Mystery Friday Foto #7 Solved: A 1912 Alco Convertible Touring Car driven by Dick Hovey
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto?
Answers to the Mystery Foto questions:
Identify:
- The automobile's manufacturer, year and model
1912 Alco Convertible Touring Car. This Alco was profiled in a 1963 issue of Bulb Horn.
This Alco was previously identified on this website as Alco #11.
- The link to the Vanderbilt Cup Races
The Alco Black Beast won the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races
- Kudos question: The driver in the Mystery Foto
The driver was Dick Hovey of Dunedin, Florida. His passenger was Kathleen Carson, a former Miss Dunedin, Florida.
Comments (3)
Congrats to Steve Lucas, Ed Labounty (my favorite Hollywood co-star) and Dick Gorman for identifying the 1912 Alco.
Kudos to Steve Lucas and Dick Gorman for identifying Dick Hovey. Super kudos to Dick Groman for identifying Kathleen Carson.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
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That looks like a 1912 ALCO Convertible Touring. Not sure, but I think a certain Long Island collector owns a 1909 ALCO Racer that won the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cups. The driver in the photo is Dick Hovey.
1912 dark blue 6 cylinder ALCO. This car did not race in Vanderbilt Race but it’s younger brother did and won.
Mystery Foto #7… The auto in the photo is a 1912 ALCO 12, 4 cylinder Touring Car. And of course ALCOs won the Vanderbilt Cup at least twice.
The driver of the Mystery car is Dick Hovey.
Passenger, Kathleen Carson, former Miss Donedin, Florida