Dick Harrell drag car (new thread)

[hvychev]

menmyfcs, tell me about Hank Buck from Berwyn IL. That is where I was born and raised. Where was his shop? I lived there for 21 years.

As far as Dukes goes, they are still located on 87th and Harlem. The street you are refering to as Archer is actually Harlem although Archer was a popular crusing street in Chi-town back in the day. From what I hear only lowriders frequent Dukes now. That is a shame because I have fond memories of Dukes as my father used to take me there when I was a single diget old lad in the 1980's. I have many of pictures of myself in front of various muscle cars and street rods there back then. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smirk.gif[/img]

[menmyfcs]

Hank Buck had a place called Ogden Auto Body. He was a guy that loved racing. He was always repairing and fixing someones car.In the early 70s there were a lot of funny cars that were having fires. Hank was the guy that could fix it. He put a front end On the MT Grand Am and repainted the whole car in 73 then in 74 he chopped and re did the bodies of both the Black M/T Grand Am and the Red one as shown.He also painted the red one along with many of the Chi Town Hustlers.Hank died of a heart attack while working for Joe Pisano in 90 I think. Yes Harlem.Why Archer comes to mind I am not sure.Hey Im in my 50s now.That was a long time ago.
I hope this Dick Harrell paper clipping comes out. its pretty old. I am going to look and see if I can pinpoint the date fromthe acticles on the back. Yenko guys should like this.

[menmyfcs]

The article that would not scan very clear was from a St. Louis paper July 1967. Paper and the print are both pretty yellow.Head Line Reads
Harrell's Plan for East St Louis
"SUPER CAMARO CAPITAL OF THE WORLD"