Pinewood Derby® Coolest Cars Online
January 24, 2011
It’s Pinewood Derby season again and to let the good times roll, we’ve compiled a series of blog posts based on the popular Cub Scout activity of building and racing wooden cars.
In this final post, we thought it would be fun to showcase some of the coolest cars we’ve encountered on the internet. Some of these cars were built for speed, some for smiles, and some accomplish both.
Here they are. We ranked the Coolest Pinewood Derby Cars Online (all courtesy of flickr.com).
We are not sure whether this dragon-racer looks forward or back while going down the track, but his confident expression makes us think he’s pretty fast.
This derby car has the added benefit of being able to pick up wrecked racers along the track.
Ticonderoga® may or may not have sponsored this car, either way, this racer should be able to erase the competition (we couldn’t resist).
A Shelby AC Cobra roadster is a desirable car. Period. Whether it’s made by the Ford Motor Company or from a block of wood. This would have been ranked higher if it had an automotive-quality paint job.
Respect the authority of this racer. It may just flash that lego light and pull over the other derby cars for speeding. The white wall tires are a nice classic touch.
Make your own joke for this one. Notice the creative use of “mustard” for added weight.
Wii think this racer is a great example of the gaming/technology inspired designs that have become popular. Unlike a real Wii controller, on this model, the wrist strap should be removed before racing.
This car answers the question “Who moved my cheese?” Unfortunately, we hear it melted in its first heat.
This Hummer H2 produces zero emissions and instead of guzzling gas, it runs on pure gravity. It may just be the most environmentally friendly SUV ever built.
It goes without saying, but we’ll say it anyway, we think this Spy vs. Spy car is the bomb.
Do you agree with our ranking? Have you got a picture of a pinewood derby that you think is better? Let us know about it in the comments. If we like your car, we might just update our rankings.
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Founders Day Parade
March 19, 2009
March 14th was our small town’s big parade. Its called Founders Day and we are lucky to have a front row seat. Our building is in the downtown historical district, right next to the park where the parade and activities are centered around. Our building has a decorative fenced raised area in front of it that we let various local groups use during events like this. This year we had the Girl Scouts selling cookies. My favorite of all time is the Apple Cinnamons cookie, but they did not have it this year :(
We also had a local Boy Scout Troop selling some Duct Tape Wallets they made. The wallets were very cool, I wish I had taken a picture of one. The scouts were very creative. Who knew you could do so much with duct tape? The Scouts also were the color guard for the parade.
The day before the parade, some of the girls in the store put together a impromptu Scouting recruiting display. We put it out in front of the Building on the porch area and had quite a few people look at it and some scout age boys express interest. We will probably upgrade it for next time. We plan on leaving it in our lobby all the time, since we often get people asking about scouting.
Best cookie ever
Zephyrhills Founders Day Parade
Impromptu Recruiting Display