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A car fanatic and inventor hopes to have set a world speed record for the fastest piece of furniture.
Perry Watkins, 47, from Wingrave near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, carried out two runs on a 500m track at Santa Pod in Northamptonshire on Sunday.
The Queen Anne table laid out for a silver service dinner achieved an average speed of 113.8mph, although it hit 130mph at one point.
Guinness must ratify the achievement to oust a 92mph record by a sofa in 2007.
‘Quite difficult’
Mr Watkins called the table, which was built in his garage at home in just over a year, Fast Food.
A 1994 Reliant Scimitar Sabre is the base of the table but it was modified with a nitrous oxide kit.
Mr Watkins said: “It was actually worse than I thought it would be. It felt like 200mph.
“The tablecloth was flapping away and I was trying to spot the finish line. It was quite difficult.”
The dinner table is one of a number of novelty cars Mr Watkins has built.
He previously held the world record for the world’s lowest car and he also built the smallest ever car with a 150cc engine from a Postman Pat toy delivery van.
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Actually, the table sounds no scarier than the base vehicle – a 1994 Reliant Scimitar Sabre modified with a nitrous oxide kit.
Here’s another raving loon: https://www.camperauctions.co.uk/worlds-lowest-vw-camper-type-25/
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