What is the correct description of a 60's Jr. stocker.

[X-TECH MAN]

The BEST description for me of a 60's Jr. stocker is lots of inexpensive fun fun fun !

[Paul Ceasrine]

X-Tech,
I think the Mid-West Farmer Junior Stockers filled the tires with Portland Cement Limestone
A little trick they used on the farm, to get better traction from the
John Deere Tractors. (148 lbs./ cubic foot)
Seems that the powder weighed a bunch, and filled nicely in one of those 7.75 x 14's.
I think the only way to get it out of the trunk, was like you you said, an engine hoist,,, or wait for the trunk panel to rot out
PC

[FED 387]

3600 pound 67 small block camaro had a 275 pound weight box behind the removed back seat backrest-the optional/legal 5/8 inch plate steel gas tank shield between the trunk floor and the top of the tank, and the 150 pound L60x15 spare tire on a steel rim filled with an assortment of starters/generators---by the way if I remember right shipping weight on my car at the time was 2885 pounds----- Comp 387

[Paul Ceasrine]

FED,
My friends 67' Camaro 327/210HP 2-barrel was supposed to weigh
#2919 lbs. (NHRA specs). I think the 327/275HP should have been a
tad higher. He never found out the actual weight.
I remember it well, because it had a horrible weight break 13.90 wt/hp back-in-the-day. In 1968, he had to run in K/S, against those 1966' 283/220HP 4-barrel Chevy II Nova's,
1967' convertible Mustangs with the little 289/225HP 4-barrel, and a sneaky quick and light 1965 Ford Falcon Futura with a 289 2-barrel
Back when the whole class was running 15.90's. Fun and competitive, without breaking the bank!!!
PC

[Paul Ceasrine]

Just in from the '1966' presses.
The last true NHRA 'Junior Stock' championship race.
The World Finals 1966.
Jay Hamilton in a 1958 Pontiac with a 370/338HP running in F/SA,
defeats Bill Abraham in a 1965 Pontiac GTO 389/360HP in B/S.
Jay came back with the same car in 1967, and won again with a
13.85 in E/SA. (Weight/bracket 11.30-11.88) But it was listed as 'Stock Champion', not Jr. Stock Champion.

[Ed Wright]

I don't remember NHRA ever calling it Jr Stock, just Stock Eliminator. Far as I know just magazines and some racers called it Jr. Stock. I never got a trophy labeled Jr. Stock Eliminator.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I don't remember NHRA ever calling it Jr Stock, just Stock Eliminator. Far as I know just magazines and some racers called it Jr. Stock. I never got a trophy labeled Jr. Stock Eliminator.

I still have a plaque that says "Drag Times Jr. Stock Finalist" that I won in 1965 with my 426 street wedge Plymouth. Its not from NHRA but from the old Drag Times paper that came out every week covering the east coast drag strip results.