£60 banger is world's fastest car

11/2/06
Ananova:

£60 banger is world's fastest car

A Wolverhampton man has spent 25 years and £100,000 on turning a £60 banger into the world's fastest car.

Andy Frost has turned his 1972 K-reg Vauxhall Victor into a supercar capabale of 0-60 in just one second.

The car is fitted with a modified 9.3-litre Chervrolet engine and takes just 7.8 seconds to hit 183mph, reports The Sun.

Andy said: "We could've had a bigger house. But we have a unique car faster than any other on the road."

Wife Debbie said: "The car's become like one of the family."
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Reminds me of "The World's Fastest Indian", a wonderful film. ---BBB

The World's Fastest Indian:

The movie biography of Kiwi motorcycle racer and New Zealand national hero Burt Munro.

The vehicular star of the movie is Burt's 1920 Indian. The original is owned by a collector in New Zealand and is far too valuable to be subjected to the rigors of filming, so a replica was built to take its place. Actually, there are three replicas - a complete version of the original, a second that is just a chassis and body and was used for camera-car action shots, and a third that's powered with a Ducati twin and was used for stand-alone action sequences.