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 Sat 8 May 10 22:45 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - VxFan
A former gravedigger has built a 100mph single-seater car using a 7ft-long steel coffin for the body.

tinyurl.com/28fms5w (links to The Daily Mail)

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 Sun 9 May 10 00:12 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - Harleyman
>> A former gravedigger has built a 100mph car using a 7ft-long steel coffin for
>> the body.


That's hardly news. Ford have been doing that for years.
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 Sun 9 May 10 07:06 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - MD
Triumph did one. The TR6. We always said that if you came to grief in one they would just put handles on the side and lower away!!

MD
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 Sun 9 May 10 12:09 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - Iffy
...That's hardly news...

I thought much the same.

Single seater builders call the bit where the driver sits the tub, as in bath tub, which is more or less the same shape as a coffin.

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 Sun 9 May 10 07:20 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - L'escargot
I knew someone who had a bookcase that he had made out of a real coffin!
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 Sun 9 May 10 11:36 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - SteelSpark
>> I knew someone who had a bookcase that he had made out of a real
>> coffin!

Hope he emptied it first...
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 Sun 9 May 10 11:53 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - Zero
>> >> I knew someone who had a bookcase that he had made out of a
>> real
>> >> coffin!

Clearly a very uninteresting library of books.
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 Sun 9 May 10 11:59 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - smokie
Bet it has stiff suspension...
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 Sun 9 May 10 12:09 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - Runfer D'Hills
Dead fast too I should think.
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 Sun 9 May 10 15:46 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - Mike Hannon
When interviewed, the builder said: 'I don't mind dying - but you feel so stiff the next day'.
I'll get my coat...
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 Sun 9 May 10 21:06 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - VxFan
>> When interviewed, the builder said: 'I don't mind dying - but you feel so stiff the next day'.

His wife is an avid crossword fan. Apparently she wants to be buried 4 across and 7 down.

Can I borrow the coat when you've finished with it.
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 Sun 9 May 10 21:12 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - RattleandSmoke
Am I the only one which has spotted the ilegal spacing on the reg number?
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 Sun 9 May 10 21:15 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - henry k
It would be better if it used diesel but will it obey " dead slow " signs ? I assume it is given exemption when undertakingis that just hearsesay ?
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 Mon 10 May 10 14:02 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - Ted

Looks a bit like a Westfield, not a dead copy, of course.

Anybody here ever owned one ?

Ted
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 Mon 10 May 10 14:38 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - crocks
It looks nothing like a Westfield.
I should know I've got one in the garage.

Never heard anyone one else here mention one. ;-)
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 Mon 10 May 10 14:50 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - Runfer D'Hills

>> Anybody here ever owned one ?

What, a coffin ? Not yet.......
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 Mon 10 May 10 16:38 
 Bloke builds a 100 mph coffin - Ted

You will, Oscar....you will.

Ted
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