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the admiral formerly known as overclocked
  
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Shopping Cart Modded with pulse jet engine
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004461787,00.html
 IT’S the ultimate trolley dash. Wacky Andy Tyler sits in a 50mph shopping cart after fitting a JET ENGINE. Its metal glows red hot at temperatures up to 600°C, so he has to sit with his back to a heat shield. The microlight instructor, 35, built the gas and liquid fuel pulse jet from instructions off the internet. He pulled the trolley from a river and splashed £50 on scrap wheels, brakes and a steering device. The dad of two, from Beccles, Suffolk, said: “It can’t go on roads, runs out of fuel after two minutes and at over 50mph becomes unstable. People think I’m off my trolley but it’s exhilarating.”
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10-07-2004, 03:50 PM
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What's Da Pho*?
 
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Tim, The Toolman, would be proud...
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10-07-2004, 04:09 PM
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Me thinks OC saw this story while oggling the Page 3 girls. Still a good find.
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10-07-2004, 05:44 PM
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Secretary of the Navy
 
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Arrrrgh Arrr Arrrr... 
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10-07-2004, 07:15 PM
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Just a reality check but you know that's a tabloid right?
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10-08-2004, 05:28 AM
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I'd like to see this guy up against the NOS scooter!
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Secretary of the Navy
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