue bugatti type 35 MOY matchbox car for me. We were treated to a ride on the Stutz firetruck on some dirt roads behind the museum.and I had a blast with the hand crank siren.there were some double decker buses kind of abandoned that I checked out in the back as well.
Years later in the Mid 80s I found it abandoned but still an ancient Gulf tanker truck from the teens parked outside rusting away….some great memories there - thanks for the article!

From Greg O's Garage: An "S" from the Long Island Automotive Museum Sign

Looks like there are two towers registered with the FCC here both with a registration address of 127 Burrs Lane.  Registrants/owners are Crown-Castle USA, Pinnacle Towers, LLC and Holmes Farms, LLC.  The first two are subsidiaries of one another.  Towers are listed as 99.1 feet and 100.3 feet.  For more info: https://www.city-data.com/towers/cell-Dix-Hills-New-York.html#mapFCC_Antenna_towers

From Greg O's Garage: Newly discovered Motor Parkway remnants in Wheatley Heights

Brian,

Tower height is only critical for FM (and pre-digital TV).  Notice the tower has a concrete foundation, typical to support a tall, heavy tower.  It’s possible this stick is higher than the original AM one was.

From Greg O's Garage: Newly discovered Motor Parkway remnants in Wheatley Heights

I’m wrong, this is a lattice tower. But not a particular wide one, guess it doesn’t need to be.

From Greg O's Garage: Newly discovered Motor Parkway remnants in Wheatley Heights

Here’s the nearest screenshots I could capture of this now Cell Tower. This is a steel pole, perhaps the original tower was a lattice type.

From Greg O's Garage: Newly discovered Motor Parkway remnants in Wheatley Heights

November 27th, 1911.  The Vanderbilt Cup Race in Savannah GA.  The car is a Lozier driven by Ralph Mulford (“The Gumdrop Kid”)j.  The mechanician is Billy Chandler.  They won the race averaging 73.4 mph.

From Mystery Friday Foto #5 Solved: Mulford and Chandler winning the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race

I can’t answer the questions but I can point out that this photo is a great example of the leaning or rolling shutter distortion that occurs with focal plane shutters. Since different sections of the photo are exposed at slightly different times, a fast moving object like our race car seems to lean. In this photo it is most pronounced in the front tires. They are closest to the camera and moving through the focal plane very quickly. Anyone interested in this phenomenon should look it up on Wikipedia. The explanation is a bit too technical for this short space.

From Mystery Friday Foto #5 Solved: Mulford and Chandler winning the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Only made one visit, but I loved that museum!

From Greg O's Garage: An "S" from the Long Island Automotive Museum Sign

Could you tell me about some of the unusual cars that were on display when the museum was open?

From Greg O's Garage: An "S" from the Long Island Automotive Museum Sign

I love that you have the “S” letter, Howard. Thank you for showing the time series of the building. While his exceptional collection of vehicles have been long dispersed, Henry Austin Clark Jr.‘s amazing literature collection still exists at the Henry Ford Museum- I have had the pleaure to access it.

From Greg O's Garage: An "S" from the Long Island Automotive Museum Sign

Every moment of my visit with my Brother and my parents remains gratefully etched in my memory. I was about ten years old. The cars on display we’re dreams come true. There were parts to a Bugatti scattered on the side of the building including the grille and front emblem. The gift shop was precious. I bought some treasured postcards, a plastic model of the Maserati that won Indy and a Gilmore Special Indy winner for my Brother Dennis. We even ate our homemade lunch in the parking lot in front of the building. I recall being especially thrilled when the museum was featured on the cover of Road&Track;. My son Gram still has that Model of the Maserati. We also treasure the postcards. Hang on to that S! Maybe it can be used in a future sign for a future Long Island Car Museum!

From Greg O's Garage: An "S" from the Long Island Automotive Museum Sign

This is wild!

From Mystery Friday Foto #4 Solved: The 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt concept car with links to Tucker 1044 and 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler

That photo was taken at the end of the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Savannah, GA on November 27, 1911. That’s Ralph Mulford driving the #8 Lozier Racer with Billy Chandler as the mechanician waving his arms. Mulford, also known as the “Gumdrop Kid”, participated in three Vanderbilt Cup Races: 1910, 1911, and 1912. Mulford finished first in the 1911 race, thus the reason for Chandler waving to the crowd.

From Mystery Friday Foto #5 Solved: Mulford and Chandler winning the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Is the meeting about Dowling College on Monday, Feb. 6 or Tuesday Feb. 7 ?

From Kleiner's Korner: Willie K's Cars and Related Items of Interest

Feb 6, 5:00 pm. Meet Dowling’s New Owners.

We’ve been notified that Mercury Limited LLC is holding an informal public meeting at Islip Town Hall to discuss land use, potential re-uses, and preservation of the property.

The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6, 2018 from 5 pm to 7 pm at Islip Town Hall West auditorium, located at 401 Main Street.

We encourage all who can attend to please do so to ask questions about the future of the property.

From Kleiner's Korner: Willie K's Cars and Related Items of Interest

Art - That was some experience for you and your wife. I can only imagine how frantic you must have been.

From LongIsland.com: Crazy Facts About the Long Island Expressway