Tag: Peter Helck
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Jul 21 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: From the Helck Family Collection- In Search of the 1905 Locomobile Racer
Prior to "Old 16" gaining fame and fortune, the Locomobile Company built a "monster" racer that participated in the 1905 Gordon Bennett and Vanderbilt Cup Races. While much is known about "Old 16", very little attention is given to why the 1905 racer was built and what became of it. An unpublished article found in the Peter Helck Family Collection and additional research and information provided by blog reader Allen Haywood provides further detail.
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Jun 26 2020
Update: Peter Helck’s 1921 Benz-Mercedes “Rabbit-the-First” Now Owned by Jay Leno
Tim Helck, the grandson of Peter Helck, has forwarded as recent Jay Leno's Garage YouTube on the 1981 Benz-Mercedes Rabbit-the-First once owned by Peter and now owned by Jay Leno.
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Jun 13 2020
Update: The 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds
In June 1946, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America sponsored its 50th Anniversary Jubilee featuring a parade of over 75 vintage cars and nine races at the Mineola Fair Grounds on Long Island. Update (June 13, 2020): Another film on the Jubilee has been posted on YouTube.
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Jan 22 2020
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Unique Watercolors Painted for Peter Helck from Fellow Artist John W. Burgess
From the Helck Family Collection comes a series of watercolor paintings personally created for Peter Helck by automobile artist John W. Burgess (1911-1992).
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Dec 16 2019
Mystery Foto #50 Solved: Joe Tracy & Jerry Helck in Old 16 at the 1945 Franklin County Fair
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Oct 21 2019
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Old 16 Mystery Foto.
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Aug 09 2019
Art Student Cheryl Rubin Awarded the Third Peter Helck Scholarship
Congratulations to Cheryl Rubin as the 2019/2020 recipient of the Peter Helck Scholarship at the Art Students League of New York.
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Jun 03 2019
Mystery Foto #22 Solved: Peter Helck, Golfer Gene Sarazen and Old 16 in 1948
This weekend's Mystery Foto was taken at a New York celebrity party.
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May 18 2019
Update: The Hunt for the “Godfather” Train Painting is Over
Two weeks ago, a search began for a lost "Peter Helck" train painting that was seen in the famous "Five Families" scene in the Godfather film. Jerry Jordak and Greg Anderson have solved this mystery.
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Feb 13 2019
Jerry Helck: Anyone Here Ever Seen A Vanderbilt Cup Race?
Jerry Helck, former owner of Old 16 Locomobile and the son of artist icon Peter Helck, wants to know if anyone else is a member of the two Vanderbilt Cup Races Club?
