1962 COPO Impala 409? First COPO?

[Casey Marks]

Rob - "You have mail" .......

[JoeC]

They say you can find anything on ebay and I am beginning to think it is true.
There is a 1962 409 alu front end old drag car on ebay. They claim it is original but with an M22? I thought the first year for M22 was 1965. Seems like the dealers always throw in at least one incorrect statement but it is a cool car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...item=592980854

[Edited by JoeC (07-09-2001 at 09:59 AM).]

[Belair62]

Neat car ! Big bucks !

[Tony S]

Chevy454:
Yes I did make the Carlisle Show but I missed the Yenko presentation. I had a great time although it was really hot and humid. I am from Southern California and don't get out much. ;-) I don't know how they intend to out do this years line-up of 5 Yenko Camaros and 3 Z-11 cars under one roof.

I look forward to reading your board here. Great stuff!

For anything non- SYC Chevy related I invite you folks to visit Chevytalk.com.

Thanks for the welcome.

[bowtie3168]

Tony,
Don Fezzell owns the '63 Z-11 Impala, Larry Brinkley owns the '62 Bel Air, and Jerry MacNeish owns the '68 Z-28 Camaro that were all raced under "The Old Reliable" Banner. Ammon R. Smith Auto Car Company was a Chevrolet Dealer located on Carlisle Ave. York Pa.(The dealer is now a wall paper warehouse). Dave Strickler was a mechanic who married Susan Smith,daughter of Vernon Smith the dealer principal of Ammon R. Smith Auto Car Company. Dave Strickler started racing seriously in the late 1950s in the York area and met up with a tech inspector at Lancaster Dragway who helped him in making his car run faster thru a carb adjustment, that tech inspector was William Jenkins aka later known as "The Grump". Stricker and Jenkins began to race cars with the support of Ammon R. Smith in 1961 with a 1961 Biscayne 348 Tri-Power (Maroon in color) and then went on to race at least two 1962 Chevrolet Bel Airs, a match race car and a "legal" car. In 1963 Strickler got a Z-11 Impala, in 1964 he went to Dodge. Strickler got one of the factory 1965 Altered Wheelbase Dodge Coronets, one of 2 or 3 four speed cars. Dave went back to Chevy in '66 with a Corvette Funny Car. In 1968 Strickler won the Super Stock Class Championship Title with his S/S E Camaro Z-28. Check out that story on www.z28camaro.com .

Andrew

[Tony S]

Andrew,
Thanks for the education. I was unaware of the three cars using the same moniker. Great info! I am certainly glad I found this board.

Speaking of Bill Jenkins. You'll never guess who I had lunch with on Saturday at the Carlisle show.

Grumpy and I

Thanks again for the education.

Regards,
Tony Schaefer
chevytalk.com


[Edited by Tony S (07-12-2001 at 12:16 AM).]

[JoeC]

Bill Jenkins used numbers after the names on his cars. The 1963 Z-11 was the "OLD RELIABLE IV." The "Grumpy's Toy" name I believe started with the 67 Camaro and by 1978 he had the Monza "Grumpy's Toy XIV". May have been more then 14 "Grumpy's Toy" cars.

[bowtie3168]

Joe,
Yes you are right, there are many "Grumpy's Toys" cars out there. My buddy John Caliendo bought one of the Pro Stock Monzas, the "match race car" and ran it in the" NHRA Competition Eliminator"class.I have a trivia question for you guys: What was the name of the 1965 Plymouth altered wheelbase car that Bill campaigned in NHRA,AHRA competition and who owned it?

Andrew

[whitetop]

Andrew
It was called the "black Arrow" and was owned the Strickler..

Tony S
Do you have any other pics of the Camaro you can post. It looks great!! God, I love the look of Cragars in the morning...It feels like.... nostalgia!!
whitetop

[Edited by whitetop (07-12-2001 at 11:05 AM).]

[Tony S]

whitetop:

Sorry to say I don't have any more of that car. It did look awesome. I know what you mean about S/S wheels. I've got the new versions on my IROC-Z.