Tag: Locomobile


  • Feb 18 2010

    Then & Now: The Locomobile Factory in Bridgeport

    Old 16, the first American car to win a Vanderbilt Cup Race, was manufactured directly across the Long Island Sound in Bridgeport. Here are some photos of the Locomobile factory, one of the largest automobile manufacturing plants of its era. Remember to click on the photo to…

  • Jan 24 2010

    Five Locomobiles with Vanderbilt Cup Mascots

    Some of the most sought after Vanderbilia are the Vanderbilt Cup radiator mascots and sterling silver banquet favors issued by the Locomobile Company to celebrate their victory in the 1908 race. These five 1909 and 1910 Locomobile vehicles proudly displayed their Vanderbilt Cup radiator mascots:

  • Mar 23 2009

    1908 Locomobile Trophy Purchased for $128,700

    Two weeks before the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, driver George Robertson won the 200-mile Fairmont Park Motor Race with Irving Morse's 40 HP Locomobile. Robertson was rewarded with $2,500 while Morse (related to the Samuel "Morse Code" Morse) received a 31-pound, 3-foot sterling silver trophy "The Founders' Week Cup".

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