Hemmings Daily: Anglia to Humvee, Roy Lunn's lifetime of engineering earns him a place in the Automotive Hall of Fame

Photo via Roy Lunn Archives, Car Guy Chronicles. To different groups of car enthusiasts, Roy Lunn represents vastly different accomplishments. There's Ford's GT40 wins at Le Mans, for which he's perhaps most recognized, but there's also the Jeep XJ Cherokee, the Ford Anglia, multiple performance Mustangs, and even an Aston Martin or two in his resume. And for all that, the Automotive Hall of Fame will induct him into its ranks next month. In some ways, Lunn was sort of Ford's version of Zora Arkus-Duntov, a co

View in Browser | Subscribe Friday, June 24, 2016 Anglia to Humvee, Roy Lunn's lifetime of engineering earns him a place in Automotive Hall of Fame Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo via Roy Lunn Archives, Car Guy Chronicles. To different groups of car enthusiasts, Roy Lunn represents vastly different accomplishments. There's Ford's GT40 wins at Le Mans, for which he's perhaps most recognized, but there's also the Jeep XJ Cherokee, the Ford Anglia, multiple performance Mustangs, and even an Aston Martin or two in his resume. And for all that, the Automotive Hall of Fame will induct him into its ranks next month. In some ways, Lunn was sort of Ford's version of Zora Arkus-Duntov, a co... Read More Hemmings Find of the Day - 1965 Dodge Dart 270 station wagon Posted by Kurt Ernst - As appealing as full-size vintage wagons may be, their compact siblings are arguably a better choice for a weekend classic car. Big enough to haul the groceries, the dog, and a few passengers, they're still small enough to park in the garage (and they're easier to wash and detail, too). We've featured a few mid-decade compact wagons from other domestic automakers as Finds of the Day, but it's been a while since we last ran a long roof Dodge Dart. As this 1965 Dodge Dart 270 station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com dem...Read More Peter Brock and John Morton named Honored Guests for Lime Rock Historic Festival 34 Posted by Kurt Ernst - Peter Brock at the 2015 Hemmings Motor News Concours d'Elegance. Photos by Daniel Strohl. Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) was founded by Peter Brock in 1965, but the BRE name is forever associated with its racing achievements from 1970 to 1972. With star driver John Morton, the team would capture back-to-back SCCA C-Production championships with the Datsun 240Z in 1970 and 1971, followed by Trans Am Championships in the under 2.5-liter category with the Datsun 510 in 1971 and 1972. On September 3-5, Peter and John...Read More The 2016 Great Race Update: Cheyenne, Wyoming to Rapid City, South Dakota Posted by Matt Litwin - Sportsmen Division veterans Bill & Carolyn Croker, in their 1936 Packard 120B Coupe, are welcomed to the day's finish line in Rapid City, South Dakota. Six days in the books, three to go, and the race to claim the title as Grand Champion of the 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty is getting tighter by the mile. Today's five legs of the west-to-east trek traveled through Lusk, Wyoming, and then on to Rapid City, South Dakota; teams were able to make stops at several national parks, incl...Read More Bringing back the Speco Ford Falcon manifold Posted by David Conwill - Photos courtesy Reg Uren While Cobra Jet Torinos and Shelby Mustangs may get all the glory these days, the early Ford Falcons (alongside the Chevrolet Corvair and Chrysler's Valiant) were also considered performance contenders when new, and spawned a whole lineup of aftermarket goodies before the Fairlane V-8 was even a twinkle in Lee Iaccoca's eye. Appropriately, there are a whole rash of enthusiasts scouring swap meets, the pages of Hemmings Motor News and the Internet for vintage Falcon Six speed parts. Tha...Read More Van Nuys, California, 1955 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Rarely do we get context on the carspotting photos we dig up. Sometimes we can make pretty good guesses, and sometimes we don't have a clue, but today's overview of the intersection of Van Nuys and Victory boulevards in Van Nuys, which we came across in a collection of photos of the San Fernando Valley, also comes with a caption explaining that the photo shows painted lane markings rather than solid curbs for the first time in Los Angeles. Hey, whatever it takes to get us a photo of vintage cars in their natural hab...Read More THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 6/24/1966: Senate passes the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act UPCOMING EVENTS Goodguys 25th Heartland Nationals The Mid-Summer Classic July 1, 2016 - Des Moines, IA Eaglewood Festival of Speed July 1, 2016 - North Salt Lake, UT Cruise to Jaguar Car Shows Across U.S. July 1, 2016 - several, NM Mountaineer Antique Auto Club 49Th Annual Car Show July 1, 2016 - Fletcher Asheville, NC Cruisin' with the Cops July 1, 2016 - indianapolis, IN David Circle CI Memorial Car Show July 1, 2016 - Somerville, OH See All Events FEATURED CLASSIFIEDS Sponsored By: 1981 BMW $7,500 2003 Mercury Marauder $14,800 1982 Chevrolet Corvette $22,500 1949 Dodge Power Wagon $60,000 1951 Chrysler Imperial $75,000 1957 Oldsmobile 98 J-2 $35,000 1970 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia $16,900 1977 Lincoln MK 5 $9,700 PROMOTED LISTING 1932 Ford $42,500 1927 Chevy coupe chassis $1,700 View All Classifieds FEATURED IN THE BLOG Boston to Chicago in an electric (and millions more) Old School Can-Do: 1945 Speed and Custom See All Featured Blog Posts FOLLOW US: View Newsletter Archives WEEK IN REVIEW Thursday, June 23, 2016 The Hemmings Motor News Concours d'Elegance is in the running for America's Best Car Show Posted by Kurt Ernst - The 2015 Hemmings Motor News Concours d'Elegance. Photo by author. The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance are, without a doubt, the most impressive high-end automotive gatherings in North America. Our own Hemmings Motor News Concours d'Elegance, though held on a smaller scale, continues to receive rave reviews from exhibitors and attendees alike. Now, the three events have something in common: All are candidates, along with 17 other shows, for the USA Today reader's choice ...Read More Hemmings Find of the Day - 1966 Triumph Herald 1200 Posted by Dave LaChance - As part of the U.S. press introduction of the Triumph Herald in 1960, a factory Herald Build Team assembled a coupe from its components as the writers looked on. Mike Cook, who was a part of the team, writes about the experience in his hugely entertaining Triumph Cars in America: We attached body sections, installed seats and battery, and hooked up hydraulics and wires, while Alan discussed the independent suspension, the unique forward-opening hood, which revealed not only the engine but the front suspension, and...Read More An MGB with Italian flair - The Pininfarina-designed EX234 prototype roadster Posted by Kurt Ernst - The MG EX224 prototype roadster. Photos courtesy Bonhams. MG's beloved MGB roadster remained in production from 1962 through 1980, but in 1964, an ambitious plan was launched to replace both the MGB and the Midget with a single car, featuring BMC's Hydrolastic suspension, an independent rear suspension and a body sculpted by Pininfarina. Just one EX234 prototype was built, circa 1965, before the project was placed on the back burner, and it's been in single-family ownership since 1977. On June 24, the sole EX234 ...Read More The 2016 Great Race Update: Evanston, Wyoming to Cheyenne, Wyoming Posted by Matt Litwin - Cousins Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry cross the Cheyenne, Wyoming, finish line in fourth place in their 1932 Ford Cabriolet. Photo by author. Stage 5 of the 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty took teams to a lunch stop in Rawlins, Wyoming, followed by an overnight stop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and along the way they crossed the Continental Divide while climbing to an elevation above 10,500 feet; snow was still present along the route. Not only was the climb scenic, it was difficult for seve...Read More 1966 Chevrolet Corvair homecoming: Safe again in the shop Posted by Hemmings contributor - My 1966 Corvair Corsa convertible, fresh from the paint shop. The extreme rear camber is caused by the missing engine, and the car barely fit in the trailer. Photos by author. Editor's note: Last August, we brought you the story of Hemmings Daily contributor, concours judge and former North Dakota State Senator Don Homuth's improbable quest for, and later purchase of, the 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa convertible he'd originally acquired in January of 1968, the night before his return to Vietnam. In Don's own word...Read More Warner Robins, Georgia, 1990 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Seen this photo floating around the Internet for a while before we finally decided to dig up the backstory. According to HABU.org, the SR-71 seen in the photo - serial number 17958 - was retired in early 1990 and flown to Robins Air Force Base to be decommissioned and placed in the base's Museum of Aviation. To get it from the hangar to the museum, however, it had to be towed, apparently down U.S. 129, the only four-lane highway we see in the area. Of course, it's the traffic piled up behind the Blackbird that we're...Read More Wednesday, June 22, 2016 After 25 years, Dodge pulls the plug (a second time) on the Viper Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1998 Dodge Viper GTS-R coupe. Photos courtesy FCA. It began as a design exercise by Chrysler's Advance Design Studios in 1988, and would have ended there if not for Bob Lutz's crazy idea to build a Shelby Cobra for the modern age. Put into production for the 1992 model year, the Dodge (and later SRT) Viper soldiered on, gaining a coupe and adding horsepower, until its first execution in July of 2010. Reborn for the 2013 model year, the much-improved Viper failed to charm consumers, and a quarter-century after its...Read More Hemmings Find of the Day - 1968 Opel Kadett L station wagon Posted by Daniel Strohl - A four-speed, rear-wheel-drive, dual-carb two-door station wagon might seem like a unicorn these days, but that's exactly how this 1968 Opel Kadett L station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com is equipped. Bonus, it's rather Spartan inside and has that kickin' luggage rack up top. What's more, it's already been restored, so it's now only necessary to track down parts from Germany for maintenance purposes. From the seller's description: This 1968 Opel Kadett L 2-door station wagon, also known as a shooting brake, has go...Read More The Indy 500 comes to the National Corvette Museum Posted by Kurt Ernst - Offloading the Corvette SS at the National Corvette Museum. Photo courtesy the National Corvette Museum. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is roughly 230 miles from the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but the two institutions still share quite a bit of heritage. The Chevrolet Corvette has been chosen as the Indy 500 pace car a record 13 times, and Zora Arkus-Duntov himself once presented the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a 1957 Corvette SS prototype. In honor of America's best-known Memorial...Read More The 2016 Great Race Update: Elko, Nevada to Evanston, Wyoming Posted by Matt Litwin - 1998 and 1999 Grand Champion Rex Gardner and grandson Kolton Hastert cross the finish line in Evanston in their 1962 Chevy Nova. Photo by author. Stage 4 of the Great Race came to a close at the historic Roundhouse in Evanston, Wyoming, after teams had the opportunity to spend some time at the Bonneville Salt Flats just prior to noon. Several teams experienced an array of issues, such as overheating and blown head gaskets, while the overall leaders Gary & Jean Ann Martin's Nova suffered a brief electrical fir...Read More Sporting saloon - The handsome little Y-type saloon that MG built Posted by Richard Lentinello - Roaming the promenade during the Lake Mirror Classic that is held in downtown Lakeland, Florida each October, among the big Lincolns, Buicks and Chryslers sat this unusual small-scale four-door sedan with the familiar MG badge atop its radiator surround, yet the car itself wasn't familiar looking at all. It was a Y-Type saloon of 1947 vintage. Little is known about the Y-Type saloon, as it was never imported here, and few, if any (other than the car you see here), were brought over by enthusiasts. With MG hav...Read More Las Vegas, 1967 Posted by Daniel Strohl - If only the tourist who snapped these photos of Las Vegas's strip in June 1967 - obtained via Vintage Las Vegas - had focused their camera on the parking lots seen lining the strip, we'd have had some pretty phenomenal carspotting pics. As is, though, especially with a little zooming, they provide a good glimpse of traffic on the boulevard to go along with the snapshot of some of Vegas's storied locales. What do you see here? ...Read More Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Period pavement-pounder - 409 powered Bubble Top Bel Air breaks into the top-10 in Portland Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1962 Chevrolet "Bubble Top" Bel Air. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1962, full-size Chevrolet shoppers could order a 409-cu.in V-8 in a variety of Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala models, with a factory-rated output of up to 425 409 horsepower. Drag racers with ties to Chevrolet were producing considerably more horsepower than that, thanks to special parts not available to the general public. Today, many of these once-unobtanium parts can be sourced, so if building a period-correct hot rod, why not go with the tr...Read More Hemmings Find of the Day - 1976 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser Posted by Kurt Ernst - For the first few months of 2014, it looked like Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser prices were going the way of early Volkswagen microbuses, with a handful of examples trading hands above the $100,000 threshold. Owning an immaculately restored Land Cruiser, or one customized with features like an ostrich-skin interior and a mirror-finish paint job, defeats the entire purpose of these capable off-roaders. FJ40s were never meant to be plush (or for that matter, even comfortable by modern standards), fuel efficient, or practica...Read More McLaren to celebrate its history at Goodwood with a run in the M8D Can-Am car Posted by Terry Shea - The McLaren M8D at speed. Photo courtesy McLaren Automotive Limited. McLaren might be a small company as compared to the giants of the auto industry, but when it comes to success on the track, few can rival McLaren: 20 combined driver and constructor titles in Formula 1, multiple Indianapolis 500 wins, the most Can-Am victoriesby far, a Le Mans trophy and countless lesser formula championships and wins earned since the company's founding in 1963 by Bruce McLaren. Celebrating a host of anniversaries, McLaren...Read More The 2016 Great Race Update: Sacramento, California to Elko, Nevada Posted by Matt Litwin - Jonathan Klinger & Davin Reckow arrive in Elko, Nevada, in their 1917 "Green Dragon" Peerless at the end of stage three. Photo by author. Stage Two: Old Sacramento, California to Reno, Nevada Stage Two of the 2016 Great Race took teams from the overnight stop in Sacramento, California, to Reno, Nevada, via lunch in Gardnersville, Nevada. Elevation was the one word spoken among racers, climbing well above 7,000 feet along their route. At the end of the day beating the field was the former Grand Champion win...Read More Mileage Minder - Did these fifties-era fuel savers work? Posted by Richard Lentinello - If ever there was an era of false advertising claims, the 1950s had to be it. It seemed as if you could have said - and claimed - anything about the thingamajig you made and market it as such. Not only wouldn't you have been sued, but no one would have taken you to task. America was clearly a different place back then. Leaf through any old magazine from this era and you are bound to find several ads for products designed to increase your car's gas mileage. If they thought gas was high then, these folks would be s...Read More West Hartford, Connecticut, 1960s, part 1 Posted by Daniel Strohl - We've seen a little of the Hartford suburbs in the series of photos Joe Sokola sent us already, but a big batch toward the end takes us out to West Hartford, specifically a stretch along Farmington Avenue aroundabout Kenyon and Girard streets. This first batch also gives us a clue to the reason for these photos: Burian-Moss Photography, tucked away behind the laundromat above. Only a building here or there happens to have avoided the wrecking ball or the remodeler's touch over the last half-century. What do you see ...Read More Monday, June 20, 2016 Mazda 787Bs victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans turns 25 Posted by Terry Shea - All images courtesy of Mazda It's hard to believe that a quarter century has passed since Mazda's remarkable win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June of 1991. It remains the only victory by a Japanese team or a rotary-engined car. Entered by Mazdaspeed, the normally aspirated, rotary-powered 787B completed 362 laps, besting a trio of Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars that finished in second through fourth places, sporting their famed Silk Cut livery. The second-place TWR team finished two laps behing the 787B, which feat...Read More Hemmings Find of the Day - 1927 Ford Model T speedster Posted by Kurt Ernst - Blame it on The Race of Gentlemen, but every time we come back from the beach-racing showdown, we contemplate building a car of our own. Starting from scratch can be both complicated and expensive, making the purchase of an already-built car, in need of slight refurbishing, all the more attractive. This 1927 Ford Model T speedster, for sale on Hemmings.com, appears to be a good starting point, as it comes complete with a Frontenac overhead-valve head (originally distributed by the Chevrolet Brothers Manufacturing Co...Read More New Hershey auction proves that even The Finest cars can be affordable Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1923 Hupmobile Series R-11. Photos courtesy The Finest Automobile Auctions. With a name like The Finest Automobile Auctions, one would assume that the upstart company's debut live sale, tied to The Elegance at Hershey Concours d'Elegance, would be priced beyond the means of the casual collector. While nine lots did break the six-figure barrier, there were a considerable number of interesting automobiles that sold for more attainable prices, proving once again that bargains can be found for those willing to keep...Read More The 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race begins Posted by Matt Litwin - Day one comes to a close in Old Sacramento, California. Photos by author. Editor's note: The 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race, presented by Hagerty, kicked off last Friday with the Hagerty Trophy Run. Senior editor Matt Litwin is reprising his support role on the Hemmings Team, and will be providing us with dispatches from the road throughout the race. Below is his recap for Friday's Trophy Run and Saturday's first stage. Friday, June 17 - Hagerty Trophy Run The 2016 Hagerty Trophy Run - the traditional ...Read More Comments of the week: Adjacent to history edition Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo by Bri ham. History doesn't happen in a vacuum (here on Earth, at least) - it's a sometimes messy affair that involves plenty of people connected to individual events, some of them directly, but most of them on a tangential or proximate basis. But even those latter people still come away from those events with something more than the rest of us, who only experience history at a distance, through books or television. Which is all a fancy way of introducing a pair of comments from people who had a little m...Read More Florida, 1960s, part 2 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Whatever school's parking lot we're seeing in these photos that Dean Luchaco sent us, it sure was popular. There's hardly a place to wedge another car in here, and students appear to be (respectfully) creating parking spots wherever they can. This pair of overlapping photos focuses on just one corner of the lot, outside what appear to be apartments or dorms. What do you see here? ...Read More Sunday, June 19, 2016 Four-Links - LEGO Beetle, Ghost Parking Lot, AWD Escort, Mazda EX-005 Posted by Daniel Strohl - LEGO bricks are supposed to be square, right? And yet, somehow, the toymaker put together an 1,167-piece kit of one of the most-rounded vehicles of all time. I guess a Lada would've been too easy. * Dan Roth recommended this one, a public art installation from the Seventies in Hamden, Connecticut, that features several cars partially buried and then covered in asphalt. Something something about commercialism. * All the best builds on Build Threads feature a substantive change in drive layout, such as t...Read More Hemmings Find of the Day - 1958 Studebaker 3E6D 4x4 pickup Posted by Kurt Ernst - When it comes to Eisenhower-era pickup trucks equipped with four-wheel drive, Studebaker probably isn't a brand that pops into most people's minds. Like the four-wheel drive offerings from GMC and Chevrolet, NAPCO (the Northwestern Auto Parts Company) handled the conversion, ensuring that production line changes for Studebaker were minimal. Just over 350 four-wheel drive examples were built in total before Studebaker ended truck production entirely in early 1964, and it isn't clear how many survive today. This 1958 ...Read More Hemmings Sunday Cinema - Peel, Budweiser's rocket car, Poliziotto Sprint Posted by Daniel Strohl - Even those of us who thought we knew everything about the only carmaker based on the Isle of Man will have something to glean from this video tribute to Cyril Cannell, whether it's his story about how they became federalized in the United States or simply the vintage footage of so many Tridents popping out of the Peel factory like a malfunctioning gumball machine. * We can't discuss Gary Gabelich, as we did earlier this week, without raising the topic of the Budweiser rocket car land-speed record attempt of 1979....Read More Hemmings Find of the Day - 1971 Volkswagen Beetle Posted by Daniel Strohl - Most shorty VWs rely on the reduction in wheelbase as wow factor enough, but this 1971 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com used a cut-n-shut as the launchpad for a whole transformation into a doorless roadster kinda like a dune buggy but without the offroad pretense. Remarkably, it appears almost unchanged from its early Nineties pastel-and-tweed "extreme" configuration. From the seller's description: 1971 Custom Radically Modified Beetle Aqua Metallic Green Roadster!! This car was featured in the 1983 Editi...Read More LAST WEEK'S MOST READ Reunited with original body, the Alan Green Chevrolet Cheetah heads to auction Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo courtesy Bonhams. When Fred Yeakel first bought his Bill Thomas-built Cheetah, it sported not just its original body and chassis, but also a relatively recent restoration. So, of course, he pulled the body from the car and replaced it with one of dubious origin that he had to piece back together. But a quarter of a century later, that original body is down from the rafters and back on the car as it heads to the Monterey auctions later this summer. Blame the fender flares. As Yeakel explained it, from the...Read More LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION Open Diff: How do you price cars for sale? Posted by Kurt Ernst - Used car lot, Lancaster, Ohio, 1938; it's a safe bet that buyers still argued about a $29 selling price. Photo by Ben Shahn, from Library of Congress archives. There aren't many universal truths in this world, but here's one: If you're shopping for a specific year, make and model of car, every example you find will be priced too high, or at least too high for its current condition. On the other hand, if you're a seller, nearly every offer you receive will likely feel insultingly low. Blame it on fallout from t...Read More Hemmings Motor News will not sell or share your e-mail address with other companies. For more information about this newsletter, email [email protected] or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News, 222 Main St., Bennington VT 05201. If you do not want to receive this newsletter from Hemmings Motor News, you can change your email preferences here.