The Last Waltz - Dick Harrell Chevy Camaros

Interiors are kept mostly stock aside from the Dick Harrell badges, floormats, white gauge faces, and suede seat inserts. Six speed cars also have a shortened stick on the stock shifter with a Hurst white ball knob. The owner of this car, Valerie Harrell (daughter of Dick Harrell), also opted for the Wolfe roll cage for safety and NHRA compliance.

GMMG moved all of its bodywork in-house to assure all 30 cars would be fitted properly with the new panels and repainted in a timely fashion. Murphy says they churn out about one car per month, which means they should be finished by the time you read this. Matt designed the graphics based upon a modern interpretation of Dick's 1970 Funny Car, and when he consulted Valerie, she assured him that the use of carbon fiber accents were very much in the spirit of her father's lust for new technology. Painting was dependent upon the customer and the base color, however, in the case of this car Valerie had family friend Bill Carter apply a custom Butterscotch Orange. Along with Matt Berger's green Camaro, this is one of only two cars not painted by GMMG.

Just like production cars such as Valerie's, Ron went with the Strange 12-bolt rear except that he uses 35-spline axles instead of 33-spline, 4.88 gears instead of 4.10s, and a spool rather than a posi.

Bogart Pro-Stars and Mickey Thompson skinnies help shed some front end weight along with a manual steering rack and Strange drag brakes.

While he chose to leave Dick Harrell's nickname "Mr. Chevrolet" off the spoiler, Ron did put it on this custom seat cover along with his signature. Even though it is a drag car, Ron worked hard to stay as faithful to the production car as possible. The output for the 347-cube motor is right on par with the Phase III 427s at 630 hp (or 507 hp at the wheels through a stout driveline). Except in a 2,920-pound racecar with a transbrake and plenty of traction, this equals 1.36 60-ft times and a 9.72 ET at 137 mph. These kinds of time slips require a spec Wolfe roll cage and a Kirkey racing seat.

To fill out those enlarged fenders on the widebody kit, GMMG chose the classy Fikse Profil 13s measuring a boggling 18x11 front and 18x12 rear. When mated to your choice of either Michelin Pilot 295/35ZR18 and 335/30ZR18 or BFG G-Force and drag radial combo that makes for one enormous contact patch. As with the ZL1s, GMMG also upgrades the front brakes to Corvette specs.

GMMG was not shy about placing the Dick Harrell name all over its latest supercar, which is just fine by anyone who ever knew Dick. A former technician and race team member from '68-69 as well as family friend, Dave Libby, said the car was "a fitting tribute that I know Dick would have been proud of. It's tasteful and not garish ... it's the best-looking Camaro I've ever seen. It's incredible to have a car like this that can run in the 10s with air conditioning, and is drivable with reasonable gas mileage." (For more information on Dick Harrell, his daughter Valerie, and Dave Libby visit www.dickharrell.com)

Though Ron tries to keep the interior stock appearing, he has stripped weight wherever possible. HVAC controls are gone as are the radio, rear and passenger seats. The center console as you can see is still intact, which took quite a bit of modifying to allow the use of a B&M Pro Ratchet shifter.