Pittsburgh WOW

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Charley;
Where were you? I looked everywhere, expecting to see you spying from somewhere!!
Marlin

[Charley Lillard]

Did I miss something ?????????

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Well, I drove 4.5 hours through the mountains and a snowstorm, and found that the Texas Bikini girls were putting on a show in one corner of the convention, (couldn't see them over the crowd!), 'Cactus Jack' / 'Mankind' professional wrestler was signing autographs, Mean Joe Greene was there on Sunday along with Brett Bodine, lots of chrome and blowers, but no 'Circus Wagons' this year. Not much going on.

Oh yea, there was some old Chevelle there too, tucked in among the hi-po imports and street rods. Turns out it was a '68 Harrell Conversion Chevelle with only 11k miles on it's original paint, wheels, tires, ect!! The car is one of approximately 5 produced, and is the only one with the dual 4 barrel carb option. The car has a Concours interior, M20 4 speed, 3.73 12 bolt posi, along with a performance exhaust system and special air bag suspension, quite a combination for such a hi-po car. It is a site to see.

Joe Swezey and Brian Henderson of the Supercar Workshop brought the car to the show, it is owned by Joe Swezey. See the attached photos!

M






http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=378134&a=2796935&p=40155418&Sequence=0&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=378134&a=2796935&p=40155414&Sequence=0&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=378134&a=2796935&p=40155424&Sequence=0&res=high

[MikeA]

M:

Very cool looking car!! What does the badge on the left side of the grill say? It looks like a Yenko emblem?

MikeA

[Mr Yenko]

Thanx Marlin for those AWESOME pictures.
I have not gotten a chance to get my pictures
developed yet. Again, It was nice meeting you
Marlin.

[bowtie3168]

Marlin,
Thank you for posting the pictures! I have been looking foward to seeing Joe's car since I first heard that he had purchased it. It is a real winner! By the way, the badge that one of the guys was asking about is a "Dick Harrell" badge. The badge was the same crest that the Yenko name was on, Fred Gibb used it as well. Harrell always used the crest and would put the name of the dealer that was sponsoring him on it. Courtesy Chevrolet is an example of a name that was displayed on the badge.
Andrew

[bowtie3168]

Mike A,
If you want to see the badge on the side of Harrell's car check out http://www.mysterion.net/funnys/funny_7.html
The page takes a while to load and is 1/2 down (the page).
Andrew

[Edited by bowtie3168 (02-05-2001 at 04:27 PM).]

BRIAN AND JOE: THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST AWESOME SUPERCAR THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN! WHAT A FIND! CONGRATULATIONS!

[Charley Lillard]

That's the one I was waiting to hear about. COOL CAR !!!!!

[Belair62]

NICE CAR!! I went to Chicago WOW this weekend.I wish I could say there was something to talk about but it wasn't so great of a show.Lots of Lowriders,PT Cruisers and full blown ISCA cars. Nice stuff but ....there were a few flawless old 1964 Max Wedge and a S/S Hemi car though.

DOES THE CAR HAVE CRAGARS? WAS THE MOTOR DYNOED NEW? TELL ME MORE!

[68l30]

Brian,congrats on your debut ,the car looks GREAT!Sorry we did not make the show,work,work,work........ .Were there any other supercars there?

Steve

[bkhpah]

Just to tell you all a bit more about the car. The car was bought by a local Kansas City Mo. man. It was sold out of Bill Allen Chevrolet in the same town. It never left. It has 11,000 miles and is all original including the original A/P mags and H-70-14 Delta high performance tires. It was the only 500 HP dual 4 Chevelle sold, and only one of two with the A&A glass hood. It has a Sun tach Stewart Warner rack, Air bag and drag shocks in the rear, Jardine headers, special badging and front paint stripe. The heads were upgraded to L/88 spec. The car was 6011.00$ new. The car has all papers including POP, Bill Allen paperwork, Harrell paperwork, canceled checks, original title etc. It was the photo car in the July 68 SS&DI road test on the Harrell Camaro and Chevelle. Harrell is standing beside it. It is one of only five 427 Chevelles built. It has factory Disc brakes, power steering, vinyl top, consle, with a very rare Concourse deluxe interior. This weekend at the show we met Jack Walker who worked and raced for Harrell in 68/69 and ran the Gibb/Harrell 68 Nova. Remember Vals scrap book from the reunion? What a great guy! He lives in Kansas City and is interested in the reunion. What do you think Tom? He was a great source of Harrell trivia. Thanks for all the interest in the car, It is very ,very, cool and I am glad for Joe...BKH

[sixtiesmuscle]

What a great find!! Congrats to Joe & Brian.

[Bob Jenkins]

Awesome car.....and only 11,000 miles, wow.

[bkhpah]

When we first heard about the car and recieved pictures of it we did not know about the 500 HP option. We had read about that option, but it never came up. We thought it was a four barrell 450 HP car. We were shocked and very pleased to find it was the 500 HP engine option. We later found out it was the only one sold with it. The car is a true mint survivor and is very likley the only one like in the world left. We are trying to locate another one and have had little luck. We have heard of one other, but are unclear about the year...BKH

[RLS_Jr]

This car is AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ron

[JoeC]

Congratulations on the great find Joe and Brian. It is amazing that a Supercar like that survived at all and to have only 11,000 miles is fantastic. I like the multiple carburation - Looks cool. Was it ordered as a L78 car?

[COPO]

Awesome Car!! Sounds like Bill Allen Chev. sold a number of Dick Harrell cars. The green/white COPO Dick Harrell Camaro that Kevin recently bought was also purchased from Bill Allen Chev.

[Mr70]

bkhpah
Are you bringing this car to ACES Chevell-abration in Goodletsville Tenn.this June? I heard through the grapvine that someone with a 1968 Dick Harrell COPO Chevelle will be attending.I doubt there is another one.
Nice car. http://www.yenko.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

[bkhpah]

The car was a 375. The original valve covers are still on the car with the original decals. Yes we are taking it to the Chevelle show in Tenn...BKH