OLD - TIMEY WOODEN PLAYTHINGS

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After this, simply scrounge up a 4" X 8" piece of 3/16" paneling board and cut a 7/8" X 4" section off the end of it . . . tack the remaining piece (now about 7-1/16" long) on top of the "frame" rails with some small brads . . . drill a 1/16" hole in the 3/16" X 7/8" X 4" piece (so it's directly behind the large spool when the board is placed at the end of the "frame") . . . and-after you've threaded the string through the hole and tied a small ring onto the end of ittack this piece in place.

For the finishing touches, fashion a small seat out of a chunk of 2 X 4 so it measures 1-1/2" X 1-1/2" X 4" (but with enough wood cut out to actually form the bottom and back of the seat) and screw this piece securely to the top of the 3/16" X 4" X 7-1/16" board and the frame rails below it . . . using No. 6 X 1" roundhead screws. (Position the seat just behind the "steering wheel" . . . which you can now makeout of the end of a spool-and glue to the steering column.)

Now you're ready to go . . . just hold the car in one hand and pull the ring at its hind end until there's no more string left to pull. Then put the car down and let 'er rip! She'll take off like a scared rabbit. In fact, it'd help to wrap some small rubber bands around the wheels to prevent them from losing traction . . . and you might also notice (as we did) that you can improve the car's acceleration by using stouter rubber bands on the first two pegs, since these are the car's "first" and "second" gears.

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