1967/1968 Dick Harrell funny cars

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Sorry about taking so long guys, but here we go. For last couple of days I have been searching high and low for any pictures of the car before we sprayed it. During the period we were working on the car, my camera was one of those digital ones that used a 3 1/4 floppy disk. The same camera we used to photograph all of the cars at 2-3 SCRs, so needless to say, I have 100s of disks. But I was able to find this one, while not real clear, I think it does shed considerable light on the body in question. I only found a couple.

Here is a shot of the passenger side of the car. Note a couple of things.

First the angle/size of the rocker. With the absence of Red shiny paint, IMO, does not appear to be my car, even though it is.

Second, and IMO, most important, notice the area inside the red mark. The dark line, which is actually a seam, is repair work. This seam is there on both sides, still visible on the inside of the car today. This was the patch job Dave Libby pointed out to us at Etown, At the time, when Dave said the car had been damaged and then repaired, I thought he meant the usual minor damage. But a couple of nights ago, he told Mo the front end had been “clipped”. The presence of these seams indicate that this body has been “clipped”.

As most of us know, when trying to sort out old racecars, prior damage and repairs is one of the things you look for. If not mistaken, another Harrell car was identified in this fashion, ZL-1 #1, as Fred Gibb know where to look for damaged areas.

I think showing that my car may have been “clipped”, same as one of Dick’s, certainly lends credence to the fact that the two bodies could be the one and the same. And, since it is pretty obvious that my car has been "clipped" at some point in its racing career, makes it tough to try and compare the portion of my car from the seam forward with the same area on any other car, as who knows when, how, where or what parts from what company were used.



A close up.