Tag: William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s Cars
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Hagerty.com: A 1903 Mercedes Simplex is Amelia 2024’s Oldest, Most Expensive, and Best Car
Hagerty.com has documented the most expensive automobile sold last week in Amelia Island last week- a121-year old Mercedes Simplex similar to the one driven by Willie K.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Willie K’s Cars and Related Items of Interest
Items of interest about Willie K. and some of his cars as reported by newspapers in the early 1900s.
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Mystery Foto #13 Solved: 1900 Daimler Phoenix previously owned by Willie K.
Art Kleiner challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”
Found in the Peter Helck Family Collection are over 30 photographs of the 1903 Paris to Madrid race of which Willie K., Foxhall Keene and Fernand Gabriel participated.
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Mystery Foto #50 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. on the Long Island Motor Parkway
Did you solve this weekend's historic Mystery Foto?
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Helck Family Collection: Original Transcript- Willie K. and the “Race to Death”
Among the treasures of the Helck Family Collection is an original typewritten profile of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. dated November 26, 1969. This section of the article describes Vanderbilt's participation in the 1903 Paris-Madrid Race which became known as the "Race of Death".
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From the Simeone Museum: Celebrating the Renault Roadsters
Dr. Fred Simeone and Chris Webb of the Simeone Automotive Museum have forwarded images from the museum's 2018 calendar celebrating the Renault Vanderbilt Racers.
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Updated 2/21/18: Mystery Foto #7 Solved: The Roslyn Motors Lincoln Dealership in 1926
Automotive historian Walt Gosden challenged you to solve this very challenging Mystery Foto.
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Four Renault Vanderbilt Racers Featured at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
The 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance featured four special automobiles- the 1907 Renault 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racers. These beautiful automobiles were featured in the 2017 program with an article by George F. Wingard.
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New York Post, January 3, 1925: “Vanderbilt Recalls Days When 30 Miles An Hour Was Speed” Part I
In 1925, the New York Post obtained a rare interview with William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Thanks to a copy of the original newspaper found in the Helck Family Collection, the article provides insight on how Vanderbilt recalled his early vehicles and how New York viewed Willie K.
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