{"id":35,"date":"2026-04-10T19:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/?post_type=product&#038;p=35"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:56:59","slug":"pinewood-car-kit","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/product\/pinewood-car-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinewood Car Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Features<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pine block<\/strong> dressed to standard pinewood derby dimensions from kiln dried clear pine, with unique car number label and <strong>axles holes pre-drilled<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>MV Precision <strong>wheels &amp; axles <\/strong>(standard wheels for National Pinewood Derby)<\/li>\n<li>8 x 7g (1\/4oz) <strong>lead weights<\/strong> to provide a convenient way to bring the car up to maximum allowed weight.<\/li>\n<li><strong>7 car design templates<\/strong> to help builder looking for ideas.\u00a0 They are printed 1:1 scale so they can be traced directly onto the pine block.\u00a0 3 of the designs can be cut out with a simple hand saw.<\/li>\n<li>A full colour sheet of <strong>car painting ideas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A sheet of <strong>answers to questions<\/strong> commonly asked by first time car builders.<\/li>\n<li>Pinewood Derby <strong>car building rules<\/strong>.\u00a0 You are encouraged to adapt these rules as appropriate for you own derby, but typically the National Derby uses these rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>Car Building Guide<\/h5>\n<p>The kit also includes a QR code and link to download a 16 page car building guide written for NZ derbies using these car kits.\u00a0 This booklet guides participants through the process of building a Pinewood Derby car in seven basic steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Picking a adult partner to help with the build<\/li>\n<li>Drawing up a car design<\/li>\n<li>Cutting out the car shape<\/li>\n<li>Smoothing and finishing<\/li>\n<li>Getting the car to correct weight<\/li>\n<li>Painting and decorating<\/li>\n<li>Attaching wheels and tuning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pine block pre-drilled with axle holes and car number label, 4 wheels and axles, 8 x 1\/4oz lead weights, full colour double sided car design templates and painting ideas sheet, double sided rules and frequently asked questions sheet, link to download 16 page building guide PDF, all packaged up into a kit ready for you to hand out.<\/p>\n<p>Shipping typically works out to between $0.60 and $0.90 per kit (calculated at checkout).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":20},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[18],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-35","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-kits","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcz.nz\/pinewood-hq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}