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Vanderbilt Museum Car Show, Centerport NY Nov 9, 2025

1948 Tucker Torpedo

I was fortunate to attend the Vanderbilt Museum Car Show Sunday Nov 9th. What better way to end the car show season than with 100 Mustangs, Fords and Exotic cars at the beautiful Vanderbilt Museum and Mansion located in Centerport, NY on Long Island’s prestigious North Shore. A big thrill was seeing the 1948 Tucker Torpedo again, my choice for this page Cover.

Eagle’s Nest is the summer home of William K. Vanderbilt II. He is the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt nicknamed “The Commodore”. Cornelius Vanderbilt was a Shipping and Railroad tycoon and a self-made multi-millionaire. He became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century.

The Vanderbilt Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eagle’s Nest was built initially in 1910 as a small English cottage. Over the next 30 years, the house grew into the sprawling 24 room Spanish-Revival mansion that is seen today.

Unique among many mansions, Eagle’s Nest was not only built with living space for Mr. Vanderbilt and his family, but also museum space where Vanderbilt could showcase the thousands of natural history and cultural specimens he had collected from his worldwide travels. The 43-acre grounds and waterfront property are a perfect place to host this car show.

Check out the videos I attached for more information. Also check out the Official website for Vanderbilt Cup Races at: https://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/

Enjoy the car show, Mario

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1 1909 ALCO Twice winner of Long Island’s Vanderbilt Cup race comes back home to the Vanderbilt Estate

2 1909 ALCO Race Car. The restored racer won the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races and raced in the first Indy 500 Race

3 1909 ALCO Race Car. ALCO stands for American Locomotive Company

4 1909 ALCO Vanderbilt Cup Racer. Owner is Howard Kroplick of Roslyn NY at the driver's seat

5 1931 Ford Model A Runabout

6 1931 Ford Model A with Rumble Seat

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7 1932 Cadillac 4 Door Sedan with engine vent louvers

8 1937 Packard Convertible Coupe with side mounted spare tire

9 1948 Tucker Torpedo Number 1044 makes its appearance. On display in front of the clubhouse

10 1948 Tucker Team. Owner is Howard Kroplick of Roslyn NY who also owns the 1909 ALCO. Howard is in the middle with a green shirt.

11 1957 T-Bird Convertible in pristine condition. Looks like a 1969 Olds Cutlass in the background Rob.

12 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III. The Falcon Race Car out on the greens, chopped and sectioned. Notice 1963 Split Window Corvette next to the Falcon.

13 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III race car. Owner is....... who else but Howard Kroplick of Roslyn NY

14 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III 221 CI V8 250 HP Top Speed 145 MPH

15 1963 Mustang III Concept Car. One of 15 prototypes built by Ford before the Mustang was released for Production

16 1963 Mustang III Fastback Prototype Car

17 1963 Mustang III. 1 of 15 prototypes built by Ford

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18 1963 Mustang III. The engine bay was fitted with a small-block displacing 302 cubic inches, years before a 302 debuted in the Mustang.

19 1963 Mustang III rear view. Owner is Howard Kroplick of Roslyn NY. He is a big car collector on Long Island.

20 1963 Mustang III. Howard Kroplick is president of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society. His exhibits on the Vanderbilt Cup Races have been shown at many LI Museums, and he is author of several books.

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21 1965 and 1969 Mustangs

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22 1972 Citroen GS. The celebrities come out for this show. Christie Brinkley poses here. She is a Fashion Model and the former wife of Billy Joel.

23 2012 Mustang GT/CS California Special, Limited Production

24 Many varieties of Mustangs and size engines

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25 Beautiful Fall day for a car show

26 Newer Mustangs on display. Over 100 Mustangs came out to the Mustang Show

27 Lots of Shelby and Classic Mustangs at the show

28 Beautiful view overlooking the Long Island Sound on the North Shore

29 Over 100 Vintage and New Mustangs showed up for the car show

30 The Vanderbilt Museum hosted this Mustang All Ford Car Show in Centerport Long Island NY

31 Row of Mustangs at the Vanderbilt Mansion water's edge on 43 acres

32 Vanderbilt Mansion is known as the Eagles Nest. Several Eagles live on this preserve

33 Nice aerial view of the Vanderbilt Mansion Estate

34 The Vanderbilt Estate is set on 43 rolling acres of waterfront property on Long Island's prestigious north shore and open to the public to visit

Video and audio clips

The Vanderbilt Mansion, Museum and Planetarium

The Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races (1904-1937)

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Comments

Mario on Nov 15, 2025 said:

Another great and historic car show for 2025. So many exotic cars that are museum quality. The Best was seeing the 1948 Tucker S/N 1044 again, Long Island's own.

The Vanderbilt Museum is outstanding and a must see for any Long Island traveler. There's even a Planetarium here. There is something for everyone of all ages. Cheers, Mario

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azmuscle on Nov 15, 2025 said:

Mario, now THAT is not your usual car show. It resembles Pebble Beach. I agree with the choice of the Tucker.

I had to go slow looking at this thread as the rareity had me mesmorized. Especially the Concept Mustang as i built a plastic model of one in my youth way way way back.

Looks like God's giving your area the blessings of comfortable weather yet. Maybe to make up for the lost ones in the heat of summer.

I haven't been to a planetarium since school. I'm feeling older as these flashbacks return. Our weather will be highs in the 50s this week and lows who knows???

The car shows here will be infrequent now with the holidays and cooler temps. Thanks for the exceptional car show. Well done my friend, well done.

Rob

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