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Old 09-28-2007, 07:42 AM
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Clyde had owned his own body and custom paint shop in Garden Grove, CA. He not only did his own paint work on the car, but he built his own engines and did all the mechanical work on it also. Note the Fletcher Chassis painted on left rear deck lid.


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Old 09-28-2007, 07:53 AM
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Clyde was making a name for himself in the funny car ranks. He went to many final rounds and was able to win the Seattle National Open with the car. The Javelin is also noted as being one of the first cars to break the 200 mph mark.

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Old 09-28-2007, 08:20 AM
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Clyde was approached by Dick Harrell and was offered the chance to run under the Harrell name. The cars last race was in Arizona, from there it was sent to Don Hardys in Texas where the Javelin body was removed and the Fletcher chassis got a new 1970 1/2 Camaro body placed on it to become a Dick Harrell team car.


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Old 09-28-2007, 08:30 AM
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Clyde and the car went on tour around the country.

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Old 09-28-2007, 08:58 AM
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All good things come to an end. Clyde had returned home to California, from there the car was stolen. The FBI was called in but could not find the car. It ended up that benesesso and friends bought the car and turned it into Nitro Express.

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Old 09-28-2007, 09:13 AM
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benesesso and associates ran the car for about 6 months and sold it to Don Hulse in New Jersey. Don had the car sent to Circus paints and repainted.

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Old 09-28-2007, 09:27 AM
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Don ran the car for a little while and had seen The Shoes Wonder Wagon car and liked it, so decided to rebody the Camaro to a Vega Wagon. This was the third and last body to be fitted to the Fletcher chassis.


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