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Didn't do a Pinewood Derby car, but a Soap Box Derby car, circa 1971. This was back when Chevrolet sponsored The Soap Box Derby, got 3rd in local event, qualified for regional in Des Moines where I went 1-2.
Picture is when my brother and Father took it out out of basement storage in 2006. Still have it, hanging in my garage. |
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My mother used the belt. Most of the time when needed and the rest was for the next time. That damn thing was so limber that as it crossed the back of my ass, parts of it went in and out of my butt crack to get good coverage. |
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Me in the Blue 1970. I beat that kid but lost in the next round. Did it again in 1971 |
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Back then, you signed up at the Chevy dealership I believe, paid a fee. They give you the build dimensions, regulations, wheelbase, etc. They give you the axles and wheels, that's it. Give you a date and location where the local race is going to be, and be there.
I rememeber building it in the basement with my Father, maybe took a couple months? Only 3 kids entered from our town, I knew the other two and we were all friends. We had to commute to a nearby town for the local qualification race. There were probably 40 cars there? One car was completely built out of a single log, beautiful, of course the family were commercial loggers. Anyway, this was the first or second year where the lay down car became the aero cool thing to do, and they won. One of my friends built his as a lay down car, by the end of summer, he had gained weight and had to tear the car apart and widen the floor board so he could get in it. He also qualified for the Regional in Des Moines. My father borrowed a race car flat bed stake bed truck and transported us and our cars to the Des Moines track, we were big time, lol. If you won at the Regional, you advanced to the Nationals in Akron OH. I beleive that year the Akron, OH winner was disqualified, they found an electro-magnetic set up in the nose of the car. As the metal nose car stop dropped, the magnet pulled the car down the ramp. My buddys Scott's lay down Soap Box; |
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When I did Pinewood Derby, my Dad gave me the kit and that was that. The kid who won it, his dad built it entirely. I lost badly, but learned several lessons.
When my son did the Derby, we studied designs then came up with our own. All the weight on the rear axle, just enough on the front so it stays in contact with the track. Drill in the axles with a press so they are true. We did very well. |
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Nice, now your boy knows things that will help him or has helped him in life. Is he now an engineer? |
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Very true. There was one kid in our derby who had a car similar to that pic in Hammers. His dad owned a bodyshop. There is no way that. kid built that car himself without 99% supervision and help. Mine had an oak floor something like an inch or so thick. Wood frame bulkheads with chicken wire and cover in fiberglass. |
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He still has several of the Derby cars. One we call The Shoe, because that's what it looks like. |
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https://hooniverse.com/the-soap-box-...andal-in-1973/
at 16:15 is the start of the whole electro-magnet disqualification |
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Both my parents were considered pretty cool. I was lucky.
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My dad was a tough dude. Took no shit from anyone...big or small. My friends looked up to him. He was a funny guy which made him easy to get along with.
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