1967/1968 Dick Harrell funny cars

[kwhizz]

What a "Waste" of energy......................and Bandwidth.................

Ken

[sYc]

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1968 DH car..New York National Drag strip

working on the date

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Greg that would be a 1969, notice the front park lamps.

[sYc]

Frank, Ken and everyone else, I apologize. Not only should this thread(s) have not gone this far, but should have never happened in the first place. But, not only was my car’s credibility called into question, which I can deal with, but more importantly my integrity, which I will defend to the death to preserve.
Through the years I have been called, and accused of a lot of things, and have tried to let most of them go, unless it was that I lie, cheat or steal. Where I come from those are fighting words. If Greg and the others want to take this offline, I would be more then welcome to do. As far as I am concerned, this thread needs to be closed, but that is up to our moderators. And, I hate to say it, but as long as Greg and the others continuing dragging this on, I will continue to defend my car and myself. Who wouldn’t if in the same situation?

Very true on the first pic.. Sorry it is from AHRA Spring National 5/18/69..the other pics are correct..go to

www.dragracingimagery.com

[sYc]

Greg, If I am not mistaken, there are 10 of those pictures in that group. The reason I know, I bought the whole set, thinking it was my car. Low and behold, the car had a door, molded in tail lights, vanes on the spoiler, which even though disapointed they were not of my car, they were valuable pieces in the two car theory I had been researching for several years.

Let's discuss offline...I sent you a IM asking for a way to call..my dime

[Jeff H]

I can't believe any of you guys think this is a waste of energy. There have been some great photos presented of the DH cars. How is that a waste? Tom knows his car does not have a functioning door or the vanes in the spoiler so any photos showing the DH cars with and without those details have a lot of meaning. I personally have no interest in the funnycars but this history is very enlightening. Oh well.

[jfkheat]

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Charley, this thread is going NOWHERE. Instead of "moderating" guys that are sick of it why don't you pull the plug on the whole thing? Their have been literally almost 30,000 views and hundreds of replies between the two sites and I think that we have all made our minds up by now. At this point it seems to be between just Greg & Tom now. Maybe they should take it offline?

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I think this is an interesting discussion. If anyone doesn't like what's being said here or doesn't like the way the thread is being handled, DON'T READ IT. Greg has asked a lot of very valid questions and made a lot of vaild points. But he has also made a lot of assumptions based on what he thinks Dick Harrell would or should have done. Since Dick Harrell is no longer around, you can't assume you know why he did what he did. I don't think that Greg has a vested interest in this car. He is just studing the evidence placed before him. He has probably done more research on this car in the last several days than anyone has since the car was found. Yet some of you guys want to laugh and make jokes about him and what he has done. Right now he seems to be the only one that even cares if the car is the Harrell car or not.
Tom, as for your messages saying they think you car is the real deal, that is to be expected. Your friends and the supercar crowd here are going to back you until they are proven 100% wrong and some may still back you then. Greg and a most of the others that openly say they don't think your car is the Harrell car are all outsiders and not one of the "guys." So naturally they are going to be given a hard time. For me, there are a couple of the "guys" on here that I always respected but have now lost a lot of respect for them because of some of the comments they have made. From the evidence that I have seen posted, I think there is very little chance that you have the Harrell car. That's a shame because I thing you have a very nice piece of vintage racing histore no matter who's car it was.
James

[sYc]

You misssed the point of my post. It was not if folks thought my car was real or not, it was whether the pictures posted on page 12?, 2 of the burgundy car and 2 of the R/B car. I asked the question, are they the same body? The tally now? About 15-1 that there they are two seperate bodies.

No offense..but I would venture the people saying 2 bodies are people with stars by their names..Also if you truly wanted to put this to bed..why don't we find an expert in the field of pics..

Just curious but how do you explain having a car...his first car..and only being able to find 1 or 2 pics of it..Don't you think if he had 2 cars there would be more pics of "your" car out there..After all we can find dozens of pics of a car that you say is car "2"..

What about the noticeable rocker area of both the pic you claim is "your" car and the Manhart car..you have never addressed that..

I am specifically asking you what you make of that???

..it appears to be in the exact same area of your car...nor the lock cylinder issuse, nor the windows not being glassed in.., nor the tail lights being bolted in..

Send me a number and I'll call you..and we can discuss