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Old 12-27-2007, 06:55 PM   #1
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Default Hemmings Muscle News next issue - "Old Reliable" racing era

Vintage Racing
The Old Reliable

Bill ?Grumpy? Jenkins and Dave Strickler take a knee alongside the 1962 edition of The Old Reliable.
photo courtesy Larry Davis

Pardon the blatant commercial message, but fans of full-size Chevy warhorses shouldn?t miss the February 2008 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines, which contains a suitable-for-framing vintage drag racing pictorial documenting ?The Old Reliable? era.

The photos and captions (as told to HMM Senior Editor Jim Donnelly) for the piece come from Larry Davis, author of Gasser Wars; Super Stock and Quarter-Mile Muscle and provide a truly unique glimpse into one of drag racing?s pioneering teams that included backing by York, Pennsylvania, car dealer Ammon R. Smith Chevrolet, tuning by an up-and-coming legend, Bill ?Grumpy? Jenkins, and lightning-fast driving reflexes, courtesy of Smith?s son in law, Dave Strickler.

Rare photos include a shot of the team?s 1961 409 Chevrolet Biscayne; The Old Reliable V, an evil, stretched-wheelbase 1966 Corvette that Strickler unsuccessfully drove in the NHRA Super Experimental Stock class; and a 1968 Z/28 Rally Sport that Strickler drove in Super Stock.

Look for it on newsstands soon?the cover of the magazine features a white 1972 Chevelle SS and a 1973 Dodge Charger Rallye.
- By Mike McNessor
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