1972 Chevy Vega Pro Stock Grumpy's Toy Bill Jenkins NHRA 1/25 Scale Model Kit Build Review MPC877
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Features
Retooled Authentic Body Parts
Expanded Decal Options
Lettered Drag Slicks
Vintage Box Art
Small Block Chevy 350 Engine
Dual Quads
Solid Wheels
Racing Headers
Bucket Seat
Pro-Stock Hood Scoop
Roll Cage
Pro-Stock Gutted Interior
William Tyler Jenkins (December 22, 1930 - March 29, 2012), nicknamed "Grumpy" or "The Grump", was an engine builder and drag racer.[1] Between 1965 and 1975, he won a total of thirteen NHRA events.[2][clarification needed] Most of these wins were won with a four-speed manual transmission. In 1972 he recorded 250 straight passes without missing a shift.[2]He was formally trained as a mechanical engineer at Cornell University, and he used his training and skills to build engines.[3] He has been inducted in numerous motorsports halls of fame for his engine building skills in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock class. His innovations include drag racing's first kickout oil pans, Pro Stock strut-style front suspension, and dry sump oiling system, and cool cans, electric water pump fan, gas port pistons, and slick-shift manual transmissions.[3] Considered the "Father of Pro Stock", Jenkins-built engines were used to win five NHRA Pro Stock championships and three American Hot Rod Association (AHRA) championships.[4]He was nicknamed "Grumpy" for having a no-nonsense attitude at races.[2] The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America said: "his continual search for improved performance left little time for idle chatter with his racing colleagues."He became known in national circles as the engine builder for Dave Strickler in the early 1960s. Jenkins teamed with Strickler to win Little Eliminator at the 1963 Nationals with an A/FX 427 Chevy.[7] He drove hemi-powered Dodges in 1964 and 1965 after Chevy left drag racing early in the 1963 season. In 1964, Jenkins and Strickler travelled to England, as part of the U.S. Drag Racing team, to take part in the First International Drag Festival, a series of six events held that fall.He won the A/MP (A/Modified Production) class in a 1965 Plymouth gasser at the 1965 NHRA Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, with a pass of 11.11 seconds at 130.24 mph (209.60 km/h).[8] He would also win S/SA at the 1965 Winternaionals in a hemi-powered Plymouth named Black Arrow.[9] His winning pass in the final round was an 11.39 second e.t., overcoming Dick Housey's 11.37 with a holeshot[9]Jenkins couldn't agree on terms with Chrysler for 1966, so he decided to run a Chevy independently by making his own Chevy engine package.[3] Without factory support, Jenkins developed his first Grumpy's Toy, a 327 cubic inch / 350 horsepower Chevy II. When he found the compact car was to be placed in the same class as the 426 ci/425 horsepower hemi Dodge and Plymouth muscle cars, he commented it "looked like a pretty good gimmick at the time".[3] The lower displacement engine in the smaller car, hence lighter minimum weight, enabled it to outrun the larger-engined but heavier cars. He set a class record[clarification needed] with an 11.66 second pass.[3] He was added to Chevrolet's team in 1967. He became known as the premiere normally aspirated drag race engine builder after his Super Stock victory at the 1967 Nationals.[2] He entered Pro Stock when NHRA started it in 1970, and won the first two events of the year (the Winternationals and Gatornationals) in a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro,[2] ultimately taking the national title.Jenkins went winless in 1971. NHRA changed the 1972 rules to allow drivers with a small block wedge engine to run a lighter car. Jenkins used a small block-based 331 cu in (5.4 l) in a Chevrolet Vega fitted in the class' first tube chassis,[2] which debuted at the 1972 Winternationals. He had a subpar 9.90 second pass in the untested Vega, qualifying 17th of the 32 entries at the season-opening event. After tuning the chassis, the car clocked low-9.6 second passes on race day and Jenkins won the event.[3] Jenkins used the car to win five of the first eight events of the season (some of them regionals) and six of eight Nationals.[3][3] Jenkins earned a total of $250,000 that year, including event and manufacturer support.In 1973, following an NHRA rule change to allow records to be set at any national meet, Jenkins drove his Vega to Pro Stock's first official record, a 148.76 mph (239.41 km/h) pass, at the Winternationals; "Dyno Don" Nicholson set the e.t. record with a 9.33.[11]Jenkins built a Vega in 1974 (dubbed Grumpy's Toy XI) that had several firsts which impacted future drag racing cars, including the first dry sump oiling system and a MacPherson strut front suspension.[3] This car would give him thirteen wins in Pro Stock that year. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
nice i Like the vega and his camaro 👍
Thanks man!
I love those older drag cars, you did that one justice, great build Chris 👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I believe Mr Grumpy himself would be mighty pleased with the job you did. It looks great and great detailing work. Thank you for sharing your builds and keep them coming. Everyone stay safe and healthy and remember to smile.
Thanks Teddy!
@@hpiguy Thank you for all your work and tips, we all really do appreciate your videos.
Great build of a great classic.....so cool that they are bringing these back for us old guys to take another shot at building it again. Thanks
Thanks man!
This will definitely be my next buy, great job Chris.
Good choice!
Butt was getting numb from sitting too long. I was gonna get up and stretch my legs, then your video came up.... Oh well, butts already numb so I'm gonna watch your video. 😁👍
Thanks man!
Thanks for cheering me up, your enthusiasm lost my partner on the 18th of last month and watching your videos helps thank you.
Sorry to hear that, take care of yourself! Models help pass the time!
Ohhhhhhhh I'll be getting that kit!!!!!!!!!!! 👍 👍 👍 👍
Thanks man!
Wow Chris that looks sweet... nice build
Glad you like it!
It looks great Chris! The 60 and 70's era of Pro Stock was always my favorite period. Thanks for sharing this neat build.
Just bought the kit, cant wait to get started.
Love this kit, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
My favorite pro stock driver!! What a class guy!!
Couldn't agree more!
I can't believe how awesome you got that done! LOVE VEGAS!
I was working on my house and discovered that the open cell spray foam they sell at hardware stores makes for realistic tire smoke. I had overspray on the floor and it looks like real tire smoke.
Nice build for a legend of the sport !
Awesome build as always! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
I was fortunate to see Jenkins drive this car a number of times , Model Roundup has done a great job getting the stance right looks perfect. Nice build Chris as always 👍👍
Thanks for sharing!
Awsome build as always great build thanks for sharing have a good week.
Thanks, you too!
Just got mine! Cant wait to build it
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the videos. I've been modeling since my age was a single digit and I'm in my mid-50s now. Yet I have picked up some great tips by watching your videos.
Right on!
Really great job!
Awesome work brother thank you for your time and effort involved in making these videos and sharing them with all of us .
I appreciate that!
Ah, memories. My wife had a '72 Vega. Would have been perfect for a small block V8 transplant, but the inner fenders were too rusty. Starting with another car would have been required. Great job on the history of the man & the car.
Good job building a well thought out kit. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
Cool as usual. Thanks Chris!
Thanks again!
Absolutely Awesome and well done Chris! Grumpy would be proud!
Thanks!
Wonderful videos, and you have the perfect voice for narration. I just picked up a '63 split window Vette to replace the one I built 57 years ago! I've built real cars but you never get over models. Thank you.
Awesome! Thank you!
Great looking build ! & tips waiting on mine
Thanks, enjoy!
Another great job! Can't wait to get one.
Right on!
Awesome Job Chris! Grumpy would have been proud!
Thanks man!
@@hpiguy your welcome!
*Bill* would be proud of your build-up of his most famous car . I can't wait for the one I ordered to find its way to my work bench ! So many possibilities with this kit ( *Motion* *Super* *Vega* ! ) , from Jenkins' P/S version , to some LT-1 powered hot rod , to a BBC-powered track terror .
Thanks for another *great* build , *Chris* !
Thanks John!
Looks really realistic,cool build.
Thanks David!
Super great kit thanks for sharing your build a friend from canada Rob thank you ✌
Thanks man!
Another kit in the books great job Chris love it got to get one love the old school drag cars
Cool, thanks!
Very cool man, thanks for sharing, can’t wait to have mine
Any time!
Great job thanks
Another gorgeous build Chris .
Thank you!
Another great run down the old modeling track.
Have a good weekend my friend! 😎👍
Thanks, you too!
Grumpy looks great! Nice job.
Thank you! Cheers!
Should get mine soon !!! Great job btw you nailed it !!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
I built that model back in 1974 . Miss those days.
Similar, they made a new body mold for this issue.
I built a dozen of them... all painted different colors... God what a waste. 🙂
Looks awesome! That’s 3 this month i had to add to my stash after your video! The decals, overall model and the simplicity of this kit is appealing to me, normally I would have to have a a high parts count but cool Vega !
Wow that's awesome build, I can't wait to get one, I'm glad to see some of the old pro stocks make a come back, you can.also build a Vega street machine with that as well, I love how you use rustoleum paints they go on a lot smoother than other paints I watch your channel all the time and get some good ideas for mine. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!
Once again, very nice clean build Chris.
Thanks again!
Heck yeah!!
Thanks man!
another excellent job , looks great. ok now I want one
Thank you! Cheers!
Another lovely build, thank you. I will try to find one in the UK
Hope you enjoy it!
Very cool! Excellent job on this one for sure. Great build and heads up on decals.
Thanks a bunch!
One of my favorite Heroes! Grumpy Jenkins! Chevrolet 🇺🇸
I remember that small block vega. Ole Bill Jenkins was known as the Giant Killer, he would smoke them 426 hemi's
With a much smaller engine..
@@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 …..and he ran a 4 speed in his cars.
Very nice work, looks ready to race!
Thanks for watching! Enjoy!
Some say it went wheel to wheel with a 'Stang that very day of completion. All we know is, it's a hellovajob!
Finally the Grumpy's VegaPro Stock drag caris here!!! Great build Chris & killer presentation!!
Thanks man!
Sharp looking kit. I think I will have to get one
Thanks man!
Love it!
Thanks!!
I just order this kit on Sunday kit wait build when comes out but I won't be using Bill Jenkins decal I'll be using a set of Nickey Chevys ones.
That sounds cool!
@@THROTTLEPOWER ; Yes but may need to do more research on Nickey Performance know alot about Summit & GM Goodwrench Services which were on past pro stock cars in late 90s & 2000s
@@malikdigger4544 Oh yea, research is always fun and rewarding. Sounds like it will be a cool build.
I ll be getting one from model roundup love the elevator music
Thanks man!
Great job the car looks fantastic.
Glad you like it!
You did a beautiful job 👏 looks like the real car
Thanks David!
Nice job on Grumpy's Vega, good call on the white drive shaft, when I ran circle track they required us to paint them white or yellow, mostly so fellow competitors could see them if they fell out. (road hazard)
Thanks man!
Nice build I remember getting my autograph signed on the hood of Bills Pinto back in 1972 when I was 13 at New England dragway
Nice!
I think you are mistaken about Jenkins driving a pinto , he has been a Chevy driver forever and a pinto is a Ford. I'd love to have got his autograph for my collection, nice grab !!
@@glennsloggett1876 you are correct grumpy never drove a pinto.
It might have been Dyno Don Nicholson he drove Pinto
Cool stuff always 😎 👌 👍
Super cool build brother!
I'm glad you like it!
Just picked this baby up
Getting mine this week
Have fun!
Looks great! That Tamiya paint looks like it matches the decal colour very well.
I think so too!
It would be nice if there was a stock kit.
I'm sure if these sell out they may attempt one. All depends.
On alot of my chrome, I spray a really lite coat of graphite gray rattle can on wheels and engine pieces and it looks so real. It also was a happy accident. Try it out! You won't be disappointed.
Wow, this brings back memories seeing Grumpy and Dyno Don Nicholson running grudge matches at a strip in Pa when I was a teen. It was Ford vs Chevy with Grumpy's Vega against Dyno Don's Maverick. I don't remember if there was DDN P/S Maverick kit? One thing I do remember was Grumpy painted the gas tank white in the belief that it kept the fuel cooler. Wish I still had the original run of this kit.
Back in the 70’s one of my first kits was Dyno Don’s yellow Mustang II
I don’t know how you build so fast, Chris. My day job is preventing me from building like I used to. Keep knocking them out. I might build this one someday.
I just get used to knocking them out, not show builds but one day I can do assembly and main paint, the next day it's a couple hours on final details.
hpiguys Workshop sure beats what I used to do. I could build a model within a week. Now it’s like 2 months. My OCD makes me have to pay attention to the details at times. Can’t help it.
Great job!!! I just picked this, the 007 71 Mach I, and Speed Racers Mach 5 at Walmart for $5.00 each. I HAD to get all 3 for that price!!! I may have to go back and get another 007 Mach I to customize as a drag/pro street car, especially since you get extra parts.
Good choice!
Very Nice!
Thanks!
I Really like it Chris, God Bless.
Thanks so much!
always cool videos
Thanks man!
Wow Chris super cool!! Great job! Please do some more Pro Stock or Super Stock cars!! Looks like a die cast! Bravo!
Thanks man!
Adding this to my hit list! ;-)
Cool!
I saw Bill and his Pro Stock Vega at the Fall Nationals in Renton Wash. back in the day. I can't remember who he was up against in the final. Was either Bob Glidden or Warren Johnson. That was many moons ago.
The Grumpys Vega is back ALL IS RIGHT WITH MY WORLD
Thanks man!
Testers Silver is like Frank's Red Hot..... I put that shit on EVERYTHING! lol
LOL
Like the look and stance but I wish it was more accurate. As I recall the big innovation with this Jenkin's vega was that it was the first tube frame pro stock car. Would have been nice if the chassis reflected this.
I think I built this model back in the '70s as I owned a 1972 Vega GT hatchback myself. Never got to put a small block in it though, thought about it a lot.
Nice!
Another great show mate havnt missed a show yet you are the only one the wife watch's with me other than john moores vids keep up the great work mate 👍👌
Thanks 👍
Very Nice I bought two
Good choice!
Awesome
Thanks!
Do the 1/16 Thunderbird
I will, no worries.
awesome
Thanks man!
Another gr8 build here in Australia we have a Torana hatch back much the same size
Thank you!
Is great great job
looks like a winner!
Thanks man!
i have 6 of these 1972 grumpys kits building six different pro stock drivers cars, the one thing that gripes me about these kits is round2 put the front spoiler witch needs to be grinded down on the sides to fit correctly they stick out to far and are a bit to long on the sides that turn up on the front fenders in the Bruce Larson USA-1 1974 VEGA KIT & they left the front spoiler out of the 1972 Grumpys vega kit, i had to buy 5 spoilers from a ebay seller that was parting the 74 usa-1 kits out and he is out of stock now. i still need one more front spoiler. just about everyone of the drivers ran front spoilers at one time or more on the 1972 vegas, but i haven't seen one photo of a 1974 pro stock vega with the front spoller.on them. round2 messed up when they didn't add them to the 1972 grumpys kit.
SUPER KOOOOOLLLL.
Awesomeness. Mike Espo .
Thanks man!
Great build, my dad had three chevy vegas when I was little.a yellow one, a green one and a white one, the green one was the coupe and the other two were the hatchback coupes but the model chevy vega you just built has some major pizzazz👍👍👍😊😊😊
It was a great little car in its day.
@@rudolphguarnacci197 what my dad would do back in the 1980s is he'd buy cars and pickup trucks that were ten years old and older because back in that era you could buy them for almost nothing, he had the three chevy vegas that I mentioned in the earlier comment and he also had some ford pinto cars and later on he had three pickup trucks, two 1969 ford ranger f-100s and a 1976 chevy Silverado, the two ford trucks were three on the tree and the chevy was an automatic transmission he's had quite a few vehicles and they all were good running ones👍👍👍😊😊😊
@@michaelupton8070
Nice! Sounds like fun. What kind of music did your dad listen to and did it influence you?
@@rudolphguarnacci197 he listened to rythem&blues music and I've always liked automobiles and trucks and aircraft👍👍👍😊😊😊
@@michaelupton8070
That's cool. He sounds like a cool dad. My dad was a jazz drummer and listened to big bands like Benny Goodman growing up. He was part of the be-bop movement in NYC in the early '50s. I have a '95 Toyota T100 I won't part with. My mom bought a brand new '67 Firebird when I was six. What a beautiful car.
Sweeet!!! I just ordered one!
Enjoy!
Cool video thanks again
Do you spray paint in the basement or in a garage ?
I love how fast spray can does the job
Both!
Excellent presentation , where do you get all your paint colors from ? What is the best place to purchase a good collection of colors?
Fact, the (Factory floor boards) on ALL "Grumpy Jenkins" PRO Stock Vegas were indeed white. And the
Bumper Mount Wheelie Bar concept was in in fact a "Grumpy Jenkins" Design. NICE Build, love the wheels.
Thanks for the info!
Grumpy's '72 Vega had a tube frame. A first for the class at that time. I guess that would be too much tooling to make.
Sounds like a good time to learn brazing brass tubing for the new body! Enjoy!
SOO PUMPED UP ABOUT THIS BUILD !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks man!
When these first came out (Pro Stock and Funnies) they had the most awful tires you could imagine, with the right tires this looks so much more like a Pro Stocker. Grumpy"s Vega was the first Pro Stock to have a tube frame, changed the class forever and took us to the path of the modern day class. Wish the model would have been more correct in that regard. Nice job on this build.
Thanks man!
What type and size brush do you use for the Future top coat?
Thanks
Doesn't matter, any soft brush you like.
Nice, very nice......,,
Many many thanks!