Brooklyn Heavy - Page 4

69z28302 · #31 03-04-2009, 02:00 AM

Bottom picture is the car Heavy bought at Bluegrass Dragway from Billy Stepp I believe. The hood scoop is the same. In the old video it was pullin the wheels 2 foot of the ground and in 2 gear also.

MM

Verne_Frantz · #32 03-04-2009, 03:51 AM

Glenn,
I've finally come to the conclusion that you can't possibly have any furniture in your house. You and the family are sitting on, and eating on boxes full of photographs!.....................There can't be any room for anything else...............

Verne.......

69z28302 · #33 03-04-2009, 04:19 AM

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This is really weird. I just viewed a copy of some old 8mm film from Bluegrass Dragway in Nicholasville, KY that had Brooklyn Heavy on it. He was dress in a three piece suit and was there to buy the "Billy the Kid" Hemi Challenger.
Several people I talked to clearly remember that day. Here's a link to some pictures of the car I believe after Heavy bought it from Stepp
http://www.prostockhemi.com/gallery2...?g2_itemId=248
Mike

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I forgot to mention the reason the "Billy the Kid" Challenger was there was to match race with Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins in his Pro Stock Vega.

Mike

**owners2** · #34 03-04-2009, 04:55 AM

Any clues as to where the Dick Harrell & Motion Camaro's are????

C1SS396 · #35 03-04-2009, 07:16 AM

Here a link to my posy awhile back with some pictures of the camaro ....

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...2/fpart/1/vc/1

Mike · #36 03-04-2009, 05:34 PM

I talked ot Rufus on a couple occasions. The 70 Camaro in the article went to a guy on Long Island, he wasn't sure who. The 70 Camaro with the wild pumpkin paint scheme was the old Butch Leal Camaro. I didn't realize he ran so many race cars. He also told me Grumpy's 68 was sold to a named Sylvester Rogers from the area and was wrecked in a trailer accident. Other people seem to think that car is still alive? Who knows??

**ANDY M** · #37 03-04-2009, 06:44 PM

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Here's a couple photos of a second generation Brooklyn Heavy Camaro.
Not sure if it's the Dick Harrell car or not!

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This was posted on the Harrell forum.

**Salvatore** · #38 03-04-2009, 08:35 PM

The pro Stock vega in the pictures was very competitive also. Heavy won the DIV-1 points meet with that car. Also I don't believe Billy "the kid" Stepp was an angel either.

Rumor has it! Both campaigned fast, competitive cars though.

Peter426 · #39 03-12-2009, 01:26 PM

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Looking for contact information for either Levi Holmes or Rufus Boyd. Anyone know if either one of these two gentlemen are still with us or their whereabouts? From what I'm told Levi was a big street racer in the NY, NJ area in the 70's and they both raced the Brooklyn Heavy car(s).

Any info is appreciated.

Mike

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Mike,

Hi. Contact Eugene Coard of Mutt Brothers fame. There's a good chance he knows. Here's a link to his web site:

http://ronaldlyles.com/

Pete

Peter426 · #40 03-12-2009, 01:33 PM

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Nice to see a post on this, I grew up about 15 miles east of Brooklyn, and I remember in late 79 early 80 when I was in junior high seeing a 69 Camaro that was at one of the local Amoca stations, it was a SS/RS Big Block (remember blacked out rear panel)Hugger orange with a black hockey stick stripe. It had painted on the side "Brooklyn Heavy", it was set up for drag racing (gutted interior)but was pretty stock, no engine or tranny. I continually asked if it was for sale,owner of the station said the owner was in jail.!! It sat there for about 2 years before the owner sold the station and cleaned house, but I remember that car vividely, wonder if it was a COPO

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Here's a photo of the car in its better days.

Pete