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Old 10-29-2003, 02:28 PM
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Default Re: Jim Kirby's 1968 Harrell Funny Car for Sale!

I have yet to hear from a Legal standpoint about this. My thinking is that the Harrell family would have a hard time preventing a historic car to not use the name if they were not using it to make money. The only way they could have a standing is if someone started to make a NEW 2004 Camaro with his name on it. If someone bought a car with the name on the side in the past and they have the pic to prove it then they have the right to advertize it as a Ex-DH car. I am not a lawyer but look at Shelby and you can see that he is in the same boat. He can demand that anyone offering a NEW vehicle with his name on it pay but not on one that was sold with his name on it back then. Personally I think they woudl be crazy to even try to restrict any of the old cars as the more of them out there would enhance the value of any new endeavor that might come along that they could cash in on.
Now if someone was making a Clone and using his name then they should put a stop to that.

I know that it would just make me very happy to have someone even remember my Daddy and to have as much interest in him like DH would be something else. I would only want to protect his name from being abused and I think that is more what they are trying to do.


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