In a message dated Wed, 3 Jan 2001 1:47:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Evans,
Mark" <Mark.Evans@Anheuser-Busch.com> writes:
<< My son is a 7 year old cub scout and we are about to build our first
Pinewood
Derby car. Since a Pinewood Derby car is more easily made as an open-wheel
car,
I'm looking for suggestions and web sites with pictures as to what model of
car
we could copy. It would require simple lines...Sadly,
I've had to rule out a Triumph since they are not open wheeled cars. A TR3
Pinewood derby would have been great. >>
Mark, perhaps even a "separate fender" car such as the Triumph Gloria SX (see
the Gloria pages at www.vtr.org) would be difficult to do. But you could keep
somewhat of a Triumph-related theme. In _The Vintage Triumph_ #68, there are
pictures of ken Richardson piloting the V-16 BRM at Monza circa 1949; that
car might model easily enough in wood. The same issue also has a photo of Ken
in a supercharged 1.5 liter Ferrari, but the BRM would be rather more in
keeping with the LBC theme! :-)
If you like, I can scan and send you either photo.
--Andy
Andrew Mace, President, The Vintage Triumph Register
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