Bill Porterfield, who gets credit for unburying a lot of info on the ZL1 Camaro package, is seen here with the first ZL1, modified by Dick Harrell when new and driven by Jim Hayter to an AHRA World Championship in 1971. Behind it are crew members who made it all happen (Jack Walker, Harry Kelwei, and Brad Melvin) as well as Dick’s daughter Valerie Harrell, Fred Gibbs daughter Connie Gibb, and painter John OOP Fensum. See www.dickharrell.com for more info.
In addition to the Harrell flopper, Murphy, who owns the well-known GMMG Camaro conversion business, had the unrestored Seaton’s Shaker 1966 Corvair on hand, plus the 1969 Wally Booth / Dick Arons A/MP Camaro.
Another treasure from Matt Murphy was the original Seaton’s Shaker Corvair, which will be restored soon. This thing from the not so “good old days” must have been a handful at 180 mph…
Names like Booth-Arons and Berger Chevrolet will be familiar to sportsman and pro fans alike. This A/MP Camaro was raced by Dick Arons in 1969 with just Arons name on it, as Booth had a one-year deal with Dodge that year. Matt Murphy brought it in from Georgia.
Three rare Ford race cars came in courtesy of Chattanooga collector Kayo Erwin, who had a restored 427 A/FX Comet, the Dyno Don Nicholson 1965 Comet (which now looks like it did at the start of 1965 instead of its altered state), and the 1963 Galaxie prototype drag car that Dick Brannan had used for testing before the 1963 1/2 examples were constructed. This factory lightweight has several pieces no other Galaxie received. A replica Thunderbolt owned by local resident Preston Millet was in the DetroitHorsepower.com display and Larry Davis’ original 1963 Galaxie were also on hand. Todd Warner also had an A/FX 1965 Comet on hand, the radically altered version once driven by Hayden Proffitt.
