Got the three Nylint Soap Box Derby racers

Levent Suberk wrote:Very good designs

Thanks Levent, you put me up to this.    1951 winner.

I really want to build a soapbox car. By the way, while looking those Nylint models I'm aware that the car designs changed within time as like as real car designs.

(Photographs from Facebook)

Levent Suberk wrote:I really want to build a soapbox car. By the way, while looking those Nylint models I'm aware that the car designs changed within time as like as real car designs.

I would like to see that Levent.  Bet it would be a winner.  Most difficult part would be picking out the one to model.  I think the older models had the most character, new ones look like a torpedo.

Reminds me of the time my turnbuckle came loose on a test run in New Hampshire. It really did knock me out cold.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=soap+box+derby+wiki&&view=detail&mid=891D5B15AB078E8E5494891D5B15AB078E8E5494&&FORM=VDRVRV

Seems the girls have taken over.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_Box_Derby

Always dreamed of  building a entry race car. No budget, no sponsor, no luck.  Between my older brother and a couple of neighborhood friends we scabbed together enough wood from new home construction leftovers to build a downhill coaster that we took turns going downhill at the big hill near our house. No brakes, no safety gear, I'm sure we didn't have the steering restrictor board shown on the model in the picture. But that picture was a almost exact replica of what I remember it to be. Two or three of us would stand at the bottom of the hill to watch for cars coming down the cross street while the driver raced downhill at breakneck speeds!!
Ironic, in this picture the racer is next to some plastic trash bins. My Dad used the racer to haul a couple of the old style galvanized bins out to the end of the driveway on trash pick-up day.(Tuesday) The dirty stinkin' trashman emptied the bins and took the racer!! My dad was apologetic about the loss of the car, but probably relieved we wouldn't get run-over racing down the hill

AHHH what memories!!