1962 COPO Impala 409? First COPO?

[Tony S]

Andrew,
Thanks for the education. I was unaware of the three cars using the same moniker. Great info! I am certainly glad I found this board.

Speaking of Bill Jenkins. You'll never guess who I had lunch with on Saturday at the Carlisle show.

Grumpy and I

Thanks again for the education.

Regards,
Tony Schaefer
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[Edited by Tony S (07-12-2001 at 12:16 AM).]

[JoeC]

Bill Jenkins used numbers after the names on his cars. The 1963 Z-11 was the "OLD RELIABLE IV." The "Grumpy's Toy" name I believe started with the 67 Camaro and by 1978 he had the Monza "Grumpy's Toy XIV". May have been more then 14 "Grumpy's Toy" cars.

[bowtie3168]

Joe,
Yes you are right, there are many "Grumpy's Toys" cars out there. My buddy John Caliendo bought one of the Pro Stock Monzas, the "match race car" and ran it in the" NHRA Competition Eliminator"class.I have a trivia question for you guys: What was the name of the 1965 Plymouth altered wheelbase car that Bill campaigned in NHRA,AHRA competition and who owned it?

Andrew

[whitetop]

Andrew
It was called the "black Arrow" and was owned the Strickler..

Tony S
Do you have any other pics of the Camaro you can post. It looks great!! God, I love the look of Cragars in the morning...It feels like.... nostalgia!!
whitetop

[Edited by whitetop (07-12-2001 at 11:05 AM).]

[JoeC]

There was also a Strickler/Jenkins 426 Hemi Dodge 2% A/FX (1964) car called "The Dodge Boys". I remember reading that a lot of guys were running the auto trans cars but Strickler ran a 4sp. They say that Strickler was so good with shifting his 4sp that many people thought it was an auto trans car.

[Tony S]

whitetop:

Sorry to say I don't have any more of that car. It did look awesome. I know what you mean about S/S wheels. I've got the new versions on my IROC-Z.

[sixtiesmuscle]

Just saw a picture of the '66 L79 Nova that I think was the first "Grumpy's Toy". Kinda makes sense because he was running a small block against all the "big block" Fords & Mopars in Super Stock.