Dick Harrell drag car (new thread)

[davenkc]

Tom. Consider it done BTW notice on the 69 it has door handles on both sides. Do real race cars have doors?? Maybe so maybe not. This one has door handles but no doors.
Dicks 69 car.. what can be said about this car that hasn't been said before. From my stand point it I am just proud to say I had the chance to work on it,sit in it while it was running... There is no way to describe what that feels like.
You had to be there to understand. I will be the first to admit it was no fun to pull the tranny after a run and either put the other in(we had a spare always) or pull it apart and see if anything else but the high clutches were trashed. The tranny was the best piece that there was for the era and we had been known to lose it on a burn out.
Wow it sure was fun. In Jan of 71 (yes 71) This car advertised in the AHRA paper for sale. I have a copy of the ad. I still kick myself for not buying it. Ahhh live and learn. The attached pic some will think it has been repainted but it is just the different lighting. I talked at length a few months ago with John (oop) Fensom about this car and he assured me there was no complete repaint on this car until just before Fred's prostock was painted to match it.
Dave