Hopefully this email, sent out by Bill Porterfield, (who ironically has had his own battles over the DH name and his car), will help explain a few things of what was being sold, what I bought, what the seller said, etc. Even though copied to folks associated with other sites, I doubt if it will show up on any other sites, so here it is. Thanks Bill
<font color="blue"> Valerie, Charlie, Matt and Tom,
Just in case 'someone says what I said'.....this is what I know about the 1968 Camaro funny car that is currently a point of discussion on a few websites:
While we were setting up our pit spot at the 2000 Supercar Reunion (we were ready to race at 8:30 AM and the sun was shining at the track but the event was called because of rain in the area) a guy came up to me and asked if I was interested in a Dick Harrell funny car. I asked him what year it was and he said a 1967 or 1968 model. At that time I was looking for a 1969 funny car and was also short on cash so I told him I was not interested.
A few weeks later I got a call from a Mike Menter (I have previously mis-spelled the last name as 'Minter'). He told me he was the guy who had talked to me at the track regarding a funny car and asked if I was still looking for one. I told him I did not have any cash and really wanted a 1969 car.
I got another call a few weeks after that....same question....same answer.
In December 2000 I got the last call from Mike and he asked me if I was still looking for a car. I told him I might be interested in something and asked him what he had. He said he had a 1967 Harrell funny car but sold it to a guy in Alton, Illinois. He said he still had a 1967 Dickie Montoya Camaro funny car and a 1964 Corvette funny car. I told him I was not interested in his last two cars.
I have never seen any of Menter's cars nor any photos of the cars, therefore I have no way of knowing exactly what year the subject car was or what provenance may have been attached to it.
Life is toooooo short....I hope the dust can settle and everyone can just get along with each other....
Porterfield </font>
Amen to the last part..
