#9 Bill Elliott Evernham Dodge

The latest car I like to race with is the #9 Evernham Dodge that Bill Elliott drove at the end of his full time Cup career, that Kasey Kahne eventually took over. While a simple car design, it involved a relatively involved process of making a proper Dodge "ram" logo, as well as the UAW logo. The 9 was once again a lower case 'g' that I added extra rectangles to in order to get it look right, as well as the "Flying E" triangles on the back. The game actually includes a pretty good approximation of the font used for the "DODGE" label.

I actually used a Toyota body for the car, because the default driver wears a red jumpsuit, and the Dodge Charger included in the game has a different tail light decal than the Dodge NASCAR vehicles of the time.

#9 STOP Racing Ford Thunderbird

For my second attempt, I decided to be a bit more blatant in my inspiration by Bill Elliott. I specifically tried to model the front after the old Ford Thunderbirds NASCAR used to have in the mid 80s, and tried to at least approximate Awesome Bill's general design. If I were to try to make one of his cars, I'd probably start from scratch though. Still, the general idea of this blog is to show my own progress, then provide tips based upon what I've learned.

 The lack of cursive fonts pretty much meant that doing an actual Coors Thunderbird was well beyond my abilities at the time. I may try to conquer it in the near future.

#9 STOP Racing Ford Fusion

This was the first custom car I worked on. I took the joke team name I created for my profile and applied it her. The car is vaguely inspired by Bill Elliott's red #9 Ford, but only in the slightest way.

Of course, after grabbing this shot, I decided to make a few improvements. I got rid of the Fusion grill and branding, but replaced it with my own custom Ford logo.

I Also re-did the front hood.

There's still plenty of work I could do on this car, but it still somewhat holds up for a first attempt.