Whereabouts of Grumpy Jenkin's Camaro Toy IV

[Pro Stock John]

Yeah could be fun to poke around and do a little research.

I specifically asked about the front end because the car no longer had the hideway headlights. He made the change.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Pro Stock John

Yeah could be fun to poke around and do a little research.

I specifically asked about the front end because the car no longer had the hideaway headlights. He made the change.

Maybe those are the parts Joe was referring to in his post.

[Pro Stock John]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Maybe those are the parts Joe was referring to in his post.

Joe said he sold the nose of the car, was kind of indicating it was rough from the acid dip. From what I've read over the years, sheetmetal that was acid dipped unless treated properly would become weaker over time.

(12/10/23 edit) - I originally said nose and to some that implies the entire doghouse. Joe says he still has the fenders.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Pro Stock John

Joe said he sold the entire nose of the car, was kind of indicating it was rough from the acid dip. From what I've read over the years, sheetmetal that was acid dipped unless treated properly would become weaker over time.

Yeah, I read your conversation with him about selling the front clip after. I've read, way in the past, in those ancient paper things called magazines, that many of the race cars that were dipped were never properly neutralized and eventually rusted to dust while sitting neglected. If the clip was already in bad condition and the rest of the body wasn't properly treated at that time, that is what could have happened to the body too.

I thought I read the body was sold with no tags or title and if it kept rusting to the point of not being worth repairing and no on knew it was any different than a base Camaro, it may have gone to Camaro heaven a long time ago.

[JoeC]

I believe Bill also had a set of fiberglass fenders that he ran on Toy III and Toy IV.

These fenders were different then the fenders normally seen on Toy III and Toy IV.

They had no side light like on the 68 and no emblems like on the 67 .