Hemmings Auto Blog

* Several outlets, including Jalopnik, covered the story this week of a New York lawyer getting his stolen Jaguar E-Type back after authorities found it at the Port of Los Angeles along with a few other suspicious-y cars on their way to the Netherlands. * Also this week, as reported Read more

Scott Byrd on his 1931 Harley-Davidson V. Photos courtesy Felicia Morgan and MotorcyleCannonball.com. The 2014 installment of the Motorcycle Cannonball started in Daytona Beach on Friday, September 5, with over 100 riders from all over the world and their pre-1936 bikes. The route has been plagued with adverse weather and Read more

Our old standby Charles W. Cushman had a few cities that he visited on multiple occasions, one of them being New Orleans. We’ve seen photos of his from the city from 1951, and we also see that he went back in 1959 to wander around, largely through the city’s residential Read more

Much of the hard work has already been done on this 1959 Opel Olympia Caravan for sale on Hemmings.com, a car that’s still with its original owner and that has been apart for its restoration since the late 1970s. Since then, the owner has done the body and paint work, Read more

Cord 812 with Crest Hood Ornament. Photo by Brain Toad. Though Oklahoman Glenn Pray purchased all the assets of the defunct Cord and Auburn automobile companies – including the rights to use both names as well as their leftover parts inventories – he later said he probably should have bought Read more

Photos courtesy of Coker Tire Challenge Corky Coker is once again hosting his own Coker Tire Challenge this weekend in and around his home of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which is also the location of the headquarters of Coker Tire and of Honest Charlie’s Garage. This will be the 9th annual installment Read more

Bryan Thompson in the shop. Photo courtesy Bryan Thompson. Editor’s note: This summer, automotive designer Bryan Thompson (whose work has been featured on the pages of Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car) appeared on the reality television series Motor City Masters, where he finished runner up to eventual winner Camilo Pardo. Read more

 Dr. Dick Thompson at Laguna Seca, 2010. Photo courtesy Richard Prince Photography. Think of names in the great pantheon of those who made eternal reputations with the Corvette: Arkus-Duntov, naturally. Guildstrand. Mitchell. And in with that trio was inevitably The Flying Dentist out of Washington, D.C., Dr. Dick Thompson, arguably Read more

We’re not entirely sure which Wolfie’s Rascal House this circa 1963 photo we came across on Jim and Chester’s Garage depicts. Two were apparently in operation at the time, one at Collins Avenue and 21st Street in Miami Beach, another at Collins and 172nd in Sunny Isles Beach. Jim and Read more

The Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser was once a familiar sight on ranches, trails and parking lots across the United States, but its two-door pickup sibling, the FJ45, was less well known on these shores. That explains why this particular 1979 Toyota FJ45, for sale on Hemmings.com, was imported all the way Read more