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To: Joe 6-pack
I hate to rain on your nostalgia parade, but my first pinewood derby car would've blown the wheels off of yours. It's sittin' right there any time you're ready...

My son (Freeper Ultra Sonic 007) has a winner from 10 years ago that you'd love to race.

We didn't start making it until the night before the race, and didn't put any weights in the thing until it was first weighed right before the contest. I thought we should distribute weights along the length of the body, but my son (recently awarded a full-ride scholarship for mathematics) decided on where the weight placements should go (hey -- it was HIS race), so I drilled, he glued and set them. We weighed it again, and it was exactly at the weight limit. A little graphite was added, and the races began.

It was a strange car. A simple delta shape, that started out slow, behind the pack, and then right before it bottoms out at the base of the hill, picked up some incredible momentum that blew the rest away in the last few feet.

He centered the weights around the rear axle. He never lost a race. His is still sitting on his desk also....LOL.

71 posted on 12/30/2005 11:10:13 PM PST by ImaGraftedBranch ("Toleration" has never been affiliated with the virtuous. Think about it.)
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To: ImaGraftedBranch
Thanks to everyone for all the memories. Your memories brought more of mine washing over me like a flood. I remember my little hat and how proud I was to wear my uniform to school on meeting days.

And all the craft projects we did. We took popsicle sticks strung together by ribbon and then glued alphabet soup letters to spell out the Scout Oath!

Had lots of friends in Scouting. I remember the Jamborees and Scout Camp in Wisconsin. Learned how to safely handle a knife and axe.

I remember constantly reading my Manual and dreaming about all the Scout accessories you could get; jacknifes, compass etc.

Thanks for posting. To a person this Thread was a total delight! Doc Savage

72 posted on 12/31/2005 9:24:01 AM PST by Doc Savage ("Guys, I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more COWBELL...Bruce Dickinson)
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