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Macc 2011
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MACC 2011, Kansas City (Olathe,) . . .
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Man...I wish I could make it to all of these shows. They look like such a great time.
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I went to that one in '07, when they still held it in August... was damn hot that weekend, and my wife was 6-months pregnant. Good show then, and I hear it's even better now. :cool:
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Great pictures
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A friend emailed me a copy of this recent article in OCW by Geoff Stunkard . . .
http://chevelleforum.org/attachment....1&d=1605134258 Geoff is a well known muscle car photojournalist - nice to see his son following in his footsteps . . . Karen and I had a chance to meet Geoff and his son, Joel - GREAT guys . . . :D |
Its great too see your car getting all the well deserverd attention ,its a beauty.
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Nov MCACN Show
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MCACN show was fantastic - just couldn't believe how many GREAT Muscle Cars were there!
We were in the "COPO Invitational" group . . . Grady Burch's ORIGINAL, UN-RESTORED COPO to the left . . . Albert Galdi's beautifly fathom green restored COPO to the right . . . http://chevelleforum.org/attachment....1&d=1605376596 |
WOW ,love those COPO's .
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Lots of great looking cars, The guy who does our news letter just got back from there. His family is located where the show was and brought back some great pictures.
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TH400 CX - RogerD's COPO/Dick Harrell Chevelle
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Picked up a real TH400 CX tranny in late December (thanks to Bob Harris, Camaro Specialties) . . .
http://chevelleforum.org/attachment....1&d=1604624283 Weather forecast for last Friday (Jan 20th) was too good to pass up so I took a VC day. By 8:30AM, Chevelle up on blocks in my drive, me on my back pulling the mild mannered TH400 installed in 2010 . . . By mid afternoon, the fresh OH'd TH400 CX was in and buttoned up with fresh fluid going in. Took a spin late afternoon through digital radar traps nearby, odometer was dead on . . . Throttle response :) Oh yeah, just like 40+ years ago . . . :D Local policeman Waving as I passed by . . . |
Great looking Chevelle! Blends in nicely.
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You should see his car in person and talk with him about his love affair with this car .Its an amazing car and even more amazing story behind it.
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Wait so is this car a real COPO?
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1969 COPO Dick Harrell Chevelle
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The original Bill Allen Dealer Invoice I saved (scans of my circa '69 original docs) shows: TO409MP = L72 COPO Motor code (with a 12/12 bumper to bumper & 5/50 power train warranty) Harrell "transplant" cars had a 90 day warranty . . . http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...hevelle_05.jpg 72/72 = Monaco Orange (available ONLY on SS and COPO) http://www.chevelles.com/forums/atta...0&d=1401208789 My car is not an SS, no SS trappings, it is a COPO Chevelle with a factory L72 427CI engineWaving |
very nice:)
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Goodguys "Terrific 12, Finalist" & "MCOY Finalist"
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We have met some really GREAT people via this and other threads since Dec 2008 . . .
Weekend before last, we met a few more at the local Goodguys event . . . Turned out to be a very memorable weekend for Karen and me . . .:D http://chevelleforum.org/attachment....1&d=1604624785 Goodguys "2012 Terrific 12, Finalist" and Hemmings sponsored "Muscle Car of the Year, Finalist" Only 69 days until CB12 |
Will we get to see you and the car at CB12 ? It was great talking to you last year.
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Cb12 soon!!
:) Please make sure you tell me your online moniker at CB12 . . . Waving :D
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Will do Roger ,I and my wife were the ones ridind around on a golf cart selling 50/50 tickets but you talked with so many last year you may not remember . I know your car was one of the most popular ones there due to your story about it and the beautiful restoration you did on it .
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Hi Gang:
A few old pics, new pics and old previously unpublished ones . . . For full screen, set resolution to 720P . . .Staying alive HERE . . . |
Check it out
Hi Gang:
Convinced doc to allow me to return to work - can't drive yet but can hitch a ride with a friend/coworker . . . |
What happened ? You werent in an accident were you ,anyway listen to your doc and get well soon.
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Thought I had carpal tunnel, turned out to be stenosis (opening in the vertabrae was too small) - had to have neck surgery - never saw it coming - on the mend now . . .
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AMSOIL Best of the Best vote
Hi Gang:
Had a GREAT time at SuperChevy event in Ennis TX Saturday . . . My son-n-law loaded, drove & unloaded the car for me - all I could do was just observe . . . Just what the doctor ordered - two of our grandkids had a great time, too . . . Lots of BEAUTIFUL cars there . . . Had a few drops of rain but then cleared up . . . Was a pleasure to meet several of you who have been following along . . . Just learned from Jim Campisano (Editor SuperChevy Mag), our Chevelle was selected for AMSOIL Best of the BEST voting . . . If you are so inclined, I would REALLY appreciate your votes . . . |
very nice!
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THANKS so much for your support!!! Another new tidbit I found this morning . . . Jim Campisano posted a 'coming soon' comment about a SuperChevy Article . . . Check it out and comment HERE . . . https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...7e&oe=572716F8 |
Roger ,you got my vote and hope to see you at Chevellabration again. Also glad you are on the mend ,and cute grandkids you have there.
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Roger, you also got my vote, as this is a great story.:)
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Roger you have my vote. And a link on the Chevelleforum facebook page for everyone to vote for you. Congratulations !
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THANKS for your vote Ms Grumpy!!
Hey Gang: If you haven't commented on Jim's "coming soon" yet, now's your chance to sound off . . . Quote:
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I had missed step 2 the first time... just voted :)
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can we see how everyone is doing ? how many votes they have ? just curious.
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Got my vote
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got my vote
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Comments onSC Facebook page
Not sure on how to see the vote tally - most likely no way . . .
Trying to get comments on Jim Campisano's "coming soon" Facebook page from you guys, hopeful it might influence a decision to put our old Chevelle on the cover - that would be PRICELESS to Karen and me . . . |
THANKS - RogerD's COPO Dick Harrell Chevelle
A sincere and heartfelt THANK YOU
is inadequate to express Karen's and my apprecciation for the support you guys have given . . . Waving http://www.northshoreclub.net/_asset...f-B_Winner.JPG |
Roger and I were pretty good friends in high school and afterwards. We were most likely found head down and posterior up under the hood of some car we had stuck together. I’d built a ‘55 Chevy hardtop with the perquisite worked over 327 and had graduated to a used ’62 fuelie vette.
I lived in a typical small Midwestern town here in Missouri that at the time had a population of about 150 people. For any excitement we had to drive 25 miles south to Kansas City or the same distance north to St. Joseph. SO when Roger called me up one late afternoon and asked if I wanted to ride down to the city. I was all in. Not a word was mentioned about him getting a new car. He showed up in the driveway in this shiny orange 69 Chevelle. As I came off the porch I noticed it was just a plain Jane Malibu, but still a beautiful car to my eyes. A few things stuck out like the funky "V8" flags on the fenders, black hood stripes, hood locks and it had an SS hood and SS wheels but no other SS markings - couldn't quite figure that out back in the day. But plain as it might have looked I’d been around enough motors in my short life to know that what was idling in my driveway had something very potent under the hood. I climbed into the passenger’s seat and scoped the inside of the car out. The only thing that set the interior off was the required bug Sun Tack strapped to the steering column. At first I was a bit disappointed at the automatic transmission as “in the day” real hot rods had four speeds. Roger backed out of the drive and headed up the main drag of my town ¼ of a mile to the turn that took you out to the highway. He was just idling down the street explaining that it was a car especially prepared by Dick Harrell’s shop and sold to him through the biggest Chevy dealer in K.C., Bill Allen Chevrolet. He turned left for the 2 blocks that took us out to the highway by the old tavern. He eased out to the south where the highway is looking down a ½ mile straight slightly down hill. I can remember it so clearly as he lined up on the highway and pulled the trigger. Holy Christ! The damn thing just exploded with power and pinned my young behind deep down in the upholstery. The motor wound up and it shifted well up in RPM. I thought Roger was running it manually through the gears but I looked over and it just shifted that way. I don’t know for a fact that the transmission had been worked over but it sure shifted like it had a kit from B&M or somebody in it. What I can swear to is what it like riding in that beast. There are two memorable cars form my youth that came right out of the dealer with that kind of horsepower. My neighbor, who had been my Scoutmaster, bought a 67 Dodge station wagon with a 426 wedge and a 4 speed on the floor. The other was Roger’s DHCP Chevelle. If I can remember no other time in that car I most certainly remember quite well that first ride and can mentally picture that first walk around including the Dick Harrell sicker on it’s hind end. I was there and it was real enough that it stuck with me so vividly for 40 years. KUDOS to Roger for tracking down and restoring his old Dick Harrell Chevelle - saw it when he brought it to the ACES event last September in Kansas City and the restoration was absolutely UNBELIEVABLE! JFAN68 |
CONGRATULATIONS Roger ! You have a beautiful car and you deserve this award. I am glad that we could help.
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