Grumpy's Toy Camaro's

[Salvatore]

Yea, Carmens green car and Heavy's orange car. I think Heavy's car had the back wheels wells cut more than the green car if I remember correctly. I also think there are pictures somewhere on this Site of the 68 car of Heavy's not to long ago.

[RichSchmidt]

I race every weekend all over the New Jersey,PA area.I am trying to get eenough history of these cars that I can start posting notices on the bathroom walls.So many of these old battle wagons have been around for so long that the old timers know them like the backs of their hands.All it takes is a little bit of info to fall into the right hands to send a search into fast foward.I need to hook up with Nova Dan and start banging on doors

[SUSQ]

I spoke with the Grump at the York musclecar show a few years back regarding the current whereabouts of his '69 car. He said it was "out near Pittsburgh". . . He did not seem to be eager to elaborate or discuss further.

In all fairness to him, I was probably the billionth person to ask him about it. His '69 car is one of my all time favorites and I'm sure I'm not alone. It would be a great find, indeed.

[BARN FIND]

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Hey Barnfind.Is that car with the floor cut out your 72?I will be doing the same thing to my 73.The car was tubbed.I will be using the new premade main floor with braces,the premade rear floor with framerails and braces,then I will use the package tray and inner 1/4 structure from my 74 Camaro,adding new 1/4's,outer houses and tailpanel.It is my high school car so I want to make it perfect,the main floor are patched and look good,but I think that with over 2 grand in new metal going on already why not make it perfect.Let me know how it all goes together.It looks like you dont have much of a jig under that car.Kinda scary.

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I welded the whole car to the lift it was on and then measured all the locating points (twice) and then cut the floor/frame rails/trunk floor out with a plasma cutter. I bought all the pieces separate (I did use the floor with the braces and 4sp hump) and welded them together myself so that I would be sure of alignment and sufficient number of welds. A porta power is a good investment if you plan on getting everything where it is suppose to be. Also I replaced the outer rockers <u>after</u> i had the floor welded back in (that is what was welded to the lift). The jig it is sitting on in my signature is actually my boat dolly, the boat weighs 3500# and the Camaro cab is most likely less than 1000# so it should be ok. I will probably have it on the rotisserie after Xmas.

[70CitrusZ]

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That 1st color pic of grumpys car looks like the color of the car is capri cream? or is it my imagination.

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I was thinking the same thing..I tought it was white

[Basesjuiced]

My grandpa is Larry Kimball, and he sold the car a few years back, for $750,000. I believe the guy whom it was sold to, was putting it in a museum in Pennslyvania. Any questions, just post here and I'll do my best to answer them. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[70CitrusZ]

Hi, do you have any info as to the actual color of the car? any pictures?
Thanks,
Mark

[John]

Originally Posted by Basesjuiced

My grandpa is Larry Kimball, and he sold the car a few years back, for $750,000. I believe the guy whom it was sold to, was putting it in a museum in Pennslyvania. Any questions, just post here and I'll do my best to answer them. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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What museum is Grumpy Jenkins 1967 396/375 Camaro in now ?
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... I own the Next 1967 396/375 Camaro built after Grumpy Jenkins first Camaro.
It has all
... Original Paint
... Original Interior
... Always been a drag car
... Never been registered with license plates to drive on the street
... 1122 Actual miles

... It would be nice to see Grumpy Jenkins 1967 396/375 Camaro
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[Pro Stock John]

The 1967 Camaro, aka Toy III is currently owned by Dana Mecum, maybe someone on the board knows if the car is showed.