1967/1968 Dick Harrell funny cars - Page 6

**Rick H** · #51 12-30-2005, 03:41 AM

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Thats why I like 409's

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And I bet she's real fine.

Rick H.

JChlupsa · #52 12-30-2005, 03:41 AM

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Tom...you guys can delete this...or fire me or whatever

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Guess a promotion to senior moderator is in order, FIRE YOU HELL NO!!!!!!

**Steve Shauger** · #53 12-30-2005, 03:43 AM

There are a lot of people that feel the same way you do Bob, but...

This hobby is about havin fun with your buddies and true enthusiast. Lets focus what make this site great the PEOPLE and our CARS.

Rat_Pack · #54 12-30-2005, 03:45 AM

Bob, first off this is nothing personal towards Tom or anyone else on this site but some are trying to make it personal. As for my interest in funny cars, I have had one since 1970 after watching Dick, Don Prudhomme, Tom McEwen, and others racing at Bristol. I have been watching the posts on the other website and when you have an outsider, whether posting here or there, comes on and shows obvious evidence that a car is bogus then one has to wonder why it wasn't caught during the restoration. I have never been an expert on funny cars but I am an expert when it comes to researching a topic, ask Kim Howie

. I made a post stating something and then he came back and challenged it. Then what happened HE and I found out the truth talking on the phone and came to the same conclusions. We were both wrong, and both were right in the end.

I just read on the other site that Bob Gibson, who IS a funny car expert, has just stated what everyone wanted to know in the first place: Tom's car is not a Dick Harrell car and in fact it is the Huston Platt Dixie Twister. Congrats Tom!!! A "Southern" drag car found!!!.............RatPack....................

Mr. T · #55 12-30-2005, 03:48 AM

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You need to be the leader of this site and step up and show everyone pictures of your car as you found it(no matter what kind of shape it was in nor how much repair work has been done)and some during the restoration showing why you think you have a Dick Harrell car.

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This is a pretty weird statement...he IS the leader of this CLUB but for my 2 cents he really doesn't have to keep you happy...you have thrown around a lot of BS here Ratpack....coyly saying it may be a historical southern car...making references to people who know there were only 1 car but not naming anyone and since when did you become a funny car expert ?.....lets be realistic here..it's a funny car that was a POS and has probably been to 14 different hands and messed with each time...measuring magazine pics is pretty stupid. Just what is your whole interest in this anyway...tell me its just your historical interest right ? Lets face it..you , Val, Pulde or Timmy wouldn't know what the real Harrell car looked like if it walked up and bit them in the ass...most people wouldn't, myself included. All you can go by is what you can dig up and what people "who were there" tell you..Look at what happened when Pudle made the call on the Kirby car...he said it will never be a real Harrell car back then...they all peed on themselves and fawned over Toms car... now all of a sudden a message from the spirits or something and the [censored] hits the fan. Looks pretty obvious doesn't it ? If it were my car I would have the sandpaper out already whether it was Dicks car or not. All this really does is give people a chance to spank their little chubby because they think they finally are creating havoc with their arch enemy Tom ...hey maybe they want to steal the Gibb name and license the Harrell name and stop all the evil websites from using those name without paying

. This is a joke...these are cars and personal vendettas are for kids...but I guess if YOU have a "leader" that has absolutely nothing else to do but worry about how he can destroy the SYC it will go on forever...why don't people just tell him to screw off ? Tom...you guys can delete this...or fire me or whatever...this is just too much of a laugh for me...these are some strange birds and for me to try and be objective and try to pretend this is all about the funny car would be an insult to my intelligence....

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Very well said Bob. I was going to write-up something just like it earlier today, but you have chosen the right words, and it is well written.

I commend Tom for restoring his 68 DH Camaro Funny Car, and let all of us who attended SCR8, see it, and watch it tear up the 1/4 mile. I had the chance to talk to Tom a couple of times, and I tell you, he is a great guy, and I feel privileged that I had a chance to see this remarkable piece of DH history.

Belair62 · #56 12-30-2005, 04:09 AM

You could take that last statement and put it in your eye and you wouldn't feel it RP...I have no idea who Mr Gibson but I am sure he is well respected. So now Tom has another expert telling him what the car is !!!! I would have thought the guy that worked on it would know more than anyone but what do I know..I'm just a Global Moderator..bottom line RP...what I said above is the real deal and you know it , I know it...and a LOT of other people around here know it too...when the behind the scenes stuff gets exposed people see what's going on and will just continue to ignore them and treat them for what they are...when cars take on a personal hatred level for people and websites it's just weird...thats not what this site is all about..I consider very many of the people here friends...its not life or death ..its cars and a website..most people never new of the trademark stuff and now they do..it's sick...and I think we would rather see each others cars and talk about supercars and other fun stuff...until your people figure out a way to infiltrate and cause a stir...your stirs don't last long...we move on and forget about you. Happy New Year.

**kwhizz** · #57 12-30-2005, 04:36 AM

It sure looks like the same car to me.........Stick a Fork in it..........LOL......I'm walking in Bob's footsteps

Ken

**kwhizz** · #58 12-30-2005, 04:38 AM

LOL.....Looks like a lot of "Lawyereze"...........

Ken

**Charley Lillard** · #59 12-30-2005, 04:38 AM

This has gotten as stupid as ever. I personally hope the car is not a Harrell car. Over about the past year the folks at Harrell and Rabbit keep mentioning something stupid like "The train is coming". Is this the train ? I figured it was trying to steal the Gibb name and trademarking the Harrell name in a effort to control anyone having a Gibb or Harrell car. The train crap was about Toms funny car ? Greg..It is amazing how hindsight is always 20-20 in how something should be done. The car was sold to Tom with a reciept as a Dick Harrell car. The experts claim that there was only one 68 car but Tom has posted pics of what appears to be a second car. It is easy to nitpick it to death after the fact but I can also see how from the info Tom had he represented it as a Harrell car.
I know Tom and personally don't believe he would try to fake the car if he knew it wasn't one. If it is the Huston Platt car, I'm sure that will be OK also.To think this is some big conspirecy by Tom to fake a Harrell is just stupid. The argument that Tom is profiting off this car is silly. Do you think Tom charges to show the car at Vettefest, York, Laharpe etc ? He ran this website and put on the Reunion for years at a loss. Who has done more to promote the Dick Harrell name than Tom Clary and Bill Porterfield ? Val gets angry at Porterfield for selling T shirts mugs etc with the Harrell name on it and wants a fee. Porterfield takes the name off the car. Is that good for the Dick Harrell name ? This is fighting over fuckying T-shirt money! Does anyone really think Val was trying to trademark the Gibb name just so she could use it on her car ? Picture this. If Val gets control of the Gibb name. Does Helen have to get Vals permission to use the Fred Gibb logo on shirts hats,business cards etc ? Does the Fred Gibb Memorial show need Vals permission and will she charge a fee ? The Rabbits are starting a fund to help Val in her quest to win her court case against Dick Harrells sister? Are the Rabbits then going to support her financially in her quest for the Fred Gibb name ? If they are so set on honoring the memory of Dick Harrell why paint the 02 car in Pulde Warbird colors ? This is about trying to make money and trying to shut down what we do with the SYC. I am personally so very sick of the antics that I can no longer stand anything Dick Harrell related. Nice way for the memories to live on.
The Harrell - Hall suit will probably be decided by the courts. My personal opinion is The Halls have been using the Dick Harrell name since the 70's and did it with Dicks blessing. Mrs Hall is Dicks sister. Do your homework before crucifying the Halls for trying to stop Val.
The biggest crime of all is trying to Trademark the Fred Gibb name. Helen doesn't deserve to be put through this kind of crap.

**Mr70** · #60 12-30-2005, 04:49 AM

I agree 100% w/all that has just been said.
At work we play a game.
Anytime the DHarrell or Rabbit site mentions this infamous "train coming" innuendo..you do a shot.
Everytime greg2001LS6 goes off on an unorthodox tangent about someone...you do two shots.
We usually have to call a cab for someone nightly.

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