Bears want to build a car

[ralphher45 10]

I gotta say, I'm excited about this as well. I remember the old Our Gang/Little Rascal episodes where the kids build "race cars" out of anything they can find. Other then the rather expensive Soap Box Derby kits meant for competitive racing, does anyone have links to websites with plans/instructions on how to build a old'ol fashion wooden frame "box car"???

[OwntheNight 10]

Do a google search for "cubmobile" and you will get plenty of information on the cubmobile plans. These are also in the Cub Scout Leader How To book.

[Austinole 43]

Great idea. Keep us posted as to how things turned out.

[ScoutNut 147]

Here is the 2007 version of the Cub Scout Leader How-To Book from the BSA National Web site -

 

http://www.scouting.org/filestore/hispanic/english/33832_WEB.pdf

 

See the picture on page 6-36.

 

It also gives you specs for the track and how to run a Cubmobile Derby.

 

[ralphher45 10]

This is great info. I'm sure there A LOT of dads out there remembering the joy of flying down hill at 40mph in a shopping cart, and helmet? What was that. Now as a Cub dad, I can't allow that (boy what my parents never knew..) but the only reason a kid in the 70's used a shopping cart was because he didn't have a cool wooden car ... with flames! I'll keep you post on our progress.

[The Blancmange 67]

Welcome.

 

Incidentally, this "New to the Forum" category is really more for introductions. To get more responses, you should post in a more appropriate category; in your case, "Cub Scouts."