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Yes Brian, a tricky one indeed. Everywhere I relocated the Motor Pkwy in the Levittown area didn’t make any sense. Another great stumper photo by Howard! Hope all is well with you and family.

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Thanks Howard, but I wasn’t right at all. Both Frank and I thought that was Louis Chevrolet. Always thought that the road construction image was viewed west towards Newbridge Rd. Needed to flip the map below and so everything would be clear to me.

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Had to be early 1908 because the Bloomingdale Rd bridge wasn’t built yet in the photo. Did not know CT had plates in 1908 before NY’s 1910. Learning something new everyday. Great stuff!

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Not sure if I answered earlier but here goes another try. Hempstead plains in Levittown I believe looking east, front tire is casting a shadow towards the north. Auto is heading west towards a southwest bound curve. Driver could be Louis Chevrolet. License plate indicates photo is 1910 or later. Photo could have been taken after the demolition of the Levittown Grandstand (1908-1910), but unlikely. I don’t see any earth movement in the background. That could be the original Farmedge Rd on the left but the Bloomingdale Rd bridge is missing in the background. That small structure on the right could be one of many sump culverts in Levittown, however it’s not the culvert behind 173 Orchid Rd (photo below from Mystery #68, May 19, 2014). This one is a real head scratcher, looking forward to the impossible answer

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Interesting read. Was Pardington’s unsuccessful attempt to obtain a guard of militiamen in 1907 the only reason for the absence of the 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race?

From Kleiner's Korner: And now for something completely different #4- Willie K.

Seems that A. R. Pardington also had problems with the police regarding speeding.  Fined $10 and bail of $100 for going 30 mph!  From the “Brooklyn Home” of Sept. 11, 1907.

From Kleiner's Korner: And now for something completely different #4- Willie K.

Guys, the current owner of Pegasus Mustang is my brother. He recently had a stroke.
Anyone interested with his car please contact me.

From Mystery Foto #13 Solved: Mustang Pegasus and Mustang III on Display at the 1965 Autorama in Detroit

Assemble the car, assemble the history, perfect! Congrats!

From Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

I think we’re on the LIMP looking southeast in the vicinity of Bloomingdale Road in the Hempstead Plains. The car could be a 1908 Locomobile Model 40 being driven by Andrew L. Riker, an engineer for Locomobile. The license plate is a manufacturer’s plate. According to the caption on Page 44 of “The Long Island Motor Parkway” by two well-known Long Island authors, the date is September, 1908.

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Jan, the Falcon Challenger III is a one-of-a kind Holman Moody racer. It also toured on the Ford Custom Caravan with the Mustang III.

I am very excited about adding C3 to my collection. Howard

From Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

Rog, it is in good shape…just in pieces! Howard

From Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

What happened to the collection of Henry Austin Clark jr?
I attach a photo of my 1929 RR. That I bought here in Jackson Heights in
1967 for $1500 and sold a year or so later.  I used it in a parade of antique cars for the NY opening of “A Countess from Hong Kong” . Each AACA-Greater NY Region member with antique auto got $50 for attending.

From The 1954 Carnival of Cars parade down Fifth Avenue

Howard,
From here, the car looks to be in very good shape.  Have fun.

Rog

From Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

Remind me again about your lust for this car please!

From Update: The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III has landed!

Agreed that photos H & L are the 1912 Packard model 18 Landaulet. This car had a previous life as a taxi cab and when Austin purchased it, before he repainted it , it was still marked/lettered as such. There probably are photos of it in that guise in the Henry Ford museum collection that has Austin’s library that he donated to them . He had a file folder on each car he ever owned. I “drove” that Packard one evening - well was behind the wheel steering anyway when Austin and I towed it from his museum west to the golf course about a mile away on the same north side of the road for an event to raise funds for ARF - the Animal Relief Fund that was a favorite charity of Charles and Tee Addams ( he the well known cartoonist) who were chair people of the event. ( Charles had a great collection of pre WWII era European sports cars) Austin towed it ( with a rope)  with his wife Waleta’s newish Toyota sedan and we stayed mainly in the shoulder of the road . We tried to get it to run just before we went to the fund raiser but it would not start. Behind us was the gal I worked with and also was an old car person. She was driving my 1941 Packard station wagon as a “sweep car”, since the 1912 Packard had no lights that worked and the 41 Packard had two tail lights that were about 4 inches in diameter and did. We also towed it back to the museum after the event was over at about 1 am the next morning- that was “fun ”  too. SO many stories about the ‘adventures ’  I shared with Austin. I believe that Packard model 18 landaulet is now in a collection in southern N.J.

From The 1954 Carnival of Cars parade down Fifth Avenue

This amazing photo most likely taken in the flat Hempstead Plains (Levittown today); photo is definitely looking East (Check out the shadow by the front wheel casting towards the north). Troublesome photo. Don’t know exact location in Levittown but that small guardrail structure on the right side of Motor Pkwy (on its southside) could be a culvert crossing mini-bridge? The vehicle with license plates places it at 1910 or after, when license plates were first distributed. The vehicle is approaching a curve heading towards the south. This could be the location of the Motor Pkwy just west of the future Levittown Grand Stand in Levittown (1908 - 1910), and curving south -  to then parallel with today’s Carnation Rd. The driver could be Louis Chevrolet behind the wheel. Great historic photo of early Long Island joined with early Motor Pkwy in post 1910 Levittown, Long Island. Looking forward to this week’s answers. I think I’m correct with my assumptions. Amazing open fields of early Long Island back then, just 110 +- years ago!

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Thanks guys!  Glad you liked it.

From Kleiner's Korner: A U.S. Army Signal Corps (Mineola) Scrapbook

*Location & Orientation:  Hempstead Plains & viewing west on the LIMP. Very near the Grandstand area.

*Driver & Automobile:  Looks like Louis Chevrolet at the wheel. Guess the car is a type of Buick since Louis drove cars for that corporation prior to his establishment of Chevrolet.

*License Plate: pretty sure it’s considered a manufacturers type plate, rather than the plate being issued by NY at the time.

*Date: 1908, before October and any type races. No barriers or fencing is seen in this location yet.

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Just for fun:

A.L. Riker Jr, an accomplished individual himself, loved keeping his father’s legacy alive. Here’s his personal Christmas card to Peter Helck showing him and his wife Eleanor in their unrestored, green 1917 Locomobile Gunboat in 1969.

From Mystery Friday Foto #23: A.L. Riker road testing the Motor Parkway in a 1908 Locomobile 40

Howard!! What a car, only if I could see it live and up close, it’s the best of the best, but they all are and another 1of1 too. Next is to get that garage and proudly display and show them off, don’t you think so? As you can see I’m trying to keep up with you,I try to read the mysteries, but don’t have the time to answer. I made the time for this. It was a big event for you and I had to share it with you.  Take care and be safe, Ted
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Thanks Ted! Great to hear from you! Howard

From Updated: VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The one-of-a-kind 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III is headed to the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage