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Kevin Nicks of Chipping Norton broke his own previous World’s Fastest Shed record this weekend during a land speed event on the Welsh beaches of Pendine Sands. The previous record of 142km per hour was obliterated when Nicks reached a top speed of 163km per hour. A self-proclaimed master of the shed, Nicks has built his shed on a Volkswagen Passat platform. For the initial record, the car retained it’s stock 2.8-litre V6 engine, though according to the BBC it now has output of 400 horsepower thanks to an Audi RS4 engine swap.
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The shed first found motivation in 2015 when Nicks’ daily driver Passat broke, and he had a flash of inspiration to build something different. “I’ve spent all winter doing it up and putting in a new engine and suspension, it’s so quick off the mark. I had no idea how fast it would go – and it went well. It felt comfortable at 161km/h, I was pleased,” says Nicks.
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Pendine Beach is synonymous with land speed racing in the UK, since Sir Malcolm Campbell initially set records in the legendary Bluebird there in the 1920s.