Anyone Know "Too Costly"

[Jim Parsons]

Eddie brought this car over to Salt Lake’s Bonneville Dragstrip in the spring/summer of 1966. when I was also running my car in A/S. There were several of us in A/S including some Hemi Chargers and other Nova’s. Needless to say he cleaned all our clocks as we were just street cars with cutout or headers and recap slicks. He had already won the Winters Nationals as it was hand painted on the car much like the other lettering. I’m pretty sure he also flat towed it over from Elko. The story was he beat Jenkin’s Nova for class to get into the eliminator when the Grump pulled it out of first gear too soon on the leave.
Jim

[Gordie Kissner]

Was passing through Elko a few years back while on my job and walked into an office at an auto repair facility(Ed's Place),the wall was covered with s/ss memorabilia,trophys etc..had a chance to sit and chat with Eddie for a while that day,nice guy and fun conversation.

[Lyn Smith]

I was at a Nostalgia race last year and had a chance to talk to Ed Iskenderian. I asked him if he could still make a cam like Grumpy ran in his 66 Nova.He said "sure", and then started to tell the story of Mr. Vasquez bringing the 327 engine to Iskys dyno after the Winternationals win to see how much power it really made.He said "we put it on the dyno and started to do some pulls, and it promptly spit out one of its connecting rods".I recently contacted Mr.Vasquez thru a facebook site and asked his version of the story.His version went like this"we worked on the engine on Isky's dyno for several days after the Winternationals.Starting with 325 plus HP, and finally getting it near 450 hp.(Remember this was a 1967 SS motor) and on one of the final pulls it expired.We then had to thrash hard to put together another motor for a race we had the next weekend".A little different story, but same results.LOL Eddie told me he later sold the roller Nova to a guy in TX. and it was destroyed in a street accident.

[Travis Miller]

Another photo of the "Too Costly" Nova.

66 Chevy ll Winternats winner 1967.jpeg (223.9 KB)

[Rat Patrol]

A belated ‘thank you’for the info on ‘Too Costly’ and Eddie Vasquez...another mystery resolved.

Great to hear he has had a long and fulfilling life - I was worried he may have become a victim of conscription.

Thx all.

[Pat6868]

Ok, so the mystery is "solved". Vasquez shows up and spanks all the heavy hitters as per NHRA rules. He doesn't call the shots. Takes the trophy with a very pretty girl on hand. This is the Winternats. What has a red Plymouth got anything to do with this as per post 5?



















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[Dave Muller]

Looks to me like that's just in his signature section, not in the post itself.

[Pat6868]

If that's your take, respectfully, Vasquez earned that pic, these cars aren't in the same zip code.

[Rat Patrol]

Originally Posted by Pat6868

If that's your take, respectfully, Vasquez earned that pic, these cars aren't in the same zip code.

It was a sig pic of my car. You should also note, I posted the pic of Vasquez receiving the trophy. Clearly your understanding of web forums is wanting...

As far as an RO23 ‘not being in the same zipcode’ - I think winning the 67 SS/B and SS/BA Nats, the SS/BA 67 Springnats and Top Stock at the 67 Springnats puts them in an infinitely more salubrious zip code than any JR STOCK Chevy....no matter how many divisional class races Jenkins may have won over street Hemis on bad tracks.

Ever wondered why his Chevy II NEVER won a Nationals eliminator?

I’ll tell you.....Because he couldnt make the HP to ward off the Race and Street Hemi cars on properly prepped tracks - ask Grotheer, Stahle and Vanke.