Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Log Of My Motor

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  Mar 22 2023

  Greg O’s Garage; Willie K.‘s Racing Records

  Wliie K's racing records from 'The Log of my Motor'

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  Jan 02 2017

  Mystery Foto #53 Solved: A Rare Look Inside William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s Long Island Garage in 1904

  This holiday weekend's Mystery Foto was a never-before-published image from the Helck Family Collection, gifted from Joel Finn in 1970.

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  Jul 05 2016

  Translation: May 1902 La Stampa Sportiva: Vanderbilt, Jr. Breaks the One-Kilometer Land Speed Record

  Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has forwarded two articles on William K. Vanderbilt Jr. breaking the one-kilometer land speed record twice in 1902 as reported in the Italian magazine La Stampa Sportiva. Dr. Andrea Fedi has now translated the article.

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  Jan 03 2015

  The Unsolved Mystery of William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s 90-HP Mercedes Automobile(s) (1904-1908)

  From 1904 to 1908, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. owned 90-HP Mercedes automobile(s) which he used as race car, a hill climber and a course patrol car. The mystery is determining how many 90-HP Mercedes did Willie K. actually own during this period; 1,2,3 or 4?

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  Dec 02 2014

  Mystery Foto #96 Solved: Willie K. at the 1903 Eagle Rock Hill Climb in his Mors

  This holiday weekend's Mystery Foto was taken many years ago on Thanksgiving.

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  Aug 15 2013

  Willie K’s Cars #6: The 1907 Renault “Vanderbilt Racer”

  In a continuation of the series of the cars owned by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., this is a profile of one of his classic automobiles.

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  Feb 26 2011

  Willie K’s Cars #3:The 1902 40-HP Mercedes Simplex- The Oldest Surviving Mercedes

  The Mercedes Simplex was designed by Wilhelm Maybach in Stuttgart, Germany and produced by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft from 1902 to 1909. DMG's intention was to improve on the car's predecessor, the 35-HP Mercedes, by providing "comfort by means of simplicity", hence the Simplex name.