Tag: Walt Gosden
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Feb 10 2025
Walt Gosden honored as a recipient of a 2024 National AACA Appreciation Award
Last Saturday at their national convention, Walt Gosden was honored by the AACA in recognition of outstanding achievement in the preservation of automotive history.
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Feb 08 2025
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: “The 1913 Long Island Economy Run” by Walt Gosden
Historian Walt Gosden has written this exclusive article on a historic Long Island Race that has been lost in history...until now.
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Jul 10 2021
Update: Highlights from the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society meeting at Waterfront at Roslyn
Over 40 members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society met today at the Black Beast Garage at Waterfront at Roslyn.
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Mar 19 2021
Favorite Website: Walt Gosden’s AACA Forum-Period images to relieve some of the stress
One year ago my friend Walt Gosden started an ACCA forum to share period photos and stories of "vehicles that we love." With many posts related to Long Island, Walt's forum is highly recommended.
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Jun 27 2020
Hemmings Classic Car: Racing in Riverhead-The Long Island Stock Chassis Competition of 1909
My good friend and automotive historian Walt Gosden explored the 1909 Long Island Stock Chassis Derby in the August 2020 issue of Hemmings Classic Car. Walt also discovered what happened to Willie K's 90 HP Mercedes.
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Aug 04 2018
Jerry Helck and the Old 16 Locomobile Racer
Old 16 Locomobile, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, was owned by the Helck family for 55 years from 1942 to 1997. Nobody was photographed more frequently with this historic racer than Jerry Helck.
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Feb 19 2018
Updated 2/21/18: Mystery Foto #7 Solved: The Roslyn Motors Lincoln Dealership in 1926
Automotive historian Walt Gosden challenged you to solve this very challenging Mystery Foto.
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Jul 14 2015
Hemmings Classic Car Cover: Streamline Moderne-Walter P. Chrysler’s 1937 Custom Imperial town car
The September 2015 issue of Hemmings Classic Car features Chrysler's Chrysler on its cover. Highlights of the second article are below.
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Feb 24 2015
Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #2: J.T. Cantrell & Company of Huntington Part II
In Part II of the series of the first designer and builder of woodie station wagon bodies, automotive historian Walt Gosden shares his insight on J.T. Cantrell and Company of Huntington including rare images from his coachworks collection.
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Nov 19 2014
Film of the Week: The 1990 Testimonial Dinner for Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
On November 10, 1990, over 75 friends and family gathered to honor automotive collector and historian Henry Austin Clark Jr. at Harvey's Chelsea Restaurant.
