Dick Harrell Super Star documentary!!

nice article, here are the ZL-1s mentioned #2, #5, and #29

Grady Bryant's ZL-1 #29 was built as a light weight match race and AHRA drag car (like the #1 Fred Gibb car) fiberglass nose, no front brakes, clutch turbo, and a drag chute

Thanks for posting the picture of the Grady Bryant ZL-1 Camaro and explaining the details of purpose.

Match racing was a popular segment that drew a lot of people’s interest back in the day. Having a well known car that was competitive, matched to another, was a fan favorite making money for the strip owner & car owners alike?

Grady Bryant authored a book several years back called “Match Race Madness.” Grady had many stories in this book about growing up with Dick Harrell about their involvement in the early stages of drag racing.

Below is a letter Grady penned about the book he published that came with the order.

Is the Grady Bryant car (#29) the ZL-1 that William referred to in another post that raced for one season and went missing?

Dave,

I don't recall what William's post was, but I believe he would more than likely have the history about the Grady Bryant Camaro. Bill Porterfield was a good historian of records for the ZL-1 Camaros and I would imagine have the history of the Grady Car?

Grady Bryant was a funny car driver and friend of Dick Harrell.

Grady had a deal to run the ZL-1 #29 Camaro for McKay Chev for one year, then he went back to running a Funny Car.

He said the ZL-1 was sold. He later heard it was stripped and buried in some type of insurance scam.

Cool picture.

You said it.....and check out that vintage lighted CAPRICE showroom sign hanging in the background too.

"Soul Paint by OOP "

OOP did the beautiful custom paint on the Harrell Funny Cars and ZL-1s and others

John (00P) Fenman!

I was told that OOP painted these and the stripes on the 70 DH Camaro. (Chuck Sharin photo)

OOP was a handle for John Fensom from the Kansas City area who did a lot of the painting work for Dick Harrell. He was truly a professional artist in that line of work without limits of what he could do? After Harrell's unfortunate accident, he was later employed at an AMC dealership. His gifted talent included those of steady hands.

Thanks SS427 for posting the picture as an example of some of his creative work!

amazing Peterson photos of Oop painting what I believe is ZL-1 #1 getting its 1970 paint job. Similar to the 1969 paint job with different stripe details

Awesome pics!!!!

Looks like OOP painting the Camaro funny car but the file says Monte Wilson?

I've been trying to find Jerry Stanger/Stagner for a few years. He's credited in the SSDI article for applying the stripes on the '68 Harrell street Super Cars.

That is not OOP. He was much heavier than this fellow.

Doesn't look that way in post #54 which is why it was confusing me.