Jim Kirby's 1968 Funny Car found!!!!!

396L35 · #1 09-30-2003, 12:03 AM

I just got back with the new owner of Jim Kirby's 1968 Funny Car. I know there has been a lot of talk about these cars in the past but I am here to set some stories straight. On a previous post by 68TopStock he said that Kirbys car was the number two car of Don Hardy produced Funny Cars, but actually it is the number three car that was produced by Hardy. The car is still in the original paint that was run when Kirby was teamed up with Harrell with the only exception that Kirbys name on the rear quarter and a mouse on wheels and Super Rat painted over the Boemler logo. The story that I got from Kirby was he dropped the Harrell logo after Dick and him went there different ways. Later on in that same year Boemler drop there sponsorship with Kirby for reasons that he didn't want to talk about, so he painted the rat on the car. The car was never rebodied like some people would like to belive, and was always owned by Jim until Today.... The cars engine is being looked at as we speek and hopefully be started up later on this week. Jim Kirby is a great all around person to talk to and I am happy to be part of this cars history. The new owner and Kirby plan on staying in touch with each other for there is much to gain with talking to a legend that was paired up with the other legend named Dick Harrell.....[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/

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**Mr70** · #2 09-30-2003, 12:20 AM

Mark
Nice!
Any chance of current pictures?

68TopStock · #3 09-30-2003, 03:47 AM

This is a neat story. Can't wait to see the car, talk to the owner, find out about its past and future plans. Until cars surface, most facts about them are not completely known unless one of the actual principles, like the driver or owner is around to bring the story to the surface.

396L35 · #4 09-30-2003, 08:02 AM

The new owner doesn't want to be known yet until the car makes its first show. I just know he got a lot of original photos of the car with Kirby and Harrell together at different events. Plus he has copies of original film fotage of the car running down the track that Kirbys wife put on VHS from 8mm tapes. It is so exciting to see all this stuff coming out of the woodwork. Kirby also gave him his original race suit and gas mask that he used back in the 70's. I am trying to post pics of the car but I am having some trouble uploading them. Mark

moparts · #5 09-30-2003, 07:13 PM

PIC 1

moparts · #6 09-30-2003, 07:15 PM

PIC 2

Chevy454 · #7 09-30-2003, 08:23 PM

Try this:

Chevy454 · #8 09-30-2003, 08:41 PM

And, number 2:

**Mr70** · #9 10-02-2003, 11:37 PM

I already know the answer to that question Mark.
The CUBS!
Hey..lets play Two. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
By the way,are you anywhere near Joplin Missouri?

396L35 · #10 10-03-2003, 03:57 AM

No, I am on the other side of the State. We live 20 miles south of St. Louis. Mark [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/

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