VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos (1958 to 1962) Part 1-Introduction
New series: Never-before published color slides of the Long Island Automotive Museum from Richard Weir.
Greg O. , Gram Spina & Howard Kroplick
VanderbiltCupRace.com fan Richard Weir recently provided 21 color slides of the Long Island Automotive Museum taken from 1958 to 1962. These photos include a nostalgic look into what the famous museum looked like for visitors. This is a quick teaser post to a new series that will be uploaded on the website in the next coming weeks.
There is the outside view of Henry Austin Clark's Long Island Automotive Museum. With the Oldsmobile Curve Dash sitting proudly on the roof of the main building entrance.
This is what the former Long Island Automotive Museum property looks today. The original building was re-imagined since the original building was beyond repair after years of neglect after the museum closed.
Thank you again to Richard Weir for these fantastic photographs of the Long Island Automotive Museum. Stay tuned for more deep dives into these and many more photos!
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WBIC Radio seen on the double decker bus above was licensed to Islip and used those letters from 10/16/59 through 06/26/67. Though hardly remembered today, at 10,000 watts at 540 on the dial with an East-West pattern to protect a station in Canada on the same frequency, it easily covered all of Long Island. One of the original DJs on that station was Bob ‘Bobaloo’ Lewis who would go on to fame and fortune on 77 WABC. Read more here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBWD_(AM)
Howard, I went to see your display at the Harborfields Library on the
Vanderbilt cup and the Motor Parkway. It was very nice and well done
good job
Looking forward to seeing more of these photos.
Howard, I have fond memories of my many visits to Austin’s wonderful museum.
I was in my early 20’s and made frequent trips with my brother and sister out there.
It was a very relaxed atmosphere with Austie walking around in is coveralls. I don’t think that any of the visitors knew who he was. I have a couple of books that I bought in his gift shop.
Thanks for the memories.
Rog
p.s. I really like the new building on the site looking similar to the original building.