Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

Not sure he ran it that late in its life Tom. he ran the 69 car and also the 68 car later on but when the Vega came about he may have sold the car to Heavy by then.

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

Start of the 71 season at Pomona was the Vega debut ?
Im pretty sure he match raced the '68 long after the '69 was gone.....he was so dominant with it and his biggest moneymaker till the Vega..
Keystone Raceway Park featured him against Ronnie in ,I think 71-72,,(with the '68) I can't say for sure which year.
I do know at the end of his use , it had been Heavily altered to be lighter before he cut it loose and feasible for M/P ,Gas or AHRA/IHRA......NHRA Did Not like that car for Pro Stock classification any more.
Do you or anyone else know the timeline of transition in detail and or exactly when Heavy or someone else got the '68 ?
Something tells me another Pro Racer got the car.

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

Sammy is pretty good on that Pro-Stock stuff.

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

vega debuted at the '72 winternats
'68 camaro was retired when the '70 camaro was ready
'69 and '70 camaros were run through the rest of the '70-'71 seasons
the '69 camaro was used in nov/dec '71 to test different small block engine combinations for the vega
'69 camaro was sold early in '72, i have a few pictures when the new owners picked it up, the '68 camaro is in one of those pictures.

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

Dave,
can you share those pics ?
Oops..I meant '72 debut.
Those pics could be a treasure map.
.Regards,
Tom

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

I thought 1972 was the last year of the "real" four speeds (pre-Lenco), and therefore the last year of "real" pro stock?

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

Good info Dave. I think Heavy ran that 68 car in the 1970,71 time frame.
Where is Dan Palchanes when you need him?
Danny?????

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

tom, got your PM, unfortuately, i was sent those pictures with the promise not to share them.
this one i can...word is the '69 is in tenn.
a les welch photo

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics..._silman_72.jpg

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

here is a shot brother doug scanned while at jenkins shop...nov/dec '71, jenkins using the '69 camaro to test small block engine sizes for the vega...

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...te_fall_71.jpg

Re: how tall of a slick did they run in prostock?
 

one of those i can share, '68 camaro at jenkins shop, early '72, notice the original yellow paint inside the deck lid and 'grumpys toy' is stripped off the door...

[img]https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3072466_282688[/img]