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Do to the fact that no other pictures exist on Car-1, only lots of pictures of Car-2 and the Kirby car, which most are on the other site, I will end the picture show there. Now I will do my best to piece this whole thing together, addressing some of the issues being raised.

Beginning at the rear. The taillight section of Car-1 matches the taillight section of my car.

In the first picture, Car-1, it is obvious not a molded spoiler, and hard to tell if there is even a spoiler there, which explains why the spoiler on my car appears to have been added.

The parachute attachment looks funky on the Car-1, not resembling anything Dick used. Makes me believe quickly changed. When I got my car, there was no parachute nor attachment piece. Like the aluminum blower scoop, Mo fabricated the piece, and knowing Mo, no telling where the idea for it came from.

Car-1 does not have a working door, nor does mine. Car-2, as seen in the picture and on a video several of us have, does.

The fit of the door to rocker panel on Car-1 is poor, same as with mine. The same area on Car-2 and the Kirby appears flush.

The lower portion of my car in the rocker section is wider then Car-1, but as explained earlier, do the multiple layers of tinwork/fiberglass.

The glass areas. When I got my car, there was no glass in the car, and the area around the frames was in very poor condition. These needed a lot of rebuilding. When we went to install the glass, we went with what looked best, the windshield on the inside and the back glass on the outside. As we did with the tin work, we bolted the glass in, as rivets and or fiberglass will not stand up to the rigors of racing.

To the front end. Once again, thanks to what Dave Libby told Mo last night, we now understand why there are some discrepancies with the front end. According to Dave, the front end “was clipped”. This I believe, and the area where the clip was attached can be seen on my car today.

We know the tinwork on our car does not match Car-1. We had no good pictures of how it was, plus Mo and I are not tinsmiths, thus we did it the simplest way possible.

The bulkheads in my car are different as well, for safety issues. We used heavy gage aluminum versus what appears to be a piece of wood sandwiched between two pieces of tin metal on Car-1.

Last but not least, why everything on my car is bolted in, not glassed or riveted like Car-1. On a funny car, the body attaches to the body at only two places, the rear pivot point. Thus, when the car is launched, the chassis is moving very quickly, while the body wants to remain where it was. Repetition of this process takes its toll on the body, especially parts glassed and/or riveted in. When flexed, glass separates and/or breaks, rivets become loose, with the only fix replacing them. Mo and I did not want to be bothered with these kinds of problems, thus 100s of allen head bolts with lock nuts.