Tag: Long Island Automobiles
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The 1897 Grant-The Oldest Automobile on Long Island
At the 1925 Brooklyn Automobile Show, a contest was held to locate the "oldest car on Long Island." The winner was a 1897 Grant created by W. Wallace Grant, the former president of the Long Island Automobile Club.
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Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company’s “Montauk” in 1901
Alene Scoblete, a librarian and archivist for the Rockville Centre Public Library, needed help in solving this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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From the Hugh Nutting Collection: Insight into the Woodies of Huntington’s J.T. Cantrell and Company
Over 40 years ago, Hugh Nutting began researching J.T. Cantrell and Company for a Boulder Colorado newspaper and, subsequently, became the Cantrell adviser to the National Woodie Club.
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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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Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #2: J.T. Cantrell & Company of Huntington Part I
Our second in a series on Long Island automobile manufacturers and body builders documents J.T. Cantrell and Company of Huntington and Huntington Station. Cantrell is considered the first designer and builder of woodie station wagon bodies.
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New Series Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #1:Bell & Post Motors of Farmingdale
With the advent of the automobile in the early 20th century, Long Island was not only the location for the first international road race in the United States but the home for several of the first automobile manufacturers and coachbuilders.
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Saturday Search Findings: Walter Chrysler’s Chrysler Fire Truck (Updated: 12/25/14)
Search:The 1927 Chrysler fire truck donated by Walter P. Chrysler. Submitted by Ed Jutson. Posted on 12/19/2014.
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The American Mercedes Manufactured in Astoria Queens
Most car enthusiasts do not realize that an American Mercedes automobile was manufactured by the Daimler Manufacturing Company in Astoria, Queens from 1905 to 1907.
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Port Jefferson to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Hill Climb on Sunday
During the first decade of the 1900s, there were three types of automobile competitions; road racing to evaluate speed and endurance, long-distance tours to determine durability and hill-climbs to measure strength and torque. This Sunday, the Village of Port Jefferson will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of the…
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