Can unwanted info within clip frames be removed using fcp?

i have fcp 4.5. in a sequence i'm working on, i noticed a car passing through trees in the far distance. i'd like to remove it. the composition is locked so there is no issue with camera movement.
if i were working with avid, i know there is a feature which allows finding a frame on the clip where the car has cleared, sampling the spot, then going back and laying it over the idential area on the offending frames.
anything similar with fcp-- or rather fcp 4.5? i couldn't find a reference in the manual.
help would be appreciated. thanks.

do you find that the cropped still frame, when laid back over the clip, never aligns correctly? it's as if the registration shifts somehow. unless i'm doing something wrong-- but i did follow that procedure.
thanks, btw.

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