Comments on: Boattail Racer – Luxury pinewood derby cars http://blog.makezine.com/2010/07/06/boattail-racer-luxury-pinewood-de/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Thu, 23 May 2013 02:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: danbishopdesign http://blog.makezine.com/2010/07/06/boattail-racer-luxury-pinewood-de/#comment-266794 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/boattail-racer-luxury-pinewood-de/#comment-266794 These are really cool. I immediately thought of these cars I designed when I saw this post (the one at the top). We hand make ours in the USA.
http://www.karaskustomsonline.com/?page_id=8

Other views can be seen here, in my portfolio.
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?individual_id=98313&portfolio_id=2572924&

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]]> By: craig http://blog.makezine.com/2010/07/06/boattail-racer-luxury-pinewood-de/#comment-266795 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://makezineblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/boattail-racer-luxury-pinewood-de/#comment-266795 Both this wood racer and the aluminum one are beautiful creations. You can see a skilled perfectionist was at work with them. But below the drool in my mouth from the beauty, is the bile from my pinewood derby cub scout days in northern Wisconsin. I won 2nd place in my local troop race. But in Ashland regionals, the Eagle scouts in charge of the races and handling the cars, were crooked and evil. My car came in 72nd! How can that be? Well, the eagle scouts handling the cars would discreetly squeeze the wheel edges inward, taking a chip out of the inner plastic wheel hub. I got my car back with three chipped wobbly wheels. No doubt eagle’s younger brothers needed the competition eliminated. Boo, you northern Wisconsin eagle scouts from the late 70s, BOOOO!

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