Grumpy Jenkins Books.......out of print? Where to get em?

[Roothawg]

I used to have a Grumpy Jenkins book covering the smallest of the small blocks but it has walked apparently. So I thought I would buy another one off of Amazon or Motorbooks. Wrong. Anyone know a place where I could buy these books?

[Unkl Ian]

I should have one for you.




If I can find it.

[Roothawg]

I found one on a Canadian website? But it has very little info about the owners of the webpage. Kinda sketchy.

[FLAT-TOP BOB]

check abebooks.com

[Roothawg]

Thanks ............nothing there.

[Unkl Ian]

Check your PM

[wingnutz]

That was my Bible and gave me plenty of tips to accomplish Cheap Horse power and using the right combination of parts verses the most radical and expensive parts!

Mine walked 15 years ago..., Unkl Ian..., do you have another...???

Mark

[Roothawg]

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Check your PM

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Check.....you get mine?

[Bruce Lancaster]

There are TWO Jenkins books--one fairly well known written when he was thoroughly famous in the pro stock field, covering the "turbo heads" period of Chevy development, and a smaller book a few years older that is very interesting because he was doing his thing back then with regular junkyard parts and lots less money.
The man is brilliant--his books go right beside Yunick and Vizard on my shelf.

[Bruce Lancaster]

I've turned up sources for a couple of copies (expensive--they are running from$35-50ish) of the late book' so PM me and I'll give you contact info if you need it. This is the later book, which is merely obscure. The other book seems unknown to the world, but at least I have my own. With thisone, you learn stuff like how to ID a chevy crank at fifty feet, in or out of the engine, even distinguishing 302 from 283--a real scrounger's Bible.

[wingnutz]

"With this one, you learn stuff like how to ID a chevy crank at fifty feet, in or out of the engine, even distinguishing 302 from 283--a real scrounger's Bible."

That's the one I had and it was popular with the "race boys"..., funny as hell when you'd see a guy with that book under his arm at a swapmeet..., running frantically to find the next super part before the next guy...!

I heard that "Grumpy" is doing consulting and building for a team in the Pro-Stock class?

Anyone know about this and for what team...?

Maybe just go to the track and get a copy from him... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif!!!

Mark

[weekender]

Grump story: Back in the 60/70's, He had his truck, trailer,and race car stolen while he and his crew were in a restruant in St.Louis. I heard that another famous drag racer gave like $5,000 just to look at the heads. Of coarse, I'm getting older and more forgetfull every day??

FWIW, Tommy Mc