>From my experience as an Assistant Cub master and Assistant Boy Scout
leader it really doesn't have anything to do with shape. I have seen
the craziest shaped cars win over the wedges and rounded racers. It all
comes down to weight and wheels. Find a good scale and determine what
weight that the car is suppose to be and then push the weight exactly to
what it suppose to be. For the wheels, take the nails they use for the
wheels and insert the sharp point of the nail in a drill. Leave just
enough space between the drill and the end of the nail for where the
wheel will travel. then take some fine sand paper and cut it to that
width and loop it around the nail. Turn the drill on and basically
polish the nail area where the wheel goes. Then very carefully mount
the wheels and make sure they are true. Add graphite and collect your
trophy. I have helped my son and others made dragsters, a 1940's model
truck and several other cars. An MG TD would be really cool. Go for
it!
Scott and Spot
76 B and several pine derby racers!
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