I was wondering about the picture of Grump's '68 Camaro in your calendar. It appears to be in Pro Stock trim with the hoodscoop and wide slicks. I'm thinking that picture could have been from 1970 or maybe 1969. Jenkins ran '68, '69, and '70 Camaros in 1970 and usually ran two cars in conjunction with Dave Strickler. Otherwise your magazine is 99 percent perfect, but won't be 100 percent until you have my car on the cover.Richie Schmidtvia e-mail
Good catch! You're right, that photo actually came from a batch of shots taken at the old Orange County International Raceway in 1970, not 1968 as we mistakenly suggested.
Reader's Top 10 ListTop 10 Topics Of Discussion On Our Road Trip To The Indy 5001. Bugging wait staff at Indianapolis Benihana for info on Rocky Aoki's chopped, channeled, and blown Bentley
2. Hemi Under Glass and the Beatnik Bandit
3. French headlights on the Mercedes pace car?
4. The genius of the late Big Daddy Ed Roth
5. A.J. vs. Mario
6. Best way to improve NASCAR: Eliminate power steering
7. Von Dutch vs. Michelangelo
8. Favorite shop tools-Sawzall wins
9. Art Arfons and the Green Monster-all-time best performance upgrade: bolt F-4 fighter jet engine to chassis
10. How Clorox turns every stop light into the burnout box at EnglishtownDan Miller, Dave Miller,Tony Pinchiotti; Brooklyn, NYWally Minko, Van Nuys, CA
SuperNovaIn: Seeing CC's 540-horse Nova on Hot Rod TVOut: Seeing Hot Rod's turd-colored Duster spank you
In: Having your own gearhead TV showOut: Letting the other guy win because it's his showKris CaldwellTulsa, OK
In: Having your own gearhead magazineOut: Not being able to declare yourself the winner because the race was already shown on somebody else's TV show
OldsmopinionsRick Cox's '61 Olds 88 ("All Bad-Ass," Jan. '03), beautiful as it is, belongs in other printed sedatives, not in Car Craft. Come on-a $30K Pro-Street-looking Olds with only 325 hp and 375 lb-ft from a 396? Where's the "affordable street performance?" All I see is a flashy road anchor. I want to see a variety of Detroit names, but cut the cars that only haul lawn chairs. When I want to read about cars that are all show and no go, I go to my in-law's bathroom library and read Popular Hot Rodding. When you spend more on paint and bodywork than you dish out making it go faster and better, you don't need to be in Car Craft. In fact, you may even be driving Detroit rice.Nate GrauvogelEdmond, OK
It was so nice to see the great spread you did on Rick Cox's '61 Olds. I met Rick at three major events over the past two years and what a great complement to the sport he is. As a fellow Pro Streeter, Rick and I spoke at length about our past projects and the future of Pro Street. As of the January article, Rick has made a subtle but huge change to the Olds by taking the car out of Pro Street and putting it into Street Cruiser by changing the wheels. The results are smooth, trendy, and trick.Dan La Bontevia e-mail
Reader's Letter Of The MonthSSR You Kidding?After reading your piece on the upcoming SSR (Straight Scoop, Jan. '03), I'm wondering if you guys have lost it. This thing is positively underwhelming to say the least. It's bulbous, overweight, has the 5.3L truck engine when it should have the 5.7 LS1, and the bed is useless! What the General should be introducing is the Holden SS ute dressed up as a Chevrolet with LS1 power, a six-speed, and a bed I can haul things in. That's a truck to get excited about.Jeffery Liuzzivia e-mail
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