[Charley Lillard]

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.