Jenkins sold his Chevy II, switching to a big-block Camaro that scored the model's first Super Stock win at the 1967 NHRA Nationals. [3] Without factory support, Jenkins developed his first Grumpy's Toy, a 327 cubic inch / 350 horsepower Chevy II. 1/18 1966 Chevy Nova , Bill Grumpy Jenkins , drag car , VHTF , in the box , 2022 RACING CHAMPIONS MINT BILL JENKINS GRUMPY'S TOY 1966 CHEVY NOVA #4, Racing Champions 1:64 1966 Bill Jenkins Grumpys Toy Chevrolet Nova, RACING CHAMPIONS Mint 1966 Chevy Nova SS Red Bill Grumpy Jenkins RC014 2021, Racing Champions 1/64 -Chevy Nova 1966 Bill Jenkins 'Grumpy's Toy' Car, RSC 1968 Camaro Pro Stock Bill Jenkins Grumpy's Toy IV 1:24 Scale Diecast Car, 1/64 RACING CHAMPIONS MINT BILL JENKINS GRUMPYS TOY 1966 CHEVROLET NOVA WHITE. 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 On paper, Stahl won the battle. XXVI, No. Jenkins fabricated a bolt-on rear traction bar system with a hard-rubber snubber that contacted the leaf spring itself. Liebe Leser, dies ist eine Weiterfhrung meines Blogs "Germanmissing". It was a fateful move. A complete 427 cubic-inch engine was built, and many parts from Jenkins Performance have been utilized. Jenkins 396 Camaro served him for many years after the 1967 season. Rest in peace Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, you were the best of the best! This 1966 Nova has been built to replicate the late Bill Jenkins L-79 Nova racecar. D.K. Lane Exact Detail Diecast Model No. XXV, No. It was delivered with deliberately understated white paint, the factory black accent stripes, plus the Grumpys Toy lettering on the doors and his shops Jenkins Competition logos on the quarters. The rivals met again at the NHRA Nationals. [5] He left college in his third year. Lex's Scale Modeling. Long before Don "the Snake" Prudhomme mixed it up Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen, years before "Big Daddy" Don Garlits called out Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, there was Bill Jenkins versus Jere Stahl. My hero from 1970 on. Chevy offered the L78 396/375 through its 1971 model year. 68 Z/28 NOR 01B Orig motor/trans/rear. Grumpy's main focus was on Comp engines, which were used by a large client list, including national event winners Garley Daniels, Steve Johns, and Bob Kaiser. Loved to watch Bill J. compete. Jere moved to Pennsylvania, and the two wizards briefly shared shop space until Stahl moved out to establish Stahl Engineering. The stock Chevy cam was good, but specialized race cams were better. XXIII, No. HEDs Peter Harrell Was Tuning A Ton Of Cars At Lights Out In Georgia, Historic Promo Video: Chevrolets Promo Movie Selling Ram-Jet Fuel Injection for 1957, New Product: Hurst Direct Fit Roll/Control Line/Loc Kits For GM F-Body And GM G-Body. This footage from the 1968 NHRA Nationals takes a look in and around Jenkins world as the race unfolds. 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). In 1964, Jenkins and Strickler travelled to England, as part of the U.S. 12188103_10205140416098445_7215557424739895846_o. He became known as the premiere normally aspirated drag race engine builder after his Super Stock victory at the 1967 Nationals. cool pics of the 69 and the 68, 69, and the 70 show car (not the Pro Stock car) Attachments 69grumpy.jpg 45.1 KB Views: 7,675 All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days. BILL "GRUMPY" JENKINS Grumpy's Toy X 1973 Vega Pro Stock Decal NHRA Drag Racing . Assigned to a post in Munich, Germany, he was put in charge of organizing an auto shop for Army personnel. 67impala427 TMM Moderator MR 67 IMPALA. Bought new at Ed Rinke Chevrolet Co. 26125 Van Dyke Ave. Center Line MI . We will safeguard your e-mail and only send content you request. 3, March 1942, Teddy Bears & Steiff Animals Second Series, The Meccano Magazine, Vol. Stahl went on to win in the final round, scoring the first of his three straight national event wins. "Bill was really floggin' as he pulled and replaced two sets of heads, a clutch, a camshaft, and a set of rings all during the course of four days," wrote Jim McFarland in HOT ROD's NHRA Nationals coverage. They may need minor dusting from transport.Here is a GMP 1/18 Bill GRUMPY Jenkins 1968 Chevy Nova SS Grumpy's Toy V Muscle CHEVY II .No original box. Jenkins cut down the team's match races in the early 1980s until his final season as a team owner in 1983. The performance heads had the words Hi Perf cast on their intake runners and came with much larger inlet ports. [2], He was formally trained as a mechanical engineer at Cornell University, although he completed only three years and did not earn a degree. [3] He became known in national circles as the engine builder for Dave Strickler in the early 1960s. Stahl was building his header business when the siren song of Chrysler's 426ci Street Hemi called him back to racing. On Jenkins 68, it has an SS emblem in the grille, but does't have the SS simulated hood intakes, nor the Super Sport emblem on the lower trailing ends of the fenders the 68's had, and the only year for that. 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). If you believed the brochure, the hottest '68 Chevy II or Nova available packed a 295-hp, 350-cube V-8. 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. Dale and Vickiwere hoping to find a 1969 Camaro Pace Car, but when she stumbled upon an ad that read Grumpy Jenkins-built 1967 Camarobest offer, she asked Dale who Grumpy Jenkins was. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre.For this, she was convicted of a minor tax violation for the one-cent tax difference between . [3] He matched Wilt Chamberlain as the professional athlete with the highest salary in the United States. He did so much more for the sport, and helped so many racers. I decided to bring the car back out and race for Jenkins' team." Screw-in rocker studs and pushrod guideplates were used with stamped steel, pivot-ball 1.7:1 ratio rockers. bore siamese cyls design. A rollcage was installed in the car, and the trunk floor was cut out to make room fora fuel cell. There is also a pair of original Jenkins-prepped Dominators on the engine, and an original Jones/Motrola tachometer inside the car. In 1968, Jenkins cloned this once 1967 Camaro into a 1968 Camaro Super Sport. [3][12] Lombardo replaced Jenkins in the driver's seat for the second race of the 1976 season in NHRA. He was 81 and lived in Malvern. It has the Jenkins shop-stampings on the case. Trim Tag. [3] This car would give him thirteen wins in Pro Stock that year. 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?? The car was then sold to another racer, Brooklyn Heavy, andit ended up in upstate New York. Working in the service department of a Chevrolet dealership, Stahl had plans to attend the General Motors Institute, a GM-owned school that developed engineers and managers, but they were interrupted by a stint in the Army. XXII, No. The original headers, distributor, transistorized ignition, wiring harness, and original steering column and components are still in use. Stahl was tall, gregarious, and buttoned down, a luminous figure in a white shirt and slacks, his pocket protector bulging with pens and mechanical pencils. Yet Jenkins won the war. Toys, Dolls, Games & Puzzles Jenkins grew up on a disused farm in suburban Philadelphia where he learned the intricacies of internal combustion working on tractors before going to Cornell University as a mechanical engineering student. Stahl found a copy of The Sports Car by Colin Campbell in a Frankfurt library. Your credit card or PayPal account will be charged. [3] Jenkins-built engines continue to be used. Jenkins imagination jumped into overdrive when it came to increasing the performance of his new big-block, 67 Camaro. Chevy Hardcore NEWSLETTER - SIGN UP FREE! Despite its early exit, Jenkins's Chevy II was already gaining notoriety in a sea of Chrysler products. [2] He entered Pro Stock when NHRA started it in 1970, and won the first two events of the year (the Winternationals and Gatornationals) in a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro,[2] ultimately taking the national title. 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. The car after paint stripping, and ready for restoration work to begin. There was some info printed that the 430 Chevy was considered as a production engine for 1970 but was cancelled along with other 1970 engine options. Jenkins obtained one of the first cars coming off the Norwood, Ohio, assembly line. The little Chevy II was also adorned with the Grumpys Toy moniker for the first time. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2004 Bank of Canada $100 Dollar "RADAR" Banknote "PMG 68 EPQ" Jenkins - Dodge at the best online prices at eBay! Then ran the 70 Camaro in Pro Stock. 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. 11_ ST 68-11427 WRN _____ BODY. 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. Shop by category. NHRA changed the 1972 rules to allow drivers with a small block wedge engine to run a lighter car. The class was also custom-made for a shrewd racer/tuner from Pennsylvania named Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins. Interestingly, the same factory cam was used in the later L72 427/425. He was involved in the development of the L-79 engine. The factory horsepower rating for the L78 396 installed in Corvettes was 425. Bill Jenkins SS 396 Nova | Vintage Video of the day Bill "Grumpy Jenkins Big Block Nova Super Stocker at 68 NHRA Nationals. But for a brief moment in 1966, Top Stock was the biggest show in drag racing. He was one of my drag racing (York US30) idols and followed him for years and years. 1/43,1968 Chevy Nova SS 396,Bill Grumpy Jenkins/GMP, 1:43 GMP 1968 Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins Chevy Nova SS 396 - Rare, 1:43 GMP "Grumpy's Toy" V, Signed! Grumpy Jenkins drag racing career began like many young men who grew up in the 1950s. I just purchased the Slixx decals for Grumpys Toy 67 Camaro 68 Camaro and decals for the 72 Nova.I cannot find any info, photos on the 72 Nova that Bill Jenkins ran I would use the Old Pro for donor kit.Any help would be appreciated. [3] That year he was featured in Time magazine, the first drag racer to experience mainstream national coverage. Truly a genius. Jenkins and Stahl were the odd couple of Top Stock. Jenkins was personally responsible for building 30 vehicles that set national records in various racing venues and his builds won a total of 61 races including eight championships. The Mark II remained a mystery for several years until the 1965 model year passed its halfway point, when Chevy abruptly halted production of the 409. "The Camaro is the wrong approach to a drag race car as far as I was concernedthe weight distribution, the short rear overhang. RIGHT: The years of paint on the car has left their mark. 2023 Power Automedia. His innovations include drag racing's first kickout oil pans, Pro Stock strut-style front suspension, and dry sump oiling system, and cool cans, electric water pump fan, gas port pistons, and slick-shift manual transmissions. 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. #(2) at the best online prices at eBay! Jenkins was intrigued by the performance of Carlo "Ollie" Volpe's fuel-injected 327ci Corvette and reasoned that a small-block in a lightweight Chevy II body might have potential. His plain-white Grumpys Toy frequently won, and at the biggest race of the year, the 1967 NHRA Nationals, Jenkins swept Super Stock Eliminator; a career-defining win. Bills Nova ran in A/Stock class at NHRA events, and was reputable for winning races against 426-cid Dodge and Plymouth Street Hemi cars. Good info, again, Richard. We cant wait to seethe carfor ourselves at an event, hopefully making trip down the drag strip, albeit at a never before seen slower speed. [8] He would also win S/SA at the 1965 Winternationals in a hemi-powered Plymouth named Black Arrow. Whats The Reason Enthusiasts Cant Get, Yes I Am A Dinosaur, And Why I Feel Electric Cars, Rare Rides: The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro COPO, SPEC Clutches: For That Next Engine Swap Or OEM Upgrade, Shop Tour: Brian Tooley Racing Expands To Be A One-Stop Shop, Moroso Anti-Roll Kit Is The Right Tool For The Dragstrip, Why You Need A Proper Fuel Tank Vent In Your Ride, Fenix Is A Next-Gen 69 Camaro With 1,180 Horsepower. XXVII, 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?) The "Grumpy's Toy" moniker lettered on his Chevy II's front fender became his lifelong trademark, the foundation of a brand that fostered a fervent cult following among the Chevrolet faithful. "Jenkins took one look at them and said they wouldn't work, but Strickler insisted that they were going to try them. "That book ended up leading me to the header business," he later recalled. Free shipping for many products! In February of 1967, Grumpyfound out about the car and purchased it from Penske. He was lost in his own world; he was like an artist that way. CopyrightJeffery Latondress. For 1971, the Demon 340 replaced the Dart Swinger 340 (aside of a few special-order Canadian Dart Swingers). "The car is rugged and Stahl doesn't make it any easier to defeat. TR 733 PAINT. Lombardo raced for Jenkins until 1979, finishing third in 1977 points, second in 1978, and seventh in 1979. The Authorized History of Grumpy Jenkins' Cars. Jenkins Competition was the white-hot center of the Junior Stock universe in 1966. This seeming mismatch propelled Jenkins to legendary status with his giant killing, small-block Chevy II. After sitting out the Winternationals, Stahl entered the Top Stock fray at the Springnationals. ". Jenkins loved to row through the gears, so the car was fitted with a Hurst Competition-Plus shifter controlling a four-speed Muncie M21 transmission. 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