GT40 Pinewood Derby

[pkirby]

A friend of mine wanted me to cut out a GT40 for the "outlaw class" of his son's pinewood derby. Historically, I've only cut sheet goods on my bot, so this was my first time doing any 3d machining. Also, I didn't have any of the correct endmills for the finishing pass, so we used a 60 degree V carve bit for the final pass and sanded down the marks with a dremel. Also, I found a model of the car on sketchup and then modified the wheel tubs to fit the pinewood derby wheels.

GT40 Wood.jpg

GT40 Painted.jpg

[Brady Watson]

Sweet! The Gulf paint scheme on the original GT40 was super sharp! That's probably my all time favorite car...although I wouldn't mind a new GT with a 6-speed

Sure looks a heck of a lot better than a standard PWD car, that's for sure!

-B

[michael_schwartz]

looks better than the PWD car I made with a coping saw and X-acto knife way back in the day. I need to see if I can find it.

I am sure it was one of the more impressive cars in the race. Sounds like it must have been a fun project