Old Realiable

Wow. I know Bill and I totally agree. He's sure not so grumpy once you talk to him a bit. He has helped me tremendously over the years and I can't thank him enough.

Once at the PRI show, my pal Mike Pustelny and I were sitting at a table in the hotel lounge drinking soda water (no kidding...I think Mike was drinking Pepsi though). Bill shows up. Out of the blue, I kidded him about giving me an autograph. Damned if he didn't autograph the table top. To this day Mike and I are kicking ourselves for not making off with the table [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

Bill is one of a kind. And I feel absolutely fortunate to have had conversations with him over the years.

Wayne

[old5.0]

Why hasn't anyone from Hemmings or MCR or something sat down with him and gotten his life story? The cars, the racing, everything. That's something I for one would love to read.

[Norm reynolds]

Why hasn't anyone from Hemmings or MCR or something sat down with him and gotten his life story? The cars, the racing, everything. That's something I for one would love to read.

I am tottaly in agrement
That would be great to see
Bill was a Pioneer in his day working in a small shop in Malvern Pa that build some of the fastest cars around
It is a shame he is all forgotten today

I think you'd find that Bill is a tough guy to nail down in one spot for any length of time, especially for something like this. Larry Schreib really did a good job on the Chevrolet Racing Engine Book with Bill, but as I understand it, the process wasn't easy. I know Bill well enough to ask a few pertinent questions, but I'm certainly not the guy to write a book -- that's for sure. John Joduga from National DRAGSTER knows Bill better than most (he's the guy who did the posters of Bill and his &quot;toys&quot; for Moroso). JJ could easily do the job, but I'm betting its a time issue. One would need a lot of it to do a book project of this nature. The other dilemma is this: I've had five books published with various publishers. I'm sure not getting rich off of them. If you make 50 cents an hour piecing together an automotive book, consider yourself lucky.


Speaking of cents...thats my few pennies worth.

Take care guys. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]

Wayne Scraba

[old5.0]

I hear ya. I've been working on a little project of my own, and I had no idea before I started what I was in for.

[PeteLeathersac]

Wasn't it 'da Grump's old shop refrigerator complete w/ original decals that a site member here bought a few years ago?.
I can't find the thread but wasn't it Jeff w/ the '69 L72 Camaro who's over in England?.

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~ Pete

[Xplantdad]

Who said that Grumpy is always Grumpy?

Holly with Bill at Barrett Jackson in '07

[Salvatore]

Have to get &quot;The Ultimate Bow-Tie Muscle Video&quot; by First Class Video Productions Inc. in Maryland. Wayne has a great interview with the Grump and pictures of his cars and him. The Old Reliable is in it right after Jerry MacNeish got it finished. In car camara with Jerry in the E/Stocker.

[396L35]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wasn't it 'da Grump's old shop refrigerator complete w/ original decals that a site member here bought a few years ago?.
I can't find the thread but wasn't it Jeff w/ the '69 L72 Camaro who's over in England?.

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~ Pete

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Jeff Murphy did buy a refrigerator that Grumpy had for sale. I have pictures of that somewhere in my computer.