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custom cars

Flatmobile Is World's Lowest Car, Has Jet Engine For Good Measure

Recapturing the hotly contested Guinness World Record for lowest street legal car from friend of the Jalop, Andy Saunders, the Flatmobile is just 19" tall. Based on a Hillman Imp, it uses that car's rear-mounted 875cc engine for propulsion, supplementing that with a jet engine made from an old turbocharger. Pictures below the jump.

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12:20 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Wes Siler
6,219 views, 39 comments

offbeat news

Man Thrown 118 Feet By Car Awarded, Sore

Ever the good samaritan, Matthew McKnight of Connellsville, PA stopped to help victims of a serious accident when he was struck by a car traveling about 70 mph. After approximately 118 feet of flight, the volunteer firefighter ended up with a broken shoulder, pelvis, leg and tailbone. After McKnight completed his rehab, the emergency room physician submitted the paperwork to the Guinness Book of World Records. More »

9:15 AM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Matt Hardigree
704 views, 6 comments

speed record

Guinness Verifies Shelby SuperCars' Production Speed Record

Sorry Bugatti. The dark-beer company that's been tracking the best, fastest and biggest — ever since the company's managing director, Sir Hugh Beaver first argued over which was the fastest game bird in Europe — Guinness World Records has verified the SSC Ultimate Aero as the "Fastest Production Car." As we reported recently, Driver Chuck Bigelow, 71, took SSC's Ultimate Aero for two passes on highway 221 in Washington state, the first at 257.45 mph, the second at 254.92 mph, for an official record speed of 256.19 mph. That supersedes the Bugatti Veyron's still-unofficial time of 254 mph, as noted by Car and Driver and Top Gear's James May. Will Bugatti respond, or will the time stand until Koenigsegg or McLaren get serious about taking a run at 270 with a new pair of cars? Watch for an arms race on a flat stretch of road near (or not so near) you. [Source: Shelby SuperCars]

2:45 PM on Mon Oct 8 2007
By Mike Spinelli
7,763 views, 23 comments

Latest by thunder: @HDC: That's what first hit me; hooning at 71. Go for it gramps! more »

pourin' out a pint for our homie enzo

Too Many Ferraris Crowd Silverstone, Guinness Notes Record

With the exception of the current "fastest production vehicle in the world" chase, is there a record Ferrari isn't interested in? The cats from Maranello herded 385 prancing horses onto the track at Silverstone; everything from vintage iron like a 250 GTO up to the latest and most fabulotastic 599 Fiorano. Ferrari estimates it was sixty million quid worth of machinery, while Guinness certified it as the most Ferraris in one parade. Now watch. Ferdnand Piëch is going to buy 400 308s and tour the 'Ring with them. Seriously, just watch. Press release from the Fezzas after the jump. – Davey G. Johnson More »

11:15 PM on Mon Jun 11 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
1,255 views, 8 comments

Latest by Fitty7lax: Too...awesome...can't...think...brain...exploding... more »

novelties

World's Longest Scalectrix Track!

What goes down when you put a bit too much wonga in the pockets of a couple of yobs and then let 'em loose? Why, they drop 10,000 quid on building the world's longest Scalectrix track at Dunsfold Airfield (is there a more famous 747 in the world besides Air Force One or Pan Am 103?) and invite the people from Guinness to officiate. The racing action isn't exactly heart-in-throat-inducing, but what we wouldn't give for that amount of track and a couple of scantily-clad corner marshals. The mind? It boggles. – Davey G. Johnson More »

3:15 PM on Tue Jan 16 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
2,413 views, 5 comments

Latest by Scalextric: Good video, can't believe they spent £10,000! more »