RIP "Grumpy" Jenkins

[Mike N]

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[bluesblaster]

RIP "Grump"

 

[Stinsok]

I can picture a Monza pulling a front wheel off the ground.

 

[JHandley]

RIP Grumpy!

 

[1958Bassman]

I can picture a Monza pulling a front wheel off the ground.

He raced a Monza? I used to see him in a '67 Barracuda, when the car was new.

 

[Stinsok]

He raced all kinds of stuff. Vega's, Monza's, Camaro's.

 

[AnchorHoy]

One of the giants in the "brand new" Pro Stock class which became popular when I was growing up. By virtue of his consistently high placing in the NHRA points races, he was a steady presence at both Englishtown and Atco

The various Camaros were pretty cool but relatively ordinary as Pro Stockers went. The Vega OTOH was a very innovative car, and positively BadAzz

That one car started a wave of smallblock Vega conversions in my neck of the woods. There was a time, during my High School days (mid 70's), that there were no less than four V8 Vegas running around the streets of my hometown - including one panel/wagon that was regularly seen pulling the front wheels just as high (and occasionally higher, since it had no wheelie bars ) as the one shown in the pic above

RIP Grumpy. Hope they packed a few cigars in the casket for ya

 

[drummer5359]

I was always a big fan of Grumpy. I had a poster of the Vega on my wall when I was 12 or so.