Shagmobile, Baby!

It's Pinewood Derby time for the Cub Scouts. We've decided to pay homage to the E-type Jaguars of the 1960's, aka the XKE. I wanted to really try to get close to the look, but my son didn't want to use a covered wheel design, so we'll try to capture the look and feel in an open wheel version. We're building the coupe, not the roadster, it was the roadster that legendary super spy, Austin Powers drove. So, the car won't exactly be the Shagmobile.

Here's a photo set from last year that you might enjoy, especially if you're looking for fun ideas. Results of last year's pack competition can be found here, and the district competition is here. Last year's announcement that the Pinewood Derby was coming is here, it shows our car from two years ago.