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10-30-2002, 02:08 AM
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Re: Dick Harrell drag car (new thread)
This is Jim Kirby's 68 bodied funnycar. It was originally painted gold in early 1968 prior to him being sponsored by Dick Harrell. I have a June of '68 dragworld that says Jim was here in MN with the car, painted gold. It raced against the topless Nova pictured above. The car ended up being rebodied in 1970 with a '70 body, and is supposed to still exist.
This car is also known as the second '68 Harrell funnycar. It was owned by Jim Kirby, and is different than Dicks personal '68 funnycar. Later in the year it was painted a dark purple or maroon. I think Boemler Chevy was a MO. based dealer. The name has only been seen on this car. It apparently only had one tank in the front for gas, as Dick's had 2 moon tanks for fuel and H20. I think I have this straight. Tom, do you care to comment? 
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06-03-2003, 06:58 PM
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Re: Dick Harrell drag car (new thread)
[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif[/img]68TopStock is correct. Boemler Chevrolet is located south of St. Louis in Arnold MO. and is still in business today. The phone # is 636-464-5353. I live right down the road from them, and now I plan on stopping by and try to get some info about this car and other cars that they might have sponsored. I also know that one of Boemler sons had a fathom green 396 L89 camaro that was delivered to their lot, but he had to get rid of it cause his father didn't like the fact that his son got so many tickets with it. It was sold to a guy I know in 1970 or 1971 from their lot. I will post anything that I find out about this dealer. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/
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11-05-2002, 09:05 PM
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Re: Dick Harrell drag car (new thread)
A couple months ago a friend of mine here in town was telling me about a car he built in the mid 60's. He was working at a small garage in St. Louis and they built a convert. chevy II. Before they got it finished someone bought the car. I showed him this pic and he swears that it is the same car. He is trying to find some more pics that he thinks he has. Small world! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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11-07-2002, 04:11 PM
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Re: Dick Harrell drag car (new thread)
moparts,
It would be great to see the pics if your friend is able to locate them. As I said before, this car never performed as expected and from what I know it was retired after only 1-season. From what I've seen, pics seem to be pretty scarce of this car. I'll look for some other magazine articles I have of this car and try and get them posted here in the near future. Tim "Hotrodchev"
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11-09-2002, 12:49 PM
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Re: Dick Harrell drag car (new thread)
My friend is looking as well for some more pics. Would like to see anything you can find.
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11-09-2002, 10:12 PM
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Re: Dick Harrell drag car (new thread)
The Chevy II roadster funny is the car that was parked in front of Dick's shop in Granite City, just outside of East St. Louis, when Herb Fox first met Dick. This was the summer of 1967. Dick had his '67 Yenko sponsored Camaro funnycar in early August at Beardstown, when he first came to LaHarpe. I know he had the Camaro at the first UDRA meet on June 13, 1967, so it seems he had both during the late spring and summer of 1967, but not the end of the summer.
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