Pinewood derby car with working headlights

For the most resent pinewood derby I thought it would be cool to put LEDs for head lights and break lights.  It turned out to be really cool. Hears how I did it.   (Disclaimer)  This instructable does not go into detail on how to win the race.  I did not even worry about winning.  I just wanted to have the coolest looking car there.

Step 1 Designing and creating the car.

First you need to design and shape your car.  This is up to you to designe.  For my designe I wanted to make it look like a 2010 Camaro.  It worked well because there was plenty of room inside to fit all the parts such as the batteries.  A number to different tools can be used such as saws and sanders.  I used a saw and a dremel with a sander attachment to sculpt my car. 

Comments

[angler]

nice car!

[zack247]

i did the same idea with a car i made in woodshop. 2 bright white leds running off a 3v coin cell. its beatiful

[snsweigel]

I added lights, a 9V battery and a motor (connected to nothing) on to the top of one of our cars. It got looks, but that was the idea, to make everyone think we were cheating... it wasn't the car we entered, just a car we did for fun. To bad my kids are out of scouts... that was fun. I like your car.

[TSC]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!