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 ...

Jenkins match-raced that same steel car, fitted with a 427 "fat-block," in late '67, and mounting one of the first 8-barrel tunnel-ram inlet systems, he copped the runner-up Modified slot at the ...

From the July 1970 issue of HOT ROD magazine: Bill Jenkins’ 1970 Pro Stock Camaro was the first of its kind to appear on HOT ROD’s cover and heralded technical innovations hot rodders and ...