Completed Verlin Eaker 64 Plymouth

[David Bogard]

I started a build of one of the cars of my second most favorite driver, Verlin Eaker. I'll try to show my progress through this old Plymouth and as always, this is just the way I do things and not necessarily is it always the best or easiest way! Here's where I ended up late last night.

[Greg Birky]

Great choice for one of the midwest's finest drivers and all around good guy.  I remember that car at "The Downs" and that hemi had a sound unique to that car and what a muscle it was!!!  Looking forward to seeing your project progress since I'm kind of struggling with closing in the side of the body where it meets the firewall on my 55 Chevy project as well as a 56 Chevy gasser project.  Anyway, great start on this car!!!😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎🏁

[Greg Birky]

Very nicely done, David!!!  Clay Kemp did an article in Scale Auto a few years ago as I'm sure you know.  Very similar results but I like your tutorial much better.  Way easier to understand.  I'm really diggin' this build!!!😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎🏁

[Bob P.]

Another very nice replica coming along there David. Thanks for the tutorial also.
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished project.

We raced these cars in central pa. but we left the front fenders on the cars.

Bob

[jchrisf]

Looks great David.. I am enjoying watching your progress.

[bandit2026]

There are several things that make a great racecar model, the proper wheel and tire for the period and the "set" the way the car sets with just a hint of forward rake. I think you've nailed it.

[Brian Conn]

....Been watching this one and will continue to watch this one come together.  These type of cars ....sans fenders and grills...never made it down here in Kansas, seems to have been an Iowa/ Wisconsin area type of car.
  So would these have been some sort of 15 year predecessor of what would later become the I.M.C.A Modified?   
   

[john2]

   I was at Duluth Minnesota for a year in the Air  Force, '66 - '67, and they ran the fenderless late models at Proctor Speedway, and the Superior Wisconsin  fairgrounds.

[Dirtman]

Making progress and I am now down to doing a bunch of those "little" things that I am not generally as thrilled about doing. I tend to enjoy the heavy the heavy cutting and whacking and fabricating end of things more than this "completion" stuff. Anyway, here's some of the pieces in their various stages. By the way, you can see a glimpse of those rear wheels that I made to better match the 1:1 car.

Are those seat belts store bought or did you fab them? They look real good. They one thing I have trouble with, (among a few other things). lol

Rett

[Dirtman]

Tks, you do the same as i do, only better.....guess I'll have to up my game.....tks again

Rett

[jchrisf]

It is very impressive the speed you are able to do such quality work. 

[Brian Conn]

........ Now, put the mick up in the cabinet for a few days......

  I had no idea it was Irish 

[BobD]

Great subject matter & tutorial David!  Always loved his Chrysler hemi cars.  Attached is a photo of Verlin taken July 21st at the Independence (IA) Motor Speedway at the annual "Hall Of Fame Night".  He was the first track champion in 1965, driving this 1959 Plymouth (of which you also made a model).

verlin by RD Dix, on Flickr

verlin 59 plym by RD Dix, on Flickr

[sentsat71]

Looking GREAT!!!

Like reading some of the stories behind the builds......adding to my racing "education".

[MarkJ]

David, you lost me on how you do the white underlayer sheet. Could you explain in more detail how that is done?