Histria. XVI, No. Add to Favorites . Vice Grip Garages 1980s Built Chevelle Drag Car Goes On The Dyno Results Are NOT What We Expected! We'll give you credit for the submission (of course) and what is cooler than showing all your gang that you have a story on Bang Shift? [4], He was nicknamed "Grumpy" for having a no-nonsense attitude at races. Toys, Dolls, Games & Puzzles So it was in the world of Chevrolet. $2.98 Buy It Now or Best Offer, $41.21 Shipping, eBay Money Back Guarantee. Grumpy's Toys1968 BILL JENKINS CHEVROLET NOVA SS 396 Diecast 1:43 Pre-Owned $259.88 or Best Offer Free shipping from Japan Free returns Sponsored 1966 66 CHEVY CHEVROLET NOVA SS BILL GRUMPY JENKINS 1:64 SCALE DIECAST MODEL CAR Pre-Owned $11.99 Buy It Now +$4.99 shipping 19 watchers Sponsored GREAT PRICE During the 1960s, Junior Stockers acquired a near cult following, especially on the East Coast. "The only reason I ended up with the '66 Plymouth was because Jimmy Davis (Super Stock and Drag Illustrated editor) had this Hemi hardtop for a magazine test car," Stahl remembered. Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins Chevy Nova SS 3, 1/18 Grumpy's Toy Jenkins GMP 1968 Chevy Nova SS 396, 1966 Chevy Nova Bill Grumpy Jenkins #1 Release 1:18 Ertl American Muscle, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins Grumpy's Toy V Super Stock 68 Nova 1:43 Scale Die, Bill Grumpy Jenkins Toy 68 Nova Gmp Ss 396 Chevy Nhra, Bill GRUMPY Jenkins SIGNED 1968 SS396 Super Stock Nova, 1/43 Gmp 1968 Chevy Nova Ss Drove By Bill Grumpy Jenkins Highly Detailed, Big Book Of Toy Airplanes Identification & Value Guide, The Meccano Magazine, Vol. black bear dead near a duffle bag and some $2 million worth of cocaine that had been opened and scattered over a hillside. Running against such competition as Dick Landy, Ronnie Sox and Don Nicholson, Grumpy strived for consistency and clean performances. The Grumps Nova was a dominate figure at most of the . He set a class record[clarification needed] with an 11.66 second pass. [2] The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America said: "his continual search for improved performance left little time for idle chatter with his racing colleagues."[2]. 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. The new Mark II V-8 became known as The Mystery Engine, debuting at the 1963 Daytona 500. He changed the cars around some. Newly-tooled open wheels, "factory stock" style front bench sea and rear seat with authentic engraved pattern. Some Vintage Toys Have Stellar Value. The parachutist, a former Kentucky narcotics investigator, had . [quote}According to Jenkins the Nova started out as a L79 327 Chevy test car that was given to him by Chevrolet so it originally wasn't a SS or a 396 car. 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Bill Jenkins is yet to be pried from GM-type products, and if you think Grumpy made the Chevy II's parts movewell, you might keep an eye open for a slippery Camaro with Bill in the immediate vicinity.". Despite its early exit, Jenkins's Chevy II was already gaining notoriety in a sea of Chrysler products. Jenkins success with the Chevy II set the stage for the divisions first pony car, Chevys new 1967 Camaro. When the same engine went into a fullsize Chevy it was a 375hp 396. In early 1963, Chevy unleashed its much-anticipated. #(2) at the best online prices at eBay! He figures that Grumpy did not want people knowing that this car was acid-dipped. Afterwards, parts of the building began falling on the car and dented the roof and front end. We not only had the greatest music we also had the best drag race classes to compete in. Jenkins removed the vent windows and put 1968 Camaro door glass in the 1967 body, added the trim to the doors, and also added hidden-headlights to the front end. This big-block type engine was designed for trucks and fullsize cars. He had a subpar 9.90 second pass in the untested Vega, qualifying 17th of the 32 entries at the season-opening event. 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Their feats were chronicled in detail in the drag racing press, and their faces were featured in endorsements for products ranging from shifters to spark plugs. "The car is rugged and Stahl doesn't make it any easier to defeat. 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). 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. Grumpy Jenkins was most likely by way the most Innovative Pro Stock Drag Racer of all time S sam stoltz grumpy jenkins 67 Nova Nhra Drag Racing Cars Chevrolet Nova Chevy Nova Car Ads He was a mechanical engineer to a fault. This 1977 Country Squire Motorhome Was Abandoned for 15 Years! Nobody. Vicki tells us that these are correct, Jenkins-prepped carburetors for the engine, and Grumpy wrote the numbers on them. Jenkins dropped the A/Stock class title to Don Grotheer's Plymouth and bowed out in the second round of Top Stock eliminations with a substandard 13-second pass. 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. INVERNESS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB Grumpy Jenkins 68 Nova Toy V, Super Stock 1,753 views Sep 24, 2018 48 Dislike Share Save Alan Spence 2.48K subscribers Its a wrap, Grumpy's Toy Nova V, 396 ci. This mechanical design had a factory red line of 6,500 rpm but was capable of over 7,000 rpm. 271 results for bill grumpy jenkins Save this search Update your shipping location Shop on eBay Brand New $20.00 or Best Offer Sponsored JLSP284A 1:64 1966 NOVA BILL GRUMPY JENKINS 1970 MAVERICK DYNO DON NICHOLSON Brand New C $27.16 Top Rated Seller Buy It Now +C $14.17 shipping from United States 44 watchers Sponsored He did so much more for the sport, and helped so many racers. XXII, No. [3] Jenkins earned a total of $250,000 that year, including event and manufacturer support. 68 L-79 Nova Registry . This entailed relieving the car of all unnecessary weight, fitting a Grump Lump fiberglass hood and scoop and dropping in a maximum-output 440ci big-block with aluminum heads, a deep-plenum, tunnel-ram manifold, and a pair of Holley 660-cfm center-squirter carbs. Yet Jenkins won the war. 1960s NHRA Drag Racing-"The DODGE BOYS"-Dave Strickler/Bill Jenkins-1964-ENGLAND 1 of 1 Only 1 left See More. More than 150 personal items from the estate of the great engine builder Bill Jenkins are up for auction this Saturday in Indianapolis, and three of the lot numbers are very unique engine items. [3], In 1973, following an NHRA rule change to allow records to be set at any national meet, Jenkins drove his Vega to Pro Stock's first official record, a 148.76mph (239.41km/h) pass, at the Winternationals; "Dyno Don" Nicholson set the e.t. We promise not to use your email address for anything but exclusive updates from the Power Automedia Network. Jenkins 396 Camaro served him for many years after the 1967 season. [3] He led development of GM's new splay-valved cylinder heads for the Chevrolet small block V8 engines, utilized in the new Pro Stock Truck category in 1998. Jenkins removed the vent windows and put 1968 Camaro door glass in the 1967 body, added the trim to the doors, and also added hidden-headlights to the front end. The class was also custom-made for a shrewd racer/tuner from Pennsylvania named Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins. Strickler and Jenkins became The Dodge Boys in 1964, campaigning Hemis in Super Stock and A/Factory Experimental. 1966-1967-1968-1969-chevy-ii-nova-factory-assembly-instruction-manual-cd-in-5-volumes-includes-4-cylinder-or-6-cylinder-engine-including-base-models-to-fully-loaded-models-nova-super-sport-ss-66-67-68-69 3/6 map index pdf . *** Very nice detail with opening hood. These problems were quickly remedied, but the fickle winds of Detroit politics forced the withdrawal of all Mark II engines before Jenkins had a crack at them for drag racing. 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. In 1971, the reliable old 67 Camaro returned again, this time as an underground test mule. A mechanical aptitude developed at an early age allowed him to quickly acquire an in-depth knowledge of engines. 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. Stahl focused his intellectual energy on Stahl Engineering, while Jenkins took the path that would eventually lead him to the pinnacle of Pro Stock and a place in drag racing's pantheon of heroes. On paper, Stahl won the battle. Car was bought as a used car from Ed Rinke Chevrolet and was supposedly used by GM engineering before Grumpy. How To Build A Chassis Table That Will Fit In Any Garage! [12], Jenkins also worked on some NASCAR engines. Jenkins spins off the road, plows through some guy's front lawn, grabs First gear, and drives back to my gas station. There are some very rare cars in this collection.I will try to combine shipping when possible.For the most part, the The pushrods were heat-treated, chromoly steel, 3/8-inch tubular units, and the valvetrain was covered with stamped-steel, chromed rocker covers. Watch The Incredible 1968 Ford F-100 Chase From The Movie Mr. Majestyk, Truckin History: Check Out This Killer Video Showing GMC Setting Land Speed Records Back In 1989, Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: Attorney Says Mustang Driver Wasn't In The Car When The Accident Occurs. Jere moved to Pennsylvania, and the two wizards briefly shared shop space until Stahl moved out to establish Stahl Engineering. Twice, Stahl defeated Jenkins in the final round of Top Stock; Jenkins threw it away with a red-light start at Indy, and Stahl simply drove away from him in Tulsa, a victory that secured the NHRA World Championship for the lanky racer from York, Pennsylvania. Top power output came from the L78 option, a 396 with a Holley four-barrel carburetor; single-point Delco distributor; forged steel crankshaft and rods; four-bolt main bearing block; forged-aluminum, 11.0:1-compression pistons; and a mechanical lifter camshaft. [2] [clarification needed] Most of these wins were won with a four-speed manual transmission. But Chrysler had no room for Jenkins in its program, so Jenkins looked elsewhere. Chevy Hardcore NEWSLETTER - SIGN UP FREE! "When you block those air valves and the secondaries opened, it caused the carburetor to lean out terribly," Stahl explained. The Grumps Nova was a dominate figure at most of the national . The stock intake manifold was required, but the factory cast-aluminum, high-rise, dual-plane intake was well-engineered and carried a Holley 780-cfm, four barrel carburetor, List Number R-4346. I decided to bring the car back out and race for Jenkins' team." For that reason, this car was pushed into a corner of the Penske shop and almost forgotten. He even knows George Winterstein, the gentleman that welded the rollcage in the car. All Rights Reserved. SPEC Clutches: For That Next Engine Swap Or OEM, Shop Tour: Brian Tooley Racing Expands To Be A One-Stop, Moroso Anti-Roll Kit Is The Right Tool For The, Steer Your Classic Ride Straight With A New CPP Steering, NEW LS Bellhousing For Magnum And T56-Shifted Hot, Fenix Is A Next-Gen 69 Camaro With 1,180, A Brothers Quarrel Results In This Fine 1955 Chevy, Is This Barn Find The Worlds First Corvette? Dale started his research by calling Jenkinshimself, but as Dale puts it, He hung up on me so fast it couldve make your head spin. Over a period of six months, Dale continually tried to talk to Grumpy with no luck. Drag Racing team, to take part in the First International Drag Festival, a series of six events held that fall. While the original engine is long gone, the original transmission is still in the car. 67impala427 TMM Moderator MR 67 IMPALA. The stock Chevy cam was good, but specialized race cams were better. 285 talking about this. "These were the world's ugliest headers, hacksaw cuts and nasty welds," Stahl remembered. Chevys last gasp for the W series engines produced the Z-11, a 427ci, 430hp engine and aluminum front end package for the 1963 Impala. 11, November 1938, The Meccano Magazine, Vol. It was Bill Jenkins who skillfully prepared and tuned a 63 Z-11 Impala that Dave Strickler drove to Little Eliminator at the 1963 Nationals. And while a 375-hp 396 was widely advertised starting in 1969, little was said about it for '68. Burial was in the church cemetery, with. All rights reserved. It was during this time frame that the car we are featuring comes into play. XIX, No. I recently stumbled upon Ray Brack's "lost" piece of reporting about Cecil Null's handcrafted musical long gun (i.e., gun guitar - or is it guitar gun?) Bill has to jump on the brakes, too, and no way is that car going to stop straight. RIGHT: outline where it used to say Grumpy's Toy. ". Jenkins knew what he would face in the season ahead. 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. J. W. Wilson officiated. Rev. The engine and chassis has been restored with a fresh 327-cid race engine, four-speed manual transmission with a race clutch connected to a 12-bolt rear axle. His passion for performance got him noticed by many locals, and he began helping them modify their vehicles. This seeming mismatch propelled Jenkins to legendary status with his giant killing, small-block Chevy II. This - FAN PAGE - is dedicated to the memory of Motorsport Legend, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins and is managed by Doug Boyce, author of the. Some poor kid driving a Corvair sees Jenkins barreling down on him in his rearview mirror, panics, and hits the brakes. "I got into a disagreement with Chrysler about the transmissions, and they stopped my support," Stahl recollected. The lower-rated engines were equipped with smaller, oval-shaped inlet ports for better low-rpm velocity and were known as Oval Port heads. 3 in 1 format kit-can be also built stock, or as a mild custom. Discouraged, Stahl eventually quit racing and sold his car. 3, March 1942, Teddy Bears & Steiff Animals Second Series, The Meccano Magazine, Vol. Jenkins Competition was the white-hot center of the Junior Stock universe in 1966. There is also a pair of original Jenkins-prepped Dominators on the engine, and an original Jones/Motrola tachometer inside the car. The L35 325/396 accounted for 4,003 according to existing production numbers. [3] He has been inducted in numerous motorsports halls of fame for his engine building skills in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock class. Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 - February 7, 1965) was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. [4] Durante o vero de 1966, os treinos dos Dolphins eram em St. Pete Beach, com os treinos em agosto sendo na Boca Ciega . 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. But there was nothing plain about this car. Jenkins imagination jumped into overdrive when it came to increasing the performance of his new big-block, 67 Camaro. [3] This car would give him thirteen wins in Pro Stock that year. Months, Dale continually tried to talk to Grumpy with no luck strived. 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