I did a TV shoot at WGN in Chicago last month for the MCACN show and one of the cars there was the same Grumpy Vega! They fired it up during the shoot and it still sounds mean. I got to take a close look at the car and the present owner explained what all the "special" Grump stuff was on it, he was Da Man for a Chivvy head...

I second that the commentary was hilarious, man I think these guys missed their calling. They should have done stand up comedy or at least open mic night. Landys car sounds wicked, love those old pro-stockers. Looks like Landys car went to the right and got way out of the grove.

Now that was a cool video!

That was back when "grudge" racing was fun to watch. Nowadays it's 3 months or more of trash talk, what seems like 30 minutes of staging after the burnout, then a quick pass.

One things for sure, Ma Mopar screwed up big time when they didn't sign the grump to a racing contract in 66. They had the chance and blew it. He was a big thorne in their side from then on.

I actually preferred to go to the match races than the big events. They ran whatever they felt like, which, if you watched closely in the pits & paid attention, usually meant stuff that wasn't NHRA legal so you could see what did & didn't work. Big inch motors (for the day) weird engine set-backs, and experimental engine pieces were all commonplace back then & many things are now considered standard on today's racecars---I.E side-mounted carbs, oversize fuellines, crank-triggered ignitions were allused on these early P/S cars & today we EXPECT a racecar to them!

Excellent old videos !
Thanks !
chryco