77 Pontiac Skybird pinewood derby car!

[cowboydanny]

So as a cubmaster I race in the open class against the other leaders and parents who dare compete. I'm hoping I get taken down as the champ this year by one of the new families. Mainly because it keeps things interesting for them and gives me more competition. 

Each year I pride myself on building not just a skateboard but something cool with an awesome paint job. This year i built my moms 77 Skybird as my pinewood derby car. Ran out of time helping other families finish their cars so I didn't get to add the pin stripes but I will after the race tonight. 

Here is where it sits right now, I'll also be adding the paint to the rims to match.

[Ringo64]

Nice work, man! That is awesome

[64 kiwi boni]

Dan ! please explain this Pinewood Derby ???? is it like rocker cover racing ? 

pictures would be cool too !!!

[Ringo64]

32 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Dan ! please explain this Pinewood Derby ???? is it like rocker cover racing ? 

pictures would be cool too !!!

Very similar, think we discussed this if memory serves... Let me search the system!

 

Yup! We did, here's my car from the scouts:

 

[64 kiwi boni]

Ok 

[64 kiwi boni]

you know what !! we Need some video !!!!

Dan ! can you film some racing ????

[cowboydanny]

In March of 2020 all of our Cub Scouts had their cars complete and ready to race when the whole world was put on hold.... 

I'm an Eagle Scout, there was no way I was gonna let these kids miss out on this race. They worked hard on their cars. One of the moms had already had the virus a few months prior so she came over to our house and with my wife and myself, we set up the track in our driveway. Then we used her phone on a tripod, and did a Skype call between her phone at the end of the track, my phone at the starting gate and my laptop which runs the race. Then we used OBD studio to crop everything as you will see it. And we sent out this live stream to all the families. And everyone got to see it. Even Grandparents in nursing homes were able to watch along. 

So I don't have video from this year but this is better. I typically do not build cars just for speed. I build them to look cool to show the scouts that your car does not have to be the fastest as long as you built it and had fun.

To that note I got taken down as pack open class champion last night by a new dad. We had some good battles going but he out nosed me in every race. Was a good time.

Edited April 5, 2023 by cowboydanny

[64 kiwi boni]

Out Standing Dan ! i can see there has been some really hard work put into building these cars !!!

thank you for sharing the video !!!

and your race track !!! wow !! very flash 👍

[cowboydanny]

That entire track packs inside itself. The Engineering that went into it, back in 1984 is awesome. All packed up its like 2' wide x 8' long x 30" tall and is on wheels. 

[Frosty]

I was an assistant scoutmaster for nearly 10 years, as my son went through scouting. He never made Eagle Scout, baseball was more important to him. He made Life Scout before he quit scouting.

One year we made a Pinewood derby car in the shape of the 1999 Concept GTO. It was very cool to look at. I'm not sure if we still have it.

 

Outstanding looking '77 Skybird Pinewood car BTW.

[cowboydanny]

I made this one about five years ago. 

[64 kiwi boni]

That’s very cool