Man who bought tuk tuk after 'boozy night' aiming to break speed record
A"fanatical petrol-head" and his"adrenaline junkie" cousin are setting out to break the land speed record for a tuk tuk after buying one during a boozy night on eBay.
Matt Everard, 46, bought a 1971 Bangkok taxi on the auction site in 2017 and has spent £20,000 making improvements during a five-month rebuild.Now he's teaming up with his cousin Russell Shearman, 49, to attempt to break the current tuk tuk land speed record of 68mph , at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire.
Father-of-two Mr Everard said:"Imagine explaining to your straight-talking Essex wife that, after she went up to bed one night, you ended up buying a Thai tuk tuk from a bloke on the internet."After the rebuild, Mr Everard, who runs a freight firm company, hopes the tuk tuk will reach speeds of 90mph .The work included replacing the original two-stroke 350cc engine with a 1300cc fuel-injected Daihatsu van engine.
He is a self-confessed"petrol-head" who at one point owned eight cars, two boats, a jet ski and a quad bike.
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