This is a replica build of the number 880 owned by Roy Morral of Breezewood, Pa, driven by Junior Ritchey. This car raced at Bedford, Port Royal, Williams grove, and Hagerstown speedway during this time period.
By 1966 everyone in central Pa knew the converted sprint cars were faster than the Pa. style super modified's. The converted sprint cars were not legal in the area until 1967. So Roy Morral and several other car owners went to Floyd Travis, well know builder of the Trevis Craft sprint cars, and had him build a car legal for the track specs in central Pa. The frame had to be thirty inches wide with a wheelbase of ninety inches minimum. These were stretched sprint cars with torsion bar suspension front and rear. The roll cages were welded on and they couldn’t look like a sprint car.
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I used a 1/24th scale sprint car model for this build.I lengthened the frame between the fire wall and front radius rod mounting point, using aluminum tubing.
Hosted on FotkiThe roll cage was removed, and a new roll cage attached, made from plastic coated wire.
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Hosted on FotkiThe roof is formed out of .2 MM aluminum sheet.
The rear panel, side panels, hood and wing are made from .5 MM aluminum flashing.
All panels have a lip made from .2 MM thin plastic sheet. This should make the fit look better when assembled.
Hosted on FotkiDecals are being made by Greg Holland VSRN on this site.Bob
