Prock & Howell F Troop Willys selected as the recipient for the preservation award at the 2007 Detroit Autorama
The F Troop 1933 Willys, owned by
Stephen Timoszyk of Belleville, Michigan, has been selected by the Michigan
Hot Rod Association to receive the Meguiar's preservation award at this years
Detroit Autorama.
The award, started in 2001 at the
events 50th anniversary, is received by the best example of a
preserved vintage Hot Rod.
Tom Prock and Jay Howell
campaigned the F Troop in 1968 and 1969 in an outlaw AA gas circuit formed by
the Hill brothers, along with Jim Shores and Chuck Finders. These 99” wheel
based “gassers” ran in the mid to low eight second range on as much as seventy
five percent nitromethane.
Dan Hix of Lawrence, Kansas was contracted to perform the
restoration, which was completed by Timoszyk in 2006.
The 55th annual
Detroit Autorama will be held March 9-11th, 2007 at Cobo Center
in Detroit, Michigan.
