Just a little bit of useless trivia.
Today I visited with a friend of mine that worked for Dick Harrell. He worked extensively on the black 62 SS with the aluminum front end. He lived around the corner about 2 blocks away from Dick. He said Dick had a couple of cars from the Chevy dealer, one was a demo as well as the black 62 and some other stuff. Interesting he said the SS car came to Dick with the aluminum front end on it??? He did not know if the dealer installed the front end or how it got on there. All he knew was that Dick would always blame him for the dents in the fenders, he said yep, he probably did it taking heads off and on.
Anyway, I asked him about it not having a heater or radio even though it was an SS. He said no matter what, even if it came with them he took them out for sure. He said he lightened everything he could on every car.
He remembers Dick telling him to go home one afternoon to get some sleep and to be back at the shop at 10pm. When he arrived the car was disassembled, engine in pieces, transmission, clutch, etc. He and Dck worked all night to get it finished and headed off to a race. He shared one time he worked 3 days straight, sleeping in the shop just to finish a car. To this day he speaks very well of Dick and all his times building engines, suspensions, cars, etc.
Great times.