curt raitz Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) At a recent model car club meeting a discussion started on the upcoming NNL West in January of next year. The Special Theme for the show is "Land Speed Record Cars" and someone mentioned they race anything and everything at venues like Bonneville, etc., so I responded "Barstools"? Guess what, there is a class for barstools at Bonneville. They must be powered by a 12 volt electric motor and use only one battery. The current speed record at Bonneville for an electric barstool is over 53 mph! Here's a photo of a barstool racer on course: Inspiration and design came from the world speed record holding barstool racer shown below: I decided to build one for the NNL West. It would be 1/12th scale and need a "bar" theme, hence the Shock Top Special - to honor one of my favorite adult beverages. Additional sponsorship would come from "Johnny's Bar and Grill", a local watering hole in Hollister, CA. ​thanx for looking'... Edited September 20, 2014 by curt raitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Nice! I like the Briggs powered ones better, but I'm not sure they could get up faster than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Cool. Where did you get all the parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 VERY cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 That is so very cool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curt raitz Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 Here are a few photos of the parts I made and used to build the model: electric motor: resin cast battery box: seat made from a plastic coke bottle top: wheels from the "parts box" and tires are O-rings: again, thanx for looking'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 That's Wild Curt! Great Build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Curt, that is very wild and imaginative. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 VERY cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Interesting model. And an interesting story about barstool racing. Cool. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Great job of scratchbuilding. Love it. Its great to see something different that could be pure imagination that turns out to be based on fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Ital Mike Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 This is an example of top scratchbuilding skills. Very cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Very cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Well now, that is about the coolest thing I've seen here in quite a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Curt.... This is one awesome and killer build. I love it. So creative. I had no clue Land Speed record cars was the theme for next year NNL West. I recently picked up a pretty cool 1:43rd scale Land Speed car that I am wonder if I could get done by them along with my Army Vega Funny car....lol time running out. I am looking forward to seeing this killer bar stool racer in person. Again Nice Job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curt raitz Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) Thanx for all the great comments ​Nothing wrong with "stepping' outside the box" now and then. I had a lot of fun building this model...I can't imagine going dang near 55 mph on it though! Hardest part was keeping my 3 year old nephew from taking it home with him this past Saturday! Edited September 25, 2014 by curt raitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 2 kool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Really neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Gore Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Nice! and thanks for sharing parts list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbybobby Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I love this build, absolutely creative and it fits in my world, compliment to the implementation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62rebel Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 aside from a motorcycle, probably the only LSR vehicle that a safety belt is a BAD IDEA on.... great job; it looks marvelous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatRod Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 This is just too cool, great job Curt!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I have been saying for years that there could(not necessarily should)be an oval track venue for racing these bar stools.Could be called "Nasbar",no problem with fermented adult beverage manufacturing sponsorship and best of all......it would give a whole new meaning to the term drafting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Way over the 'top,' Curt! A+ for creativity as well as A+ for execution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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