Dick Harrells 69 ZL1

Doug Blackley · 03-01-2012, 10:38 PM

Pretty cool ride, I'm betting this one will still bring killer money too.

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...24&lottype=car

Jack Matyas · 03-02-2012, 08:24 AM

Cool beans ..........wish I could afford to own it .Probably will sell for more than my house ....

BlueOval Ralph · 03-02-2012, 08:40 AM

When this car was raced it was with a M-22 trans not a automatic

Lew Silverman · 03-02-2012, 09:36 AM

It also didn't have a Dana 60 rear!

Was this car raced as a Pro Stock by Dick Harrell?

Lew

1320racer · 03-02-2012, 09:40 AM

just another old drag car whose performance is hardly impressive today that some investor is willing to purchase for way too much $.

Billy Nees · 03-02-2012, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by 1320racer

just another old drag car whose performance is hardly impressive today that some investor is willing to purchase for way too much $.

But it's performance WAS impressive in IT'S day and although I don't consider it a collectable car per se it IS a historical car and worthy of a place in someones collection.

cicero819 · 03-02-2012, 05:53 PM

Jack, how is your Camaro project, keep us up on your original Camaro. I enjoyed what Bill Porterfield did in 1983 by finding the car and restoring it as close to it's last set up(Dana 60 and all pro goodies of the time), I can't remember if it was in HOT ROD or Car Craft magazine but one of them had an article detailling the long and hard task that Mr. Poterfield went throught to finally finish his project. I'm sure if someone was ready to drop off a tractor trailer full of Cash I wouldn't sent him home without it. My phylosophie is: if you restore an automobile, you can do whatever you want with it but you should use it as much as you can. A friend of mine who had an Indy Pace car Corvette in his garage under wraps, with 100 miles on it, died two weeks ago, I told him many times, drive it and enjoy the car, he was paranoid that someone would damage it, now his kids have just sold it for peanuts. I've own many classics musclecar, and had a great restored 69 ss 396 Camaro that I had to sell after my divorce but I have to say that I never missed that automobile because I drove it everywhere and had a ball with it. I'm now building a Monte Carlo ss with 427 4speed with 12 bolts rear, with the 1983 ss 15"wheel that came with, just my way to make a car that GM should have made. My Monte Carlo ss, is the second one built in 82 for the 83 model year(I picked up at City Chevrolet with the help of a certain Rick Hendrick that I had just met in Florida). I don't care if it's going to be worth something in the future because " no one is promise tomorrow". CR

03-01-2012, 10:38 PM	#1
Doug Blackley Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hanover, MA Posts: 430 Likes: 3 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Dick Harrells 69 ZL1 Pretty cool ride, I'm betting this one will still bring killer money too. http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...24&lottype=car __________________ Doug Blackley 1697 STK

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Jack Matyas Live Reporter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bethlehem , PA -Christmas City , USA Posts: 4,930 Likes: 406 Liked 2,051 Times in 399 Posts	Re: Dick Harrells 69 ZL1 Cool beans ..........wish I could afford to own it .Probably will sell for more than my house .... __________________ Jack Matyas 1547 FS/C 2015 Camaro COPO # 62- 2012 Camaro Convertible COPO

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Lew Silverman VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 1,435 Likes: 371 Liked 129 Times in 59 Posts	Re: Dick Harrells 69 ZL1 It also didn't have a Dana 60 rear! Was this car raced as a Pro Stock by Dick Harrell? Lew __________________ Lew Silverman #2070 "The Wagon Master" N/SA

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cicero819 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aylmer Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,086 Likes: 31 Liked 69 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Dick Harrells 69 ZL1 Jack, how is your Camaro project, keep us up on your original Camaro. I enjoyed what Bill Porterfield did in 1983 by finding the car and restoring it as close to it's last set up(Dana 60 and all pro goodies of the time), I can't remember if it was in HOT ROD or Car Craft magazine but one of them had an article detailling the long and hard task that Mr. Poterfield went throught to finally finish his project. I'm sure if someone was ready to drop off a tractor trailer full of Cash I wouldn't sent him home without it. My phylosophie is: if you restore an automobile, you can do whatever you want with it but you should use it as much as you can. A friend of mine who had an Indy Pace car Corvette in his garage under wraps, with 100 miles on it, died two weeks ago, I told him many times, drive it and enjoy the car, he was paranoid that someone would damage it, now his kids have just sold it for peanuts. I've own many classics musclecar, and had a great restored 69 ss 396 Camaro that I had to sell after my divorce but I have to say that I never missed that automobile because I drove it everywhere and had a ball with it. I'm now building a Monte Carlo ss with 427 4speed with 12 bolts rear, with the 1983 ss 15"wheel that came with, just my way to make a car that GM should have made. My Monte Carlo ss, is the second one built in 82 for the 83 model year(I picked up at City Chevrolet with the help of a certain Rick Hendrick that I had just met in Florida). I don't care if it's going to be worth something in the future because " no one is promise tomorrow". CR