In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it. It changed the world of drag racing. And after that NHRA Pro Stock drag race Vega ...

Spotted at a local car show, the Vega sports its original livery with "Grumpy's Toy X" decals on the sides. Sure, the racer is no longer fitted with many of its original components, but everything ...

Remembering Bill Jenkins.“When Bill first completed his Vega, few believed it would go as quick as it did as soon as it did,” wrote Hot Rod’s John Dianna for that magazine’s December 1972 ...

Sporting new sheetmetal on a fxoven chassis. gtumpys toy xii mokes its debut So Grumpy's got a new "Toy" to play with-number XII to be exact-and it's a Monza, w ...

331CI, 680HP, '74 Jenkins Competition Pro Stock Small-Block ChevyDon Wallace, Tampa Bay, FL In the history of famous drag race cars, there are pivotal cars that changed drag racing technology forever.

In the new Pro Stock categories, the Vega found its niche with racers like Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, who stuffed big motors between the little car's fenders and wide tires out back, to come up with ...

Built by the Jenkins Competition "Super Crew" which consisted of Dick Whitman, Derrick Von Bargen, Joe Tryson and Dutch Irrgang, "Grumpy's Toy VIII" benefited from the team's years of experience ...