Uncle Pat Hardage's
PineWoodDerbyWorkshop
1903 East Branch Hollow Drive
Carrollton, Texas 75007 
214/789-0359  (PLEASE DO NOT TEXT)
         
We have the bench-mounted tools you and your Builder need to move from the kit to the track  
in a single hassle-free session . . .      
(Instruction on tool use is always free.)
    five bandsaws        five disk-belt sanders
     three drill presses   an electronic scale
     the state-of-the-art cardboard box paint booth
     an 8-foot section of fixed-gradient test track
     more than four dozen race-tested car-design 
     templates to trace.
"What the hands learn, the mind cannot forget."
We only have three safety rules in the shop.
(We have used less than half a  small box of band-aids since we opened. We plan to keep it that way.  We stress safety always, always, always.)

​1.  WE ARE NOT IN A HURRY.
2.  NO HORSEPLAY.
3.  SEAT UP; REMEMBER TO FLUSH; SEAT DOWN.
What does it cost per car . . . a competitive car.
Even if you've never built a car before?

Three hours' reserved shop time   $27.00
Package of weights                    INCLUDED(3 Ounces of Zinc)
Paint          INCLUDED(Two coats)
Sandpaper                                INCLUDED(Four grades)
Pinstriping        INCLUDED(1/8" Black or White)
Hands-on instruction                 INCLUDED(15 Years right here)
Replacement kit (Event-Appropriate)      $5.00
Dry Transfer Graphics              $4.00-6.00(To really pop your eyes out!) 
Graphite to grease the lightning  $6.00 - $10.00 
We'll even help you pack your car for a safe trip home.

You will go home with a car that is ready to race . . . that very day . . . and we have had some families come in to build a car to race that day.  We don't recommend it, but it can be done.  If you (hopefully) have some time left before  your race, we recommend you pick up some graphite to lubricate your wheels and axles.  We have really good graphite, and we have some great graphite.  The more you work patiently on your car and your wheels and axles the faster it will go.




          Best Quote Yet . . 
"Bring the child home    now!"
​     overheard from one dad's cellphone  (2006)                      
The internet ate the old website.  Things just really got weird, and it went away and took a whole shoebox-full of great comments and memories from different families andtheir time in the shop, so we're starting over right here with a comment made last week (October 2013).


"I have great news! Jorge and Nathan's car won for the fastest car! Jorge just found out this morning at work. It beat out a lot of cars, not sure how many, but there were a lot. One car from all of the . . . offices all over the country was entered. All the offices voted on the best looking car and unfortunately they didn't win that category. In Jorge's office everyone was very impressed. They loved the design, the colors, the shine, the name. It was all great. The VP of my husband's office was impressed. There were lots of different styles, but in the end, the car that you worked on with my guys with took home the most important prize. They took the title from a guy who has been building derby cars for a while and has won the last few years. 

So a huge thank you for the work you did and for helping my husband and son. The really enjoyed their project together and I am sure you will see them at your place again to build another one. 
Candice O. '13

Two-story house, second from corner.
The red door.
FREE "Down and Derby" DVD to the first  fifty Dens to reserve a slot to build at least seven kits per session.

     Does your Pack have "OUTLAW" 
races for Dads ("Hey, I built this one, not
Bubba!) and sibs.  If your Pack/Den
builds at least seven "wildcat" cars
PineWoodDerbyWorkshop will provide
"unique" 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place trophies.
The shop is an unheated two-car garage, and it can be cold.  Dress warmly.

as of 11:00 Friday morning, 3/7.