Old Realiable

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History at it's Finest!!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dave-Stricklers-1968-NHRA-National-Champ-Old-Reliable-/280505726472? (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dave-Stricklers-1968-NHRA-National-Champ-Old-Reliable-/280505726472)

[al8apex]

yow!!! $549k BIN ...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: al8apex</div><div class="ubbcode-body">yow!!! $549k BIN ... </div></div>

I'm weak. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif

Wayne

[SSJunkie68-69]

wasn't this at Mecum some time ago and the bid was way more than the BIN price but was turned down....just curious to see if anyone else remembers ?

[Denis]

I kind of remember high bid of $450K at Mecum.

[Norm reynolds]

Talked to a Friend that worked with Bill Jenkins at the time this car was around He does remember it
As We Talked he said it was kind of sad that today you hear a lot about Carroll Shelby But it seams all is forgotten about Bill Jenkins
When you come to think about it he is right it seems like bill never got his fair dues At his prime I think no one could get more H/P out of a small block chevy as he did
I remember years ago back in the late 60s going to Acto and watch Bill Jenkins in the pits working on his cars talk to him a few times and Man DID I learn a thing or two from Bill
He was the master at what he did but today it seems he is all forgotten It is kind of sad in a way
Why does it come to some one has to die to get recognize for what they did best

Wow. I know Bill and I totally agree. He's sure not so grumpy once you talk to him a bit. He has helped me tremendously over the years and I can't thank him enough.

Once at the PRI show, my pal Mike Pustelny and I were sitting at a table in the hotel lounge drinking soda water (no kidding...I think Mike was drinking Pepsi though). Bill shows up. Out of the blue, I kidded him about giving me an autograph. Damned if he didn't autograph the table top. To this day Mike and I are kicking ourselves for not making off with the table <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif

Bill is one of a kind. And I feel absolutely fortunate to have had conversations with him over the years.

Wayne

[old5.0]

Why hasn't anyone from Hemmings or MCR or something sat down with him and gotten his life story? The cars, the racing, everything. That's something I for one would love to read.

[Norm reynolds]

Why hasn't anyone from Hemmings or MCR or something sat down with him and gotten his life story? The cars, the racing, everything. That's something I for one would love to read.

I am tottaly in agrement
That would be great to see
Bill was a Pioneer in his day working in a small shop in Malvern Pa that build some of the fastest cars around
It is a shame he is all forgotten today

I think you'd find that Bill is a tough guy to nail down in one spot for any length of time, especially for something like this. Larry Schreib really did a good job on the Chevrolet Racing Engine Book with Bill, but as I understand it, the process wasn't easy. I know Bill well enough to ask a few pertinent questions, but I'm certainly not the guy to write a book -- that's for sure. John Joduga from National DRAGSTER knows Bill better than most (he's the guy who did the posters of Bill and his &quot;toys&quot; for Moroso). JJ could easily do the job, but I'm betting its a time issue. One would need a lot of it to do a book project of this nature. The other dilemma is this: I've had five books published with various publishers. I'm sure not getting rich off of them. If you make 50 cents an hour piecing together an automotive book, consider yourself lucky.


Speaking of cents...thats my few pennies worth.

Take care guys. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif

Wayne Scraba

[old5.0]

I hear ya. I've been working on a little project of my own, and I had no idea before I started what I was in for.

[PeteLeathersac]

Wasn't it 'da Grump's old shop refrigerator complete w/ original decals that a site member here bought a few years ago?.
I can't find the thread but wasn't it Jeff w/ the '69 L72 Camaro who's over in England?.

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~ Pete

http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/10137/2229879810082607023S600x600Q85.jpg

[Xplantdad]

Who said that Grumpy is always Grumpy?

Holly with Bill at Barrett Jackson in '07

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/Barrett%20Jackson%2007/Saturday/tn_DSCF7407.jpg

[Salvatore]

Have to get &quot;The Ultimate Bow-Tie Muscle Video&quot; by First Class Video Productions Inc. in Maryland. Wayne has a great interview with the Grump and pictures of his cars and him. The Old Reliable is in it right after Jerry MacNeish got it finished. In car camara with Jerry in the E/Stocker.

[396L35]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wasn't it 'da Grump's old shop refrigerator complete w/ original decals that a site member here bought a few years ago?.
I can't find the thread but wasn't it Jeff w/ the '69 L72 Camaro who's over in England?.

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~ Pete

http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/10137/2229879810082607023S600x600Q85.jpg </div></div>

Jeff Murphy did buy a refrigerator that Grumpy had for sale. I have pictures of that somewhere in my computer.

[PeteLeathersac]

I can't find the thread on Grump's fridge but did find the below Yenko.net picture floating around in cyberspace..

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~ Pete

http://www.yenko.net/photos/data/564/Da_Grump_2.jpg

[396L35]

Thats the picture I have somewhere...

[Verne_Frantz]

There is a book being written now about all (most all) of Bill's cars and ones he had an involvment in. It won't be a biography, but it will have a lot of tribute in it.

Verne <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[SS427]

Sometin' else Murphy just recently got from Da Grump too but I ain't spillin the beans........

[markjohnson]

I think the Grump is greatly appreciated and he knows it! He was huge in the late Sixties and all through the Seventies. Anybody that thinks he has been overlooked is a newbie to Chevrolet Drag Racing. He's a huge attraction to any event he appears at. Advertising, posters, etc. I've drag raced since I was 16 years old and I've always known that I'm not doing anything groundbreaking with my builds......I'm just following The Old Man himself with things he pioneered. Anyway, I actually have a great VHS video that a friend gave me called &quot;The Bowtie Brigade&quot; that concentrates on the Chevrolet Musclecar Era and they sit down with Grumpy in his office at work and talk about all of his cars from the 409's, Z-11's, Camaros and Vegas. They even interview Dick Gulstrand, Larry Shinoda, and there's an in-car Camera in Jerry Macneish's '68 Old Reliable and a quick slam through the gears! It's a great video and one of my favorites.

[copo69]

The book is being written by Doug Boyce and as I understand it's just been finished and will be released around the first of the year.

[Salvatore]

That is the one Mark. I have it in DVD. A little slow but good.

[300deluxeL79]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: copo69</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> The book is being written by Doug Boyce and as I understand it's just been finished and will be released around the first of the year. </div></div>
brother doug has been hard at work for over 2 years now.
at york last year with the grumpy one...
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo33/69belair/york2009/Picture029.jpg

[PeteLeathersac]

That Dvd sounds really great...where's a fella get one?.
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Can't wait to hear what Jeff's latest Grump lump is!.
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~ Pete

[Jeff Murphy]

a Lump indeed

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&amp;Number=25028&amp;filename= P1010123.JPG

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&amp;Number=25029&amp;filename= Engine%20at%20Home%202.JPG

[396L35]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jeff Murphy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">a Lump indeed

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&amp;Number=25028&amp;filename= P1010123.JPG

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&amp;Number=25029&amp;filename= Engine%20at%20Home%202.JPG

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Congrats Jeff, thats a nice replacement engine for the #49 car.

[Jeff Murphy]

Wrong car. That's for my red COPO. He built it to the exact spec that he built Hedrick's Yenko (and his memory is the best I've ever seen). He told me that's the only big block car he ever put any real effort into..