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Old 10-17-2023, 05:31 AM
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Default Very early photo of the car when New

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... Photo of the car when New.

... Prior to any lettering.



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... Photo of the car when New.

... Prior to any lettering.



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WOW that’s a cool pic!
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Here's what I know of the 4P L78 cars. 10 are known and there are two more that appear to be added L78 engines. Several of the 10 are block or docs only, so no vehicle data.
The first cars were the pacers.
The first L78 for public sale was Jenkin's car.
The only non-IPC cars that are known to exist are:
Jenkins
John's blue car
Mark's old red car
White convertible that Richard knows about.
... Kurt, you have gathered a wealth of knowledge on CRG.
... How many Indy Pace Cars were 4P ?
... Did ALL the Indy Pace Cars that had 4P on the cowl tag, have the rear panel painted the same color as the rest of the car
... And No Black Rear panel ?

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... with this car coming from the factory
... having 4P on the cowl tag
... Built 03D
... All Original Paint
... which includes the rear tail panel painted the same color as the rest of the car
... the car being Built just Two Days after Grumpy Jenkins Camaro
... and Never have been registered with license plates to drive on the street
... with 1122 Actual miles
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This car had only 3 sponsors
... WATTS Motor Co.
... PENNZOIL
... KWIK CHEK Super Markets
... James A. Keeton
... known as "Cheatin Keeton"

... I could not be happier to find out all this about the car.
Thanks for the help.
... now to find more photos of it racing ...

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Default 1967 396/375 Camaro Research

... The vin# of my car is

124377N198768

After being informed that it was built just 2 days after Grumpy Jenkins 1967 396/375 Camaro,
... I was wondering where on the production line my car was
... compared to the first 1967 Yenko Camaros and looked on the Supercar Registry list ...
... It was very early compared to the vins of those 1967 Camaros that were converted to Yenko Camaros.

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I wasn't aware Jenkins car was sold through a dealer to Jenkins. Good to know and thank you for the information.


Not to derail this thread but are there any more early photos like the ones I posted previously? Hoping to see it in more stock form (before lettering).










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I wasn't aware Jenkins car was sold through a dealer to Jenkins.
I don't know how they handled the paperwork, but a guy from Grump's shop went to the Tech Center to pick up the car and drove it back to PA. Had to be a long cold trip with no heater, 4.56 gear, and in March.
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I don't know how they handled the paperwork, but a guy from Grump's shop went to the Tech Center to pick up the car and drove it back to PA. Had to be a long cold trip with no heater, 4.56 gear, and in March.
...
... So is this correct ?

The FIRST 1967 Camaro built with the 396/375 motor was The Actual Pace Car.

The SECOND was THE BACK UP Pace Car.

The THIRD was GRUMPY JENKINS CAR.
... and his was also the first car with the 396/375 motor OFFERED To the General Public and PICKED UP at the Tech Center and not at a Dealership.

The FOURTH was MY CAR that was ORDERED and DELIVERED to Hechler Chevrolet.
... and it is UNKNOWN if GRUMPY JENKINS CAR was ORDERED thru a Dealership or not.

... Is this correct ?

Just trying to understand the sequence correctly.

Thanks for your input.
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