Brooklyn Heavies Article with a DH 70 Camaro

[RichSchmidt]

I was out there since I moved to my current house which was 2001,and he was open and doing well.I went down there about 3 years ago and the place was a newly opened Mattress store.He may have had a house in Florida for a while,but he was still up here until a few years ago.The speed shop didnt have anything to do with Heavy,and you are right that he did a lot of talking about how much he did on that Vega.As for the Camaro,I am Mentioning converastions that people had with him in the late 70's or early 80's about Heavy's old car sitting in a garage somewhere near his store and the owner refused to do anything with it.Who knows about that though.

[Salvatore]

Thanks for that update Rich! I loved those lazy Sunday afternoons at Raceway Park when they ran their weekly Pro Stock eliminator with Heavy, Carmen, Zul, Blevins and all the NY, North Jersey based racers competed and bet. Carmens dad was the ring leader what I remember in the pits! A great era!!

[cammer427]

So, Heavy owned TWO 1968 Camaros? One which was previously owned by Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins (a Rally Sport car). One car was orange, the other green. The green car was prepped and raced by Carmen Rotonda, the other by Heavy's crew. Which was the ex-Jenkins car? Which one was sold to this Roger Sylvestry (spelling correct?), which one fell off the car trailer and thus rendered scrap? Where is the other one (whichever of the two it may be)? Oh man, the confusion...

[cammer427]

Also, were the "London Heavy" cars (or was there only one?) in England related at all to Heavy's cars? Or was it just a fun name choice on the England racer's part?

[COPO_Anders]

Of the two original "Heavy"-cars this one came to Sweden from England, and it is still here.


The other one, the Challenger,was shipped back to the US. if my memory serves me right. Pic is from Colorod #8 1974.

[Salvatore]

Still stealin our race cars arn't you Anders?

[COPO_Anders]

I know Sam, I know !!

From the Eiward brothers photo collection, taken somewhere in Sweden:

[cammer427]

Hmm, are you sure that '72-'74 Challenger was a Brooklyn Heavy car? Or did it originate in England and then later ship to the U.S.? I know he had a '71 Challenger, but not that late.

[RichSchmidt]

The most current story is that the car that was sold to Roger Sylvesty Was the 1970 orange camaro,it fell off a trailer,then the damaged carcas sat outside a gas station for years in the late 70's while it rusted badly and was finally crushed.

[Dog427435]

Ran across these shots of the Brooklyn Heavy car on an English racing site - taken in the paint shop in May 2003. It was then owned by Jan Thoren. No shots of after, or if it was redone.



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