Soap Box Racer

Dickie
Soap Box Cars
Barbara, Bob, Brian, Dad, Donald, Ern, Pat, Richard

Dickie
Soap Box Cars
Barbara, Bob, Brian, Dad, Donald, Ern, Pat, Richard

Our family had two proper Soap Box Racers stored in the back yard. An older pre-war dark blue "heavy car" and a white, lighter construction developed later.

*The “old dark blue racer” with Richard sitting when about 4 years old*.

*The lightweight racer was sophisticated and designed for racing for brother Donald. I got to sit in for a photo, with Dad standing to the right.*

When I was about eleven, a schoolmate Andrew and I, pushed the big old heavy racer out to Bridge Road, to do a run down the hill some 5 or 6 Km from home.

Racing the soap box cars was always a fun time. It required a lot of pushing with a limited amount of downhill fun.

What 11 years olds would do for fun?

Looking back at that adventure I can only wonder why? “Boys will be boys!”