[11], Jenkins built a Vega in 1974 (dubbed Grumpy's Toy XI) that had several firsts which impacted future drag racing cars, including the first dry sump oiling system and a MacPherson strut front suspension. The car was found while Vicki was online looking for a project car. At a match race at Detroit Dragway in 1962, Stahl met Dave Strickler, Jenkins' partner in a series of Old Reliable Chevrolet Super Stocks. Vice Grip Garages 1980s Built Chevelle Drag Car Goes On The Dyno Results Are NOT What We Expected! #(1) My P hotos are Approx. In comparison with the thundering Top Fuelers and nascent nitro-burning Funny Cars, Top Stock provided little sound and no fury. Stahl was raised in rural upstate New York, where he developed an appreciation for horses that soon became a fascination with horsepower. XVI, No. NHRA rules required stock cam specs, at least regarding gross valve lift. Chris Matte . In fact, Jenkins and Stahl were friends as well as competitors, colleagues as much as adversaries. Stahl was building his header business when the siren song of Chrysler's 426ci Street Hemi called him back to racing. The Chevy IIit wasn't bad.". Lombardo won that season's NHRA Winston Pro Stock championship despite the late start. Its light weight placed the Nova in NHRAs A/Stock class, pitting it directly against the 426 Hemi. When the same engine went into a fullsize Chevy it was a 375hp 396. Discouraged, Stahl eventually quit racing and sold his car. The Grumps Nova was a dominate figure at most of the national . From 1968-69, the engine was only available for certain A-body Barracuda and Dart models, but for 1970 the 340 was expanded to the new E-body Challenger and AAR 'Cuda, plus the Duster 340. Cheap price for 1968 Chevy Camaro Pro Stock Grumpy's Toy IV (Exact Detail) 1/18 scale diecast model cars! We'll send you the most interesting Chevy Hardcore articles, news, car features, and videos every week. [3] This car would give him thirteen wins in Pro Stock that year. These heads were known as Rectangular Port, or High Perf heads. $2.98 Buy It Now or Best Offer, $41.21 Shipping, eBay Money Back Guarantee. It was in mid-April when Dale and Vicki were able to pick up the car and bring it back to their home in Pittsburgh, wherethey could begin to trace the cars history. 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Jenkins fabricated a bolt-on rear traction bar system with a hard-rubber snubber that contacted the leaf spring itself. Atlanta, Georgia 30328 | 877.481.5750. A Jenkins powerplant was used by Dave Connolly in his title-contending Pro Stock Cobalt to win the 2005 Winternationals and briefly placed Connolly in the POWERade points lead. 67impala427 TMM Moderator MR 67 IMPALA. There are some very rare cars in this collection.I will try to combine shipping when possible.For the most part, these cars were removed from the boxes and displayed in an acrylic case. The L78 engine appeared unchanged from the assembly line, save for the Hooker headers with 2-inch primary tubes. Last year for the term Chevy II. Like my buddys L-79 Chevelle 327/325 in 1967Never understood the logic, or LACK of same.Wonder what ET the car in the test turned?? After sitting out the Winternationals, Stahl entered the Top Stock fray at the Springnationals. They found Penskes name, the words Grumpys Toy, and the numbers 777 etched into the metal. He started working on engines at a young age, and he began drag racing a 1955 Chevrolet just before going off to college at Cornell University. He built the engine Donnie Allison used to take the pole position in the 1975 Daytona 500. bore siamese cyls design. [5] He married Polly Wood and they had a son named William and a daughter named Dani-El. Loved to watch Bill J. compete. He set a class record[clarification needed] with an 11.66 second pass. A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media Stahl was never a Chrysler man, and despite the full-page Plymouth ads that trumpeted his triumphs, he was frequently at odds with the Mopar management. 8"x10", MINT NEW Hi-Res Reprints made on Heavy GLOSSY PHOTO Paper. His association with friend and customer Dave Strickler produced numerous NHRA records and Stock Eliminator wins with the 409. http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Grumpys-Toys-Book-o n-Bill-G http://www.hotrodhotline.com/sites/default/files/i http://api.ning.com/files/NqkuYxlxVg2bhLn SH6KXDFuB http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlines http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo33/69belair/ j http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb303/DH427Nov a http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a e http://image.superchevy.com/f/features/chevellemo n http://www.novaresource.org/engine.htm#1968, http://www.novaresource.org/production.htm#1968. I had a really good time, and I thought I'd like to race one. We will safeguard your e-mail and only send content you request. Posts: 1,662 Bill Jenkins 1968 Nova Aug 27, 2006 18:21:43 GMT -5 . He then glued side marker-light trim and lenses to the quarter panels, and cut holes in the front fenders to add actual side marker lights. Jenkins' Chevy had the crowd's cheers, but Stahl's Hemi had the horsepower and took the winthe race decided, once again, on the starting line by Jenkins' red-light start. Soon, other drag racers were eager to pay for the counsel and hands-on touch available from one Jiggs Jenkins. 1/43 Bill "grumpy's" Jenkins 1968 S/s Nova Ss396 #1930, 1/43 Grumpy's Toy V Chevy Nova Ss 396 Bill 'grumpy' Jenkins In Presentat, AMT 1966 CHEVY NOVA Bill Jenkins Grumpy's Toy Complete, 1/18 Grumpy Jenkins 1968 Nova SS396 Pro Stock, 1/18 GMP #8022 1968 Grumpy Jenkins Chevrolet Nova SS396 Grumpys Toy, 1/18 Scale Peachstate Collectibles Gmp Bill Jenkins Grumpy's Toy 1968 No, 1968 Nova SS396 Bill Grumpy Jenkins 1:43 Scale, The Meccano Magazine, Vol. Rev. Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members research needs. The stock duration was 242 degrees at 0.050-inch lobe lift; 0.520-inch lift, intake and exhaust; 114-degree lobe separation; and lash sets at 0.024-inch intake and 0.028-inch exhaust. All rights reserved. In 1964, Jenkins and Strickler travelled to England, as part of the U.S. In early 1963, Chevy unleashed its much-anticipated. Rest in peace Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, you were the best of the best! This is a new, original design for a historic drag racing team. *** Very nice detail with opening hood. Instead, an optional 396ci engine was offered in horsepower ratings from a mild 325 up to 425. Henry Smokey Yunicks Mark II-powered 1963 Impala took the pole and led early until valvetrain failure forced him out of the race. The unlikely battlefield was Top Stock, an eliminator category chiefly populated by garishly painted production cars. John Pol. NHRAs Super Stock rules required the stock cast-iron, closed-chamber cylinder heads. The original front suspension and quick-ratio steering is still on the car, as well as the original leaf springs. The car was then sold several more times, and eventually, in 2002, it landed in the possession of current owners, who would like be referred to simply as Vicki and Dale. At some point after the fire, someone didnt realize the front sheetmetal had been lightened, and thought the heat from the fire made the metal feel funny. This is when the front sheetmetal from the car was discarded. 5, May 1942, Matchbox Toys 1948 To 1993 Identification And Value Guide(4th Edition), 2023 - WorthPoint Corporation | 5 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 2900. In 1961, Jiggs began working with Chevys W series 409. A 175-lb. for Billboard s Jenkins won several championships between 1967 and 1969 with the milledcar. Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins Malvern, PA. Vin - 114278W215410. Of the 5,181 big-block cars produced in 1967, only 1,178 were L78s. Bill, who was a pioneer in the sport of drag racing, achieved more in the sport and contributed more to the sport than almost any other single individual. On the way back to Pennsylvania after the race, Jenkins' Chevy II was destroyed in a highway accident. It wasn't a grand debut for the first "Grumpy's Toy." Jenkins fouled in the first round of class eliminations against HOT ROD managing editor Don Evans, driving the magazine's Camaro project car (unbeknown to the HR staff, the Camaro's big-block was an oversized, and thoroughly illegal, 502ci ringer). Losing to Stahl cemented his reputation as the scrappy underdog, taking on the might of Chrysler's drag racing machine with his outgunned Chevy IIa melodrama that would be reprised in 1972 when Jenkins again took on the dominant Hemis in Pro Stock with his all-conquering small-block Vega. The unlikely combatants were a pair of bookish engineer/racers. Shop by category. They replaced the efficient yet heavy cast-iron manifolds. In an era in which NHRA conducted only four national events annually, Stahl achieved an unprecedented sweep of three of them in 1966: the Springnationals (Bristol, Tennessee), the NHRA Nationals (Indianapolis), and the World Championship Finals (Tulsa, Oklahoma). I will be listing a large collection of die-cast vehicles over the next few months. My eBay Expand . 5 out of 5 stars (258) $ 29.95. 3, March 1942, Teddy Bears & Steiff Animals Second Series, The Meccano Magazine, Vol. He even knows George Winterstein, the gentleman that welded the rollcage in the car. It looked like it had the potential to be competitive," Stahl added, "so I bought the cheapest two-door sedan that could be ordered.". That was one of my big Hemi secretscoffee sticks in the carburetors!". Excerpts of Jenkins taken from "NHRA National Drags" (1968)Credit goes to Bee-On Video.http://beeonvideo.homestead.com/Video edit and enchancement by one-hea. 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