Tuk Tuk Of The Week
It’s always a dangerous thing to do, surf the internet when you have had a few sherbets. You never know what trouble you may get into.
Late at night Mark Everard from Billericay in Essex was searching ebay and his attention was caught by a three-wheeled 1971 Bangkok taxi, put on sale by someone in Bolton. He put in a bid and to his surprise was successful. Now a proud owner of a tuk tuk, the question was; what to do with it?
Mark decided to make the best of what otherwise would have been an expensive mistake by modifying it with a view to attempting to secure the world record for the fastest tuk tuk. After spending some £20,000 on the project he and his cousin, Russell Shearman, reached a speed of 74.06 mph at Elvington Airfield, outside of York. It was fast enough to satisfy the bods from Guinness World Records and so Mark is now the proud holder of the record for the fastest autorickshaw/tuk tuk (prototype).
He’s not done yet. He wants to smash the 100mph barrier. I will follow his progress with interest.
