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> Pinewood Derby Season, anyone else helping their kids?
iwanta914-6
post Dec 10 2015, 09:37 AM
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I know it's not a 914 but one of my girls (I have twin 7 year old girls in girl scouts) wanted a "Sally" from Cars.

So obviously I was excited to get started on that as Sally is based off of a 996, so to CAD I went. This is only the second year I've "helped" my girls with their cars so this is my first attempt at adding flares to a pinewood car. Should be fun. Next year they will do most of the work and I'll just help make it fast but this year I'll handle most of the construction while they do the paint. The other car is going to be a puppy.

I had to modify it a little to fit the size limits and the minimum wheelbase being 4" pushed the rear wheels back a little.

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iwanta914-6   Pinewood Derby Season   Dec 10 2015, 09:37 AM
Mueller   Looks good....I hope you leave off the tramp stamp...   Dec 10 2015, 09:40 AM
iwanta914-6   Looks good....I hope you leave off the tramp stam...   Dec 10 2015, 09:46 AM
jasons   We are building a car too. Last year we won the B...   Dec 10 2015, 11:01 AM
iwanta914-6   Last year the two cars I made with my girls (I had...   Dec 10 2015, 11:43 AM
dflesburg   Both my boys were in for years (we even did guides...   Dec 10 2015, 11:55 AM
iwanta914-6   1. tape off the axle area then let the boys make ...   Dec 10 2015, 01:46 PM
PlantMan   Both my boys were in for years (we even did guide...   Dec 10 2015, 05:20 PM
jasons   If you can get your car to run on three wheels i...   Dec 11 2015, 08:18 AM
jor   This should be a build post -- I'd love to see...   Dec 10 2015, 04:26 PM
Garland   When you think it's at max weight, add staples...   Dec 10 2015, 05:56 PM
The Cabinetmaker   Here's one I helped my grandson with last year...   Dec 10 2015, 06:11 PM
74ravenna   Here's one I helped my grandson with last yea...   Dec 10 2015, 06:21 PM
PlantMan   Here's one I helped my grandson with last yea...   Dec 10 2015, 06:48 PM
The Cabinetmaker   Here's one I helped my grandson with last ye...   Dec 11 2015, 05:46 AM
brant   My brother in law made this for my niece and then ...   Dec 10 2015, 08:12 PM
wes   Our boys first year, he won two 1st place trophys...   Dec 11 2015, 11:13 AM
wes   video of one of the races.   Dec 11 2015, 11:21 AM
wes   not bad for his first year!   Dec 11 2015, 11:25 AM
Spoke   Built a few cars for a friend's son before. I ...   Dec 11 2015, 11:37 AM
r_towle   Sand wheels true and sand the nails for the axles....   Dec 11 2015, 12:38 PM
Spoke   Sand wheels true and sand the nails for the axles...   Dec 11 2015, 03:44 PM
cgnj   [quote name='r_towle' post='2276038' date='Dec 11...   Dec 12 2015, 06:18 PM
RobW   All good advice! We are in year 3. Buddy took...   Dec 11 2015, 03:34 PM
RobW   All good advice! We are in year 3. Buddy too...   Dec 13 2015, 08:45 PM
iwanta914-6   Progress...   Dec 13 2015, 04:30 PM
r_towle   Sliding internal weight inside a tube   Dec 13 2015, 04:42 PM
jmalone   We built several cool cars, the "Cheese Wedge...   Dec 13 2015, 06:38 PM
iwanta914-6   Shaping pretty much complete. Just needs a little...   Dec 17 2015, 02:21 PM
jasons   Looks Great! 1.8 OZ, that sounds like a lot....   Dec 17 2015, 03:38 PM
iwanta914-6   Looks Great! 1.8 OZ, that sounds like a lot...   Dec 17 2015, 05:04 PM
7TPorsh   That looks great! Shave the bottom down until...   Dec 17 2015, 04:51 PM
wes   Drill holes from underneath in the front area unti...   Dec 17 2015, 08:32 PM
iwanta914-6   Drill holes from underneath in the front area unt...   Dec 18 2015, 08:36 AM
iwanta914-6   After doing some calculations, it's going to b...   Dec 18 2015, 11:17 AM
jasons   Yeah, what I know is this.... I watched a bunch of...   Dec 18 2015, 01:25 PM
iwanta914-6   Yeah, what I know is this.... I watched a bunch o...   Dec 18 2015, 01:46 PM
Amphicar770   This is starting to sound like the movie "Dow...   Dec 18 2015, 01:43 PM
veekry9   http://www.westsystem.com/ss/building-a-gr...mula-...   Dec 18 2015, 04:16 PM
7TPorsh   Use a drill pres with the car on its side and cut ...   Dec 18 2015, 04:54 PM
jmill   Looking good. My son was a big Dale Jr. fan. I h...   Dec 18 2015, 05:47 PM
jmill   Bottom   Dec 18 2015, 05:48 PM
db9146   Micro polish the nails (shaft and back of nail hea...   Dec 18 2015, 10:59 PM
iwanta914-6   Micro polish the nails (shaft and back of nail he...   Dec 19 2015, 05:00 PM
iwanta914-6   So I'm just about done. It's not perfect,...   Jan 12 2016, 03:59 PM
RobW   Wow! Nice work!   Jan 12 2016, 05:32 PM
dflesburg   Here is one, I made back in the day around 1998 (n...   Jan 13 2016, 07:46 AM
RobW   We don't have our cars yet but this year will ...   Jan 13 2016, 09:35 AM
jasons   We did a wedge last year. I'm sure flatter/si...   Jan 13 2016, 10:11 AM
mbseto   Flat/wedge seems to be a winning style, but as lon...   Jan 13 2016, 01:36 PM
dflesburg   shape is unimportant.... see my previous posts... ...   Jan 13 2016, 02:24 PM
iwanta914-6   shape is unimportant.... see my previous posts......   Jan 14 2016, 08:00 AM
RobW   Here's last year....   Jan 14 2016, 08:23 AM
RobW   This is in the finals. The car in lane one took fi...   Jan 14 2016, 08:46 AM
RobW   Here's the release gate. Thinking about a high...   Jan 14 2016, 08:49 AM
RobW   Does rolling it on a treadmill help as well?   Jan 14 2016, 09:06 AM
RobW   Buddy won tonight! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: ...   Feb 20 2016, 12:39 AM


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