I SOON DECIDED I HAD TO RESTORE THE CAR TO ENSURE IT WASN’T YET ANOTHER PIECE OF AUSSIE RACING HISTORY THAT WOULD BE LOST
IT’S long been said that it’s easier to modify a car than to carry out a factory-perfect concours restoration. So, melding the two by undertaking a concours resto of an already-modified car presents a whole new level of difficulty. You’d have to contend with a lack both of benchmark original cars and purist know-alls to tap into for detailed information, compounded by the mystery of parts used or specifications that might only be known to a few people. It’s a seriously daunting task, and it would be easy to let the details slide given that 99.99 per cent of people would be none the wiser.
Fortunately, Dean Prodger, who hails from McKees Hill, south-west of Lismore, has both the tenacity and the exacting perfectionist’s streak required to restore one of Australia’s most iconic drag cars: the wild HK Monaro known as ‘The Grot’.
“The Grot was raced by the late
