Re: 1967/1968 Dick Harrell funny cars
 

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Here is a shot of the passenger side of the car. Note a couple of things.

First the angle/size of the rocker. With the absence of Red shiny paint, IMO, does not appear to be my car, even though it is.

Second, and IMO, most important, notice the area inside the red mark. The dark line, which is actually a seam, is repair work. This seam is there on both sides, still visible on the inside of the car today. This was the patch job Dave Libby pointed out to us at Etown, At the time, when Dave said the car had been damaged and then repaired, I thought he meant the usual minor damage. But a couple of nights ago, he told Mo the front end had been “clipped”. The presence of these seams indicate that this body has been “clipped”.

As most of us know, when trying to sort out old racecars, prior damage and repairs is one of the things you look for. If not mistaken, another Harrell car was identified in this fashion, ZL-1 #1, as Fred Gibb know where to look for damaged areas.

I think showing that my car may have been “clipped”, same as one of Dick’s, certainly lends credence to the fact that the two bodies could be the one and the same. And, since it is pretty obvious that my car has been "clipped" at some point in its racing career, makes it tough to try and compare the portion of my car from the seam forward with the same area on any other car, as who knows when, how, where or what parts from what company were used.

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/179661-seam-2.JPG

A close up.

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/179660-seam-1.JPG

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That is some good reading Tom but I would have to disagree with your "clipped" theory. ALL '68 and '69 Camaro Funny Cars have that section on both sides of the body. This is the section where all Camaro FCs are sectioned together to lengthen them to the costomers wants. As for being clipped the I guess all FC cars were clipped before they were painted and given to the customer. This might even be a safty crash test to see if the car will hold up to being T-boned??? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

Re: 1967/1968 Dick Harrell funny cars
 

I am saddened that Mr. Libby has now changed his opinion, especially since his memory has been his best asset - your credibility is history. We are now supposed to believe that your opinion now is more reliable than several years ago? I listened at E-town while you reviewed pictures, mag articles, etc... pointing out the smallest of details, but now you change your mind and say that you simply missed an opening door? Shame on you.

Anybody wondering what the 'root cause' is for this issue? You newer guys may not be aware, but this is not the first time for this type of topic to arise. The prior discussion went down with a member making up stories for his car, with buddies who weren't there backing him up. The stories were debunked, the member was booted, and has had an axe to grind ever since. For him, this is Retribution, but if this is all you got for a 'train' - HA

Somebody find that thread about the other funny car at vette fest.

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Thanks Marlin, this whole thing just screams of a personal attack and not the car.

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I have just proven that Tom has the real Harrell car.....I had my wife look at the pic's and she said it was the same car https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif..........Hasn't been wrong since we got married..........LOL............ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

Ken https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ouguysrock.gif

Put this one to bed.......

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Marlin, Try Fred Gibb & Dick Harrell, Click on it and go to page 13 in page 13 there is a thread called Dick Harrell race cars. This is 28 pages long Tells about Tim's car. Also look at page 13,14,15 of that thread VERY INTERESTING READING KIM

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That's the one, gotta link?

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The only link Kim knows is the one on his breakfast plate... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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no, that's links - plural!

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I think you need to change your page defaults to look like this to find the pages he is talking about..you have to go to My Home first and these 2 need to say 10....I think

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Re: 1967/1968 Dick Harrell funny cars
 

Well, after going back through that old thread I think it's explained pretty well by Dave. The Kirby car was the backup car for DH and they even had it painted the same(except for Jim Kirby on the front fenders, maybe his name was removed when Dick or Charley raced the car). There was only 1 68 Dick Harrell funny car along with the Jim Kirby and Burnansky(sp?) car. But Dick's car went through several different paint jobs throughout the season which is why it looks like 2 different cars. Dave thought Tom had the 1 and only Dick Harrell 68 funny car but without the opening door it appears he doesn't. From what I understand in reading through those posts there never were 4 cars and that DH only had 1 car. Case closed?