[Pro Stock John]

Got a referral from a highly credible person, and I left a message for the person who reportedly owns it or had owned it in recent years.

As far as IV turning into the Pumpkin and in the process getting a vinyl top, it's a long time theory and I'm trying to be very open minded about the different theories.

If readers don't mind me rambling a bit here are some of the theories around IV.

Pumpkin become IV
-It's plausible, it's pretty much accepted Heavy bought IV. I struggle with the idea that Heavy added a vinyl top to a car but hey find a person who was there to share a testimony.

IV eventually became the Algieri Racing car
-It's plausible, it's accepted that the Algieri car was purchased from Bob Veniero who had purchased it from Carmen Rotonda or Frank Carnisacola of F&J Speed Shop. Carmen drove for Heavy and it sounds like wrenched on the cars too.

Algieri car is not IV
-And this theory has been brought up in some of my calls with folks. The simple version of this theory is the Algieri car was Carmen's own Camaro and not IV. I like the simplicity of that theory, it's known Carmen had 2 Camaros he himself has said in a past post on FB he did. But then you ask yourself, if the Algieri car was not IV then who ended up with IV when Carmen sold it.

I had talked to Joe via FB and I'll follow up with him again. I'd really like to talk to Carmen. If anyone is a buddy of his and could make an introduction please PM. I'll keep it under 15 minutes and respectful.


My only agenda here is putting some theories to rest and make sure we have a fact based view of the history.