Herb Shannon USAC 64 Plymouth Fury

[Slim Louis]

From the Lindburg kit, almost OOB, decals from Gene Shortt

[weasel]

wow... ya nailed that one!!

nice job slim...

[tuffone20]

I love old stock cars and you did a great job on that one!!

Edited January 24, 2010 by tuffone20

[Railfreak78]

Thats a sharp lookin old schooler! I love both the old stocks and the Fury so this is great combo. I like the detail work to keep em' coming!

[Navy48]

nice model......what caught my eye was the "Tom O'Brien" on the side.....my current employer!

[Slim Louis]

Do you think that is the same on as the 1964 sponser picture? What do you guys do there at "Tom O'Brien?

[Navy48]

Do you think that is the same on as the 1964 sponser picture? What do you guys do there at "Tom O'Brien?

the pic of the real car may have been taken at either Indianapolis Raceway Park or the Indiana State Fairgrounds. both of which held USAC races back then.

Tom O'Brien has been a Mopar dealer in Indy since 1933. first with DeSoto and Plymouth and later with Chrysler/Plymouth and now at our location, Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge in Greenwood. in 1964, Tom O'Brien Co consisted of two locations: Virginia Ave (later moved to Greenwood) and the 'new' Northside Chrysler-Plymouth on the northside of Indianapolis on Keystone Ave.

it was common in those days for drivers/owners to pick up sponsorship from local car dealers when coming to town for races. this is why I feel pretty confident it's the same "Tom O'Brien Co".

Edited March 13, 2010 by Big Panda

[disabled modeler]

Thats cool guys! just shows how small the big old world can be at times .

Oh, By the way...The Chrysler/Dodge dealer I was with was Coleman Motor Co.

Edited March 13, 2010 by disabled modeler