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Anyone ever build a 944 pinewood derby car?

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Old 12-15-2007, 11:19 AM
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Question Anyone ever build a 944 pinewood derby car?

If so can you post pics and any tips on how you built it? TIA,

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find the christmas ornament thread, print it out and build it.

fill with plutonium.
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Oh, it is almost that time of year again, isn't it?
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My son just got his and now it's time to build. The last one I built was in the early 70's. Lots of new rules now.
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did ya see this thread?

https://rennlist.com/forums/off-topic/397535-pine-wood-derby.html
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I won mine a little over a decade ago. It looked like like a banana and I used graphite lub on the wheels to help it go. I won for my pack but got raped at the next level. I will try to post pics tonight.
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My father built a end all P Car pine wood dirby car when I was 11 because honestly the dads have more fun with it than the kids, it has a metal chasis and a body from a fiberglass mold he created. I will see if I can get some pics. I also had a pretty sweet formula and Delorean.
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In 1969 I made my second pinewood derby car. Thinking back (sorry, no pics), it looked like a stylized (blocky) version of the 944 series. Maybe therapy might reveal my affinity for my 951.

(Btw, my first pinewood derby car looked more like a formula 1 car of the era. However, there's no F1 car in my driveway.)
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i used to win pinewood derbys all the time like 6 yrs in a row. my dad would use his dental tools to smooth out all the defects in the axle, and then cut the plastic tires down so that only a little tiny bit actually touched the ground. we won by so much it was almost like cheating.



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