Killer Camaros- Dick Harrell & Malcolm Durham FC's

[Wild Child]

These are two of my favorite Funny Cars from my collection, the Dick Harrell '69 and Malcolm Durhams '70/71.  Both cars have high luster bodies that have been modified to fit the slightly shortened Polar Lights chassis.  Dick's '69 used a 427 while Malcolm's blue car ran a 454.  Both motors are highly detailed and some modifications had to be made to these also.   A lot of time was put into making these bodies and interior tin work look as correct as possible using box kit bodies, including making spoilers, molding hoods and opening the windshields and wheel wells.   The Slixx decals even had to be modified  as they were made for the Comp Resins bodies. 

I love the 'pop' of these cars!  The 1960's and 1970's Funny Cars and Dragsters were awesome.

[Charger Funny Car]

Outstanding work on two of my all time favorites. Have you built the Larson & Chadwick Camaros? Would love to see those.

[Wild Child]

19 minutes ago, Charger Funny Car said:

Outstanding work on two of my all time favorites. Have you built the Larson & Chadwick Camaros? Would love to see those.

Thanks Scott.  I do plan on doing the Larson USA-1 '68 Camaro and Jungle Jim's '70.  I was going to do Chadwick's red '69 as part of my '69 Winter Nats display, but I love Harrell's '69 so much, and Chadwick's was too similar in visual appeal.  I try to build a variety of cars with different looks and colors.  I will post the other 2 cars when done.

As a side note, if you like f-body GM cars a little bit, I do have a couple really cool late sixties Firebirds I will post someday I think you will love. 

[deuces wild]

😎👍

[Chris in Berwyn]

Those are both very nice!

[M W Elky]

Beautiful paint finish and photography can’t wait to see those firebirds 

[Mike 1017]

Great builds of N.H.R.A Legends

[PappyD340]

Super sharp pair, well done!

[Zippi]

Couple of pretty kewl looking Funny Cars.

[rv1963]

Those are 2 awesome drag cars, great paint and decals.

[catpack68]

Both look great! Very nice work.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[Coyote_6]

Beautiful builds.  The window framing looks awesome - are they done with a Sharpie or masked and painted?

Greet looking paint and great looking cars!

Steve

[Hmann68]

A couple of beautiful cars….very nice work! 

[Wild Child]

On 3/3/2025 at 12:01 PM, Coyote_6 said:

Beautiful builds.  The window framing looks awesome - are they done with a Sharpie or masked and painted?

Greet looking paint and great looking cars!

Steve

Thanks everyone, glad to see a lot of Funny Car enthusiasts out there.

Steve, typically I mask and paint the silver or black moldings, first taping the top and bottom, then later the sides.  I then use an opened up small size paper clip end, dab in a paint cap, then dab on the moldings to get precise results (most of the time).  Practice first.

[Wild Child]

On 2/28/2025 at 7:10 AM, M W Elky said:

Beautiful paint finish and photography can’t wait to see those firebirds 

Thanks Michael.  I will get the two Birds I have done posted perhaps next week.  I have plans to do five '68-69 Firebird Funnys for my Firebird group, but the paint schemes and decals are really tuff on the 3 I have not done yet.  I think you will get a kick out of the two I did do though.  Thanks again.

[M W Elky]

On 3/4/2025 at 4:17 PM, Wild Child said:

Thanks Michael.  I will get the two Birds I have done posted perhaps next week.  I have plans to do five '68-69 Firebird Funnys for my Firebird group, but the paint schemes and decals are really tuff on the 3 I have not done yet.  I think you will get a kick out of the two I did do though.  Thanks again.

Yeah I know what you mean as I’ve been wanting to build the don gay firebird for quite some time. I’ve done a few rattle can fades when it gets more than two colors it’s real tricky.

[TheBEAUMONTGURU]

Awesome job on both of these.   great decal work!

[Wild Child]

On 3/8/2025 at 9:00 AM, TheBEAUMONTGURU said:

Awesome job on both of these.   great decal work!

Thanks DA.  The decals were especially tuff.  Because they are made for the slightly longer Comp Resins bodies, the long ones have to be carefully cut down and sliced together so each piece exactly matched.  But I love these two cars, so it was worth the work.

[bogger44]

Those are both excellent builds!