The third annual Nazareth soapbox derby is fast approaching. So I've been working on my entry for this year's race. Instead of building a car from the ground up I decided to leverage some of my Dad's craftsmanship by modifying his car from 2008. His car wasn't bad. It was a dragster-style car that had decent steering, a braking system, and was fast enough to avoid embarassment; in fact, he won one of the heats that year.I dragged the car out of his basement and trucked it up to Nazareth where I stripped all of the mechanics and aesthetic accoutrements off. I removed the non-structural panels from the front end. Since it was in his basement for two years, it was a little moldy...gross! I tried the car on for size by attempting to sit in it. This was the first obstacle of the year. My dad is a slight guy; skinny and on the short side. I'm no giant, but I am quite a bit taller so I simply couldn't fit in the car. I had to rip off the entire back end and extend the car length by twelve inches. I looked at this as an advantage being that it gave
me an opportunity to move the rear axle back and redesign the tail shape.Over the Winter, I got some bitchin' new wheels on eBay. In order to make them fit I needed new axles which I got from Tractor Supply Co.
So far, I have replaced the front panelling and primed the car.
The theme of my car isn't to be revealed yet but I can tell you that I'll be using these swimming pool noodles, and these funky wooden cutouts in addition to some deer antlers and an old shower curtain rod...
