Re: gotta see: Funny car summer

[neal zimmerman <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

yep, in the movie they said Revell  made a model of his rear engined
Barracuda and he hardly got anything off that either. I just looked
him up online , and   i guess he has a  race team , doesnt drive
anymore ,  has somebody else driving, but  hes managed to stay
involved  in racing somehow.
  neal zimmerman, eugene oregon

On 5/26/08, chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx <chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> He's still around. It turns out he never saw a dime from the movie. I bought
> an autographed copy of the film last year from a guy that got together with
> him and is selling the autographed ones with a portion of the profits going
> to Jim.
> I'll see if i can find the link.
>
> Mark
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: neal zimmerman <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
>> I just watched my copy of FUNNY CAR SUMMER, i got off ebay, awesome, a
>> must see just for all the cool vintage  70s funny car footage  and big
>> names .and some scary wrecks too.
>>   Is Jim Dunn still alive? anybody know?
>>      neal zimmerman, eugene oregon
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