by Keith Gramlich Before our last meeting on August 7th , attending “early birds” were treated to a bit of “Petrol-iana”, as Rich and Trish Poggio from Miller Place, NY brought a number of their beautifully restored vintage gas pumps, oil pumps, map holders and other items normally found in a gas station before I […]
Sagamore Hill News
by Artie Finnegan This past Sunday, Sept. 7th, the antique autos ascended the famous Sagamore Hill. This show was presented by the LISR/CCCA. It is for pre-1949 autos only and they come out of the woodwork. I have been attending this show for over 30 years. I would go to the Ridgefield, CT. show on […]
1973 Mercury Montego GT
by Jack Fisher This month’s cover car belongs to 26 year GNYR member Jack Fisher, who with his wife, Marguerite live in Lynbrook “USA” NY. Jack is a retired auto shop teacher who taught at the Automotive High School in Brooklyn, and has 30 years teaching experience. Jack received the Montego as a 60th birthday […]
1929 Marquette Model 365 Sport Coupe
by Sal Canzoneri When a fellow teacher told me of an old car in a garage in Amityville, I jumped on my little Honda and went out to look at it. The guy told me it was a Buick, and as I lifted up the hood side curtain, I could see, cast in the engine […]
A Zenith Trans-Oceanic Radio Family
Text — Marty Goffe Photo — Leonard Goffe Shown in the photo are four hot collectible radios with a cult-like following similar to the Volkswagen van of the sixties and seventies. The founder of Zenith Radio, Eugene F. McDonald, was a yachtsman and outdoorsman who instructed his engineers to design a radio, powered by batteries, […]
Fun-Day Monday – WOW! What a Meet!
By Paul and Janet Gramlich The morning of August 25th began with a cool, cloudless blue sky, the start of a wonderful day at the beach. One by one, beautiful vintage automobiles assembled on the boardwalk of the old bar Beach, in Port Washington, Long Island. A beautiful sight on a wonderful day. A total […]
The 25th Annual Lynbrook Long Island Expo
by Paul and Janet Gramlich Saturday, September 20th turned out to be another wonderful day for antique and vintage motoring. Greis Park in Lynbrook was our destination, and a fun filled destination it was. Nearly 50 collector vehicles of which 16 were of pre-WWII vintage, had arrived to be admired by the hundreds of visitors […]
The GNYR Went to the Bayport Aerodrome
by Artie Finnegan The Greater New York Region attended a very interesting meet at the Bayport Aerodrome on Sunday July 27 TH … GNYR member Bill Clifford had his Brunner-Winkle Bi-plane out on the taxi way, and was puttering around the hanger area in his 1905 Reo one cylinder. In addition we had 25 GNYR […]
1936 Dodge Brothers 4 Four Door Touring Sedan
by Milan Sharik This month’s Cover Car is a lovely 1936 Dodge Brothers 4 Door Touring Sedan. Milan bought acquired the car in about 1983 from a friend of his in the hobby. Milan’s friend had a Model A and Model T Ford and the Dodge. Milan had always admired the Dodge and mentioned to […]
And the winner is…Awards from the Old Westbury Gardens 2014 Spring Meet
Antique 1900 – 1936 1st Place 1910 Royal Touring, Evan Price 2nd Place 1912 Locomobile, John Dolan 3rd Place 1926 Stutz, Steve Gitterman Classic 1st Place 1946 Lincoln, Mr. Hunsenburger 2nd Place 1930 Cadillac V16, Frank Ciardullo 3rd Place 1927 LaSalle, Mr. Micciche Spotlight Car—-Station Wagon 1st Place 1956 Ford Country Squire, Allan Leon 2nd […]