Smallest car's not a wind-up

The Sun UK ^

[jakerobins]

THIS is not a wind up — a car lover has made the world's tiniest motor from a POSTMAN PAT children's ride. Perry Watkins has previously entered the record books three times for having the world's lowest car — or Flatmobile as he calls it.

But now he has turned his mechanical talents to making what he claims is the world's SMALLEST car.

And amazingly it was the popular children's television character that inspired his fully street legal creation.

The 47-year-old said: "I searched on eBay for something suitable, and found a Postman Pat coin-in-the-slot children's ride from a vendor in Scotland.

"It was in non-operative order, but for what I had in mind, this was of no consequence as I only wanted the bare fibreglass body from the ride.

"This meant the unceremonious removal of Pat and his black-and-white cat Jess, the money box and sundry other bits and bobs."

He reinforced the shell with a steel frame and mounted the body on a powerful mini quad bike.

[jakerobins]

I bet Obama is Taking notes. New mass production model for GM????

[MCCRon58]

Gee, at first I thought this was about the compressed air owered cars from that great Indian car maker TaTa Moters. Silly me, eh???

[JimSEA]

I get it! It pulls up to your house and ten clowns pop out?

[edzo4]

tatas? I thought you were talking about the page 3 girls

[netmilsmom]

This is it.

[Kimmers]

So when will Jeremy Clarkson be driving this on Top Gear.....cue the cool music and showing the clean sexy lines of this fine drving machine........

[Roscoe Karns]

[smokingfrog]

I like the flatmobile better.

[odin2008]