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Long Island Automotive Museum
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:40 am
by DougPulver@aol.com
As I sit here in my office looking at one of the 4 Automobile Quarterly "The Magnificent M.G." posters, there is a 1948 MG TC from the Long Island Automotive Museum. I went there as a kid and still have the pamphlet. While I don't think the museum still exists, does anyone know what happened to (or own) that TC?
Doug Pulver
TC 5850
San Diego, CA
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Re: Long Island Automotive Museum
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:39 pm
by joecurto@aol.com
Doug the Long Island Auto Museum in Bridgehampton was owned by a fellow named
Austin Clark a real old time auto enthusiast, he was collecting cars in the
1950s and was a bit of a wheeler-dealer, I never met him but I knew guys who
did, you can see him in some old Simonize auto wax ads sitting in some sort of
tiller operated velocipede.
The Museum went down hill when the state rerouted some highway It was pretty
neat as you could just wander around thew place, he had stored the Collier
Brothers MGPA there (the really slick cycle fendered one) It probably closed in
the late 70 or early 80s, Clark passed away
Joe Curto
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Re: Long Island Automotive Museum
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:42 am
by Jay Lockrow
The big demise of the museum was the takeover of Cuba by Castro. Austin Clark was in
the sugar business and he lost million$ when Castro took over. The museum was more of
a hobby than a business and he could no longer afford to keep it going. I met him a
few times, he was and interesting character... I have no idea what happened to all of
his cars but he had some really choice stuff!
joecurto@aol.com wrote:
> Doug the Long Island Auto Museum in Bridgehampton was owned by a fellow named
> Austin Clark a real old time auto enthusiast, he was collecting cars in the
> 1950s and was a bit of a wheeler-dealer, I never met him but I knew guys who
> did, you can see him in some old Simonize auto wax ads sitting in some sort of
> tiller operated velocipede.
>
> The Museum went down hill when the state rerouted some highway It was pretty
> neat as you could just wander around thew place, he had stored the Collier
> Brothers MGPA there (the really slick cycle fendered one) It probably closed in
> the late 70 or early 80s, Clark passed away
>
> Joe Curto
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Re: Long Island Automotive Museum
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:37 pm
by Stew Koesten
My dad was an early enthusiast. I remember as a kid meeting folks like
Austin Clark. One of my dad's friends was a gentleman named Alec Uhlman.
He had a fine collection and was a terrific gentleman.
Stew Koesten
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The big demise of the museum was the takeover of Cuba by Castro. Austin
Clark was in
the sugar business and he lost million$ when Castro took over. The museum
was more of
a hobby than a business and he could no longer afford to keep it going. I
met him a
few times, he was and interesting character... I have no idea what happened
to all of
his cars but he had some really choice stuff!
joecurto@aol.com wrote:
> Doug the Long Island Auto Museum in Bridgehampton was owned by a fellow
named
> Austin Clark a real old time auto enthusiast, he was collecting cars in
the
> 1950s and was a bit of a wheeler-dealer, I never met him but I knew guys
who
> did, you can see him in some old Simonize auto wax ads sitting in some
sort of
> tiller operated velocipede.
>
> The Museum went down hill when the state rerouted some highway It was
pretty
> neat as you could just wander around thew place, he had stored the Collier
> Brothers MGPA there (the really slick cycle fendered one) It probably
closed in
> the late 70 or early 80s, Clark passed away
>
> Joe Curto
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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