University Formula SAE car stars at Big Boys Toys
11 December 2013
A man walks into a bar. Talks to a uni student.
This chance meeting between University of Waikato, Mechanical Engineering student Isaac Hayes and a project manager for Big Boys Toys led to the University of Waikato Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team and their car landing an exhibition spot at Auckland’s Big Boys Toys last month.
“He just loved hearing about us designing and building a Formula SAE car, and thought we should be at Big Boys Toys with it. The stand was worth about $5000, and we got it for free,” says Isaac. “We were in a hall full of muscle cars, street cars and other crazy automotive projects and so many people were interested in what we were doing.” Read more
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