 Man turns a £60 car to the world's fastest street car., For realz? |
 Nov 3, 2006 - 12:10 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Apr 17, '06 From under your bed. Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%)  |
I found this article on a website. I don't know if you guys read this before but it's kinda interesting.
===================================================== PROUD Andy Frost owns the world’s fastest street car a clapped-out VAUXHALL he paid £60 for. The dad of three has transformed his 1972 K-reg into a mean machine that does 0-60 in ONE second. The Vauxhall Victor takes just 7.8 seconds to hit 183mph which would leave even Formula 1 racers for dead. Engineer Andy bought the banger 25 years ago and has since lavished £100,000 on it. The car is street legal but so old it doesn’t need a tax disc. He has fitted it with a modified 9.3-litre Chevrolet engine. Andy, 45, of Wolverhampton, grinned: “We could’ve had a bigger house. “But we have a unique car faster than any other on the road.” Wife Debbie, 41, said: “The car’s become like one of the family.” 
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Nov 3, 2006 - 12:53 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 25, '02 From Pittsburgh/Clairton, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
0-60 in 1?
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Nov 3, 2006 - 1:11 AM
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95 GSX: Stock motor, fp3065, corn = 10.9 @ 140 06 R6: Strappd and sprocketed = 11.0 @ 127 01 a4: daily 94 Celica: totaled - someday have another celica thats fast instead of looks cool |
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Nov 3, 2006 - 1:41 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 15, '05 From Toronto Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
all im saying is...wow. I love it. I want one now.
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Nov 5, 2006 - 10:56 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 16, '06 From Melbourne, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
geez, imagine the fuel bill, but damn that's fast
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Nov 5, 2006 - 1:45 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 17, '06 From under your bed. Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE(giang723 @ Nov 5, 2006 - 10:56 AM) [snapback]499548[/snapback] geez, imagine the fuel bill, but damn that's fast Yeah, he makes alot of gas stops on the way to pick up his son from school and back. I would have thought he would enlarge the fuel tank or something by 3x the size. -------------------- |
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