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Old 12-29-2005, 09:15 PM
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Default Re: 1967/1968 Dick Harrell funny cars

Tom,

Thank you for posting the photos and for allowing more discussion. I am going to be viewing the evidence and looking at all photos and I'm sure I'll have more questions..lol. The one thing with photographic evidence is it is extremely diffulct to get the EXACT same photo for comparison between 2 subjects respect to perspective. This has to be taken into account. I know you are concertrating on your car being a DH car, as that is what you were led to believe and also that is what you have been reporting. I would have to say that if you are psoting evidence it would be a much more equal comaprison if you also posted the "other guys" photos and his conclusions in respect to the H. Platt car as well.

First thing that jumps out at me is the photo in your last post shows what you label Car-1 as having a much different chassis bracing just forward of the rear slick. Take note of the angle and length of the @45 degree brace...It appears in the original photo that the brace is shorter and the angle less acute. The original photograph is larger (take a piece of paper and measure the nose to tail and compare length in both pics) so in theory I would think it would show up as a longer length brace when measuring it on your computer screen as compared to your photo. They actaully show up pretty close to the same length..To me this indicates the lower photo (yours) is in fact a longer length..Help me if my logic is skewed..Was the chassis ever changed on the car?

I am still looking at everything, but the pics you have shown so far as "Car 1" the first pic and the newest courtesy of "Jeff" really don't show comparing angles to either your pics or Car 2..It would be very shaky to say your #1 pic..Car 1 has bolted on taillights as:

1) the pic quality
2) the angle doesn't lend itself to making a comparasion

Can you post some detailed photos of your car replicating the angles and perspective of the pics you claim to show Car 1 and Car 2. Maybe we need Robert Grodden..lol
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