Old prostockers

[supercomp 8.90]

i had warren johnsons 79 camaro pro-stocker years ago in the late 80s did anyone know he ran camaros for a few years???? also the car had a unique three-link rear set-up instead of a 4-link. the car was bought by gary brown first from warren then my friend steve tiona bought it then we bought it from steve. the car was one of the best working cars ive ever had!!! we raced it at desoto dragstrip from around 85-88 it ran 8.80s @ 155.00 with a mild steel head 475 very light car!!!! tube chassis,struts.a friend of ours fred paravicini 86 track champ ended up buying the car from us and belive it or not rolled the car in the lights getting into his own trans-fluid!!! totaling the car!!!! what a shame!!!!

[olredalert]

-------Da grumps Vega (the first completely chassied pro-stock) is very much around. Cant remember the fellas name but Im pretty sure hes from Rittman Oh. Nice guy and treasures the car. Last saw him at the GM Nationals at Carlisle 2 years ago...........Bill S

[RichSchmidt]

I wondered what happened to that ar.Is that the same car that he started out with as a 1970 camaro and then updated over the years?I know he had a camaro with rubber bumpers{78 and up style} with a flat back 70 style window.I have heard this is the car that he made thousands of passes on.If so,it was truly a piece of history.I guess the car didnt survive the crash.I havent seen any signs of it in years.I know that back then things were a lot like today.A good prostocker became a good M/P car,and then a good bracket car and then it vanished into obsurity or was wrecked.The same holds true today.I guess we have to settle for having the pictures.

[Chevy454]

I love the pro-stock cars, especially the ones from back in the day when they weren't the cookie cutter cars of today. Keep it going, fellas!