...this extended Mormon family was doing slot car things at "swap meets" around the country. They would show up with a portable slot track and Womps and set up races and the like. To make it easier for the family one of the guys designed this modular system that would not only BE modular( but limited) but the surface itself would fold up into a compact "box" with drawers for the power, cars, and controllers. One of the family had contacts in China that was doing the CNC for them and would cut, finish, and send.
I just saw this in the quote above. I first met Morman Bill (name?!) at a 1990 toy show in Los Angeles. He was across from Parma with a home routed 2 lane track. I thought it was very interesting.
A few years after I began doing fairs with my mobile tracks he called and wanted to discuss what I was doing. (1998) I had a large home track build (Hillclimb) for a customer in Chicago, had contracted Hasse to help build and didn't have a place to build. Bill had a friend in Barstow who loaned us a vacant warehouse (very rough) and the three of us built the track and another small one. Bill video taped some of the work to help him work up a plan for building his own track systems. Shortly after he began a unique set of tracks using 1/2" PVC with aluminum joints/understructure and billed it as "outdoor" compatible (which I warned him about due to braid issues). Bill sold the tracks through a party equipment seller in TX. Recently there was a post about one of his tracks for sale on ebay from FL. (Didn't sell as the guy paid about $15K and wanted $8K). Very nice systems for portable use. Check out where he's at today @
http://happytimespar...m/Slot Cars.htm .
Several years ago he called and wanted me to come see his operation and maybe get involved but I was busy and wasn't able. He's still based in Victorville, CA and I see he's still using the tracks but not sure if he's still building. He hand routes the tracks, no CNC.
PVC (or a similar material) IS the way to go.
