Post #209912 by Alldo on Mon, Jan 23, 2006 11:09 PM

Kaha Ki'i thats a cool story about your car. The first year I did it with my son the car didn't even get across the finish line. I got the major stink eye from junior. I had him help with the building of the car. How was I to know it was a major deal. When I was a Cub Scout in 73 I entered the Pinewood Derby. My car was all my design. I had pops cut out the basic shape and I fine tuned it with this giant half round bastard file that I remembered weighing a ton. I Slapped some orange paint that mom had lying around on it and I thought it was bitchen! Got to the race and I soon found out that my car looked pretty ugly compared to most of the other cars the kids ( Dads ) built. I even got a few giggles when people saw my car. Little did I know that my bro in law and my dad had fine tuned the little racer with some new stuff back then called liquid graphite! Man I tell you what, people stoped laughing when they saw an orange blur win heat after heat! I was loving it and thought to myself " I knew this design would be fast" Make a long story longer I made it to the finals and took third place. I was stoked! Pops and my Bro in law were pissed. Something about a bad lane blah blah blah. My First trophy, ever. I still have it in my office. Real wood and metal with a woman with giant wings holding a torch. I was so Amped I went to all the houses in my neighborhood and showed them my trophy. I'll email a picture of it tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words. I should have some progress pics on the lono tomorrow

-Alldo