Grumpy's Toy Camaro's

[69RSZ]

That 1st color pic of grumpys car looks like the color of the car is capri cream? or is it my imagination.

[Dave Rifkin]

I was at Atco this past weekend and saw a Chevy Monza painted as a Grumpy's Toy car. It had a huge aluminum rear wing a an equally large snorkel scoop on the hood. Never got to see it run though; I asked someone who was with the car if it was really a Jenkin's car and she said she thought to.

[Kim_Howie]

[jannes_z-28]

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I was at Atco this past weekend and saw a Chevy Monza painted as a Grumpy's Toy car. It had a huge aluminum rear wing a an equally large snorkel scoop on the hood. Never got to see it run though; I asked someone who was with the car if it was really a Jenkin's car and she said she thought to.

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Bill Jenkins had a car like that for matchraces, I have an old magazine some where with pictures of it.

Jan

[deluxe]

Toy 14 was built for match racing. The only car unaccounted for is his '81 Camaro, anybody know its whereabouts or what became of it?

[iluv69s]

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Toy 14 was built for match racing. The only car unaccounted for is his '81 Camaro, anybody know its whereabouts or what became of it?

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So what ever happened to his 70 Camaro? Has it been restored? just curious...

[deluxe]

Grumpys Toy VIII has been restored. Well, what was left of the original car (roof, 1/4's) has been restored back to Toy status.

[iluv69s]

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Grumpys Toy VIII has been restored. Well, what was left of the original car (roof, 1/4's) has been restored back to Toy status.

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thanks...so the car that was on ebay a number of years ago from Baltimore area was actually grumpys car?? I could have bought that car a while before the auction, but I was not sure if it really was what it was...same car??

[RichSchmidt]

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That 1st color pic of grumpys car looks like the color of the car is capri cream? or is it my imagination.

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Sure looks that way to me.I wonder if the restored car still has the trim tag.I would have said that the picture was just faded or stained,but Winboldon white was pretty light,and the background wall and even the truck in the corner of that shot look pretty white and that Camaro looks pretty creamy.

You have to remember that this was the Grumps first Camaro and the first car he had after the red and white novas.It is entirely possible that he spent a while racing a car with Chevy paint on it before going to that "brand F" color.One thing that is odd is that the pic of the car in the shop looks a lot whiter,it also has lettering on the front fender that isnt in the other photo.I am leaning toward the car being Capri Cream for a while,unless that was a 68 only color.My friend has a Capri Cream 68 race car and it looks soooo vintage cool.

[deluxe]

Sounds like your talking about Toy VIII Rich. When it was brought to Bill, the only thing that remained of the original car was the roof and 1/4's. Their was no identifying marks (vin etc) to say that it was, or use to be his car.
Theirs no doubt the '69 car survives with word of it being "down south". The '68 car has been back halfed and basically modified beyond recognition. Bill is aware of this.