Tag: Newport
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Kleiner’s Korner: A Tale of Intrigue Involving The Motor Parkway
Previous posts have detailed how literature and the entertainment world have incorporated The Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races into story lines. Here is one more example by a widely read author of today.
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Audrain Exhibit Concept Car #3: Harley Earl’s 1958 Firebird III
The third GM concept car from the current exhibit at the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport is the 1958 Firebird III.
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Audrain Exhibit Concept Car #2: 1951 Le Sabre-Harley Earl’s Jet Automobile
The second GM concept car from the current exhibit at the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport is the 1951 Le Sabre.
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Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Willie K. Going for an Early Ride in his 1899 Locomobile Runabout
The Audrain Automobile Museum challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Mystery Friday Foto #31: Consuelo, Birdie and Alva Vanderbilt and the daughters of Gertrude Whitney
This weekend's challenging Mystery Foto documented five Vanderbilt women together at a special event.
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Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Willie K and Birdie Vanderbilt at the 1899 Newport Parade in a Locomobile
Bruce Adams challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Friday Foto.
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VanderbiltCupRaces Exclusive: The 1900 Newport Automobile Races & the First Vanderbilt Cup Trophy
The first major race in which William K. Vanderbilt Jr. competed was held in September 1900 in Newport, Rhode Island. It was also at this race where the first William K.Vanderbilt Jr. cup was given to a winner of an automobile race...four years before the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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The 1901 Newport Automobile Races
One of the most exciting American auto races in 1901 was the Newport Automobile Races organized by 23-year old William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and the National Auto Racing Association.
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