1970 L78 nova

[Salvatore]

Nobody is a bigger Grumpy fan than me! I asked him to look at my 270hp carbs on my 1961 vette and he did. I even bought some vintage carb parts off him. He is a nice guy. Jenkins set the Pro Stock world on fire in 1972 with his small block Vega. He figured he could make enough power with his 331 in small block and much lighter weight to win and.....he did. Probably his name is not associated as much with this site because he didn't produce any cars. He didn't take any cars and prepare them with his name attached and so on. Today, I still believe if Chrysler wanted to put the SS/AA record in the 8.30's or 8.40's he could do it even before the hemi guys of today. He just would need to use Chryslers money. NOT his. He also had the Pro Stock truck class down pretty good till NHRA squashed it. You are right Schoneye and Kim those other guys really couldn't compete with Jenkins in those days. remember He did Dave Stricklers 1968 Z and also Don Yenko's Ed Hedrick SS camaro, and 2/3 of all the chevy stock and super stock cars in those days.