'68 Dick Harrell Nova L88

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I have 60 classified ads for Dick Harrell cars in an excel spreadsheet and have been attempting to locate the folks (or kin) who had these cars.

I located David who told me his incredible story of buying his '68 DH Nova.

"I was too dumb to take pictures or keep paper work. I really didn’t know how special the car was. I was only 18 and Dickie didn’t want to sell it to me. He was afraid I couldn’t handle it. I had to get down on it in his parking lot to prove to him I could handle it. He had an ad in hot Rod Magazine. Best of my memory I gave $3200."

When asked what happened to it.

"I think my dad sold it to one of my relatives in Hammond, Indiana. Best of my memory they crashed it drag racing and that was the last I heard. I have a call in to my cousin hoping she can help."

When asked if he had any cool stories on the car.

"Not really. It was just a fun car to drive around. I did go to local drag strips. My biggest problem was I couldn’t get big enough slicks to hold it without cutting the fender wells. It was so light in the rear end it would just start turning circles if I came out too hard. I would ease off the starting line then get on it. It took awhile to figure out how to drive it. One of the local hot rodders from Paducah owned a speed shop and a 427/430 Corvette. He challenged me the 1st time at the track. Beat him twice in a row. He went home lol."

When asked about the transmission.

"Yes automatic. It was so cool, it would bark the tires changing gears at normal in town speeds. Cops always thought I was doing that on purpose."

Overall, I don't believe this to be a COPO converted car. David was adamant this car was Silver, and not Seafrost Green.

I'll have some more fun stories of Dick Harrell converted cars for you. I've been able to connect with 10 of the 60 people who placed the classified ads.