Murray Chassis

D Sports Racer

Introduction

Ed Murray and Dave Craddock started this car in 1972. It consists of a tube frame chassis and uses a Honda 750 engine.

They cast their own magnesium rear uprights. Dave worked in a pattern shop and had help building the pattern.

The wheels were Halibrand 13" Midget wheels.

Front uprights were from a McClaren MkII (modified Spitfire).

Brakes were Airheart calibers and discs (which proved to be a bad decision).

They fabricated a body from a Moodini, which was a modified Lotus 23.

Owners

Ed drove the car a few times then the car. It went through a couple of hands before Rod Hahnemann bought it. Rod "made a bunch of changes, upgraded the brakes, and built a new body using plywood and Masonite for a female mold! We sold him fiberglass materials, gave him advice, and he did it at home," reports Dave Craddock.

Rod sold the car to the Quatrocci brothers and they put a Kawasaki ZX10 Ninja engine in it.

The brothers later sold the car "and Rod ended up with the car again. It's in storage now."

The last body which
was created by
Rod Hahnemenn

Original bodywork