71 Harrell F/C anyone know of its whereabouts

[whsell3]

Don had a new Pontiac Grand Am built by S&W and had loaned the wagon out to the Cassidy Brothers when they had wrecked there Mopar. When Don got the car back there wasnt a use for it so it was sold. The car was sold with in the year again and also went into PA and to Gerry Tully. Gerry named the car Star Baby and made the cover of National Dragster. It was sold to a Tom Hoover(not the same one)for a brief time and then went to Greg Zyla. Greg invented a board game about drag racing only to use the money he made off of the game to buy the car. www.boardgamegeek.com

[whsell3]

Ok, lets see. Oh, the Camaro body with the Logghe chassis was last ran by Jack Coulsten, only to be sold and never ran again. It went through several hands only to have parts taken off of it each time. I aquired the body and chassis and a few odds and ends in about 1981 only to shuffle it around here and there over the years, some times it sat inside, and alot of time it set out. I was told it was a Jungle car when I got it. Could of sold it lots of times but never did.

[whsell3]

In all my hours of research into the body and Logghe chassis I found that is was not a Jungle car. I seen a picture of Clydes Camaro body lifted up, and seen three little half circles cut out on the front bulkhead, and with the candy red paint still on the nose like as left in 1971 by benesesso, it gave it away. I found and called Clyde and sent him pictures, he called me back crying. He said but that is not my Fletcher chassis. I told him a guy by the name of Franklin Amiano told me it was put under a Vega Wagon in 1972. Well, it turns out that in my Jungle Jim research I meet a guy at the 2006 York reunion, Jungle Glenn Gualtieri. The guy he bought his ramp truck from had a Vega Wagon with an old wide chassis under it. It had been sitting in his Philadelphia engine shop for the past 27 years. Here is the car the day I found it.

[whsell3]

When I sent Clyde pictures of what I had found, he was just beside himself. I did not meet with Clyde yet in person, but I did manage to meet benesesso (Dan) and here he is with his old Nitro Express car, and the Fletcher chassis and body back together after 35 years.

[fletchersdaughtr]

Hi Bill. Thank you for all these great posts. As you probably know, I am making copies. I haven't called Clyde yet but will soon. Talk to you again soon.

[whsell3]

Well, I figured I would just come out and share the story of the car with everybody. Here is a picture of Greg Zyla, his son Tim, and myself with the wagon. Greg had told me that if not for Woody Hatten he might not have ended up with this car. Greg said that he was looking at three different cars at the time and Woody insisted he buy this one because the welds on the chassis were so nice.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

http://forums.godragracing.com/viewt...fa903496274c31

[whsell3]

Here is the link for Greg Zyla
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/994092

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Cool research, thanks for sharing the pic's.

[SS427]

Interesting stuff. This is one of the more fun parts of the hobby.....research. Thanks for sharing.
Rick