On September 16, 2017, Nicks set his first world speed record, breaking Edd China`s previous record of 58 mph (94 km/h) by reaching a speed of 80.673 mph (129.831 km/h) at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire. [5] The problem with Britain is that almost any vehicle can get a license plate, including Caterhams that wouldn`t be legal elsewhere, high-speed sofas, and the world`s fastest electric road car. Now we can add the world`s fastest hangar to the list. Kevin Nicks, a mechanic and gardener from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, UK, came up with the idea in 2015 to build this unusual vehicle to take advantage of a broken Volkswagen Passat he had in his backyard. Its initial goal was to use the shed for advertising – assuming large organizations would be interested in using a broken car with wood as a replacement for an online marketing strategy. It took Nicks twelve months to build the steel frame and wooden body of the ship, install the engine, and get the vehicle roadworthy. Total expenditure was approximately £50,000. [1],[2],[3] After damaging the engine while driving the Fastest Shed in various speed tests and setting the world speed record of 80 mph (130 km/h) during this period, Nicks spent another two years and £80,000 equipping Fastest Shed with a new suspension system and a more powerful Audi RS4 engine. [2] In May 2018, Nicks broke his own record, reaching a speed of 101.046 mph (162.618 km/h). [4] Still, 96.831 mph isn`t too shabby from a shed that can turn corners on a rainy day, reverse and act like the ultimate camping van.
Britain has many. To be honest, a rolling shed is pretty far down the list of things we`d do with an Audi V8, but here we are. When we first covered this thing in 2017, there was a 2.8-liter engine with only 200 horsepower, so it looks like Nick was busy upgrading the shed. The homemade machine traveled 34,000 miles and set the world speed record for scales. Also, it`s probably fair to say that most people didn`t know at all that it was a thing until now. If you expected this huge, heavy shed to have a terrible ride quality, there was an unexpected component of this build that you might not have seen coming. The strange vehicle has been fitted with luxurious air suspension to give it a smoother and easier ride than you think a wheeled shed could provide. If you`ve been surprised to learn that someone has motorized a shed and gives it 455 horsepower for some reason, you might also be surprised to know that this isn`t the first of its kind. In fact, there are apparently world records for fast scales. Built in 2015, the fastest hangar went through several phases of construction, each improving the last one in different ways. It even broke the world record for the fastest hangar, making it a staggering 101 miles per hour. According to Guinness World Records, the summer house can reach a maximum speed of 80 miles per hour.
Much to our disappointment, you can`t really spend the night in the world`s fastest hangar (!), but Nicks offers a three-hour tour of the hangar that includes a conversation over coffee and a walk in the brown beast. Although the shed is legal on the street, Kevin can only take one passenger at a time, as there are only two seats available despite its size. The affectionately named Fastest Shed was a concept developed and animated by a Kevin Nicks in the UK, and it`s apparently not the only one of its kind. Apparently, the Guinness Book of World Records even has a category for the fastest summer house. The hangar underwent several engine designs, each of which was faster than the last. The first version of the Fastest Shed was built on a Volkswagen Passat 4Motion, which didn`t offer much power or power. The VW engine received a nitrous oxide boost that propelled it to 265 horsepower, which isn`t impressive compared to most modern sports cars, but it`s impressive considering it`s an actual shed. Still, the spectacle of a drive-thru hangar is quite astonishing, even stranger by the fact that this hangar has a maximum speed of 80 miles per hour.
The Guinness World Record holder also flew a helicopter, but Kevin says his greatest source of joy comes from all the incredible people he`s met along the way. Fastest Shed is a motorized shed designed and built by Kevin Nicks of Great Rollright, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The vehicle has been used to break the world land speed record for hangars three times since its erection in 2015, most recently at a speed of 114.7 mph (184.6 km/h) set at Pendine Sands in Wales on September 23, 2018. With the release of the 2020 Guinness Book of World Records, Airbnb is offering guests 15 unique experiences with current record holders around the world. One of those record holders is a man named Kevin Nicks, who is the rightful owner and operator of the hangar. And if you have $150 and some time to kill, we highly recommend checking the list. At the wheel, this hangar on wheels seems to drive like a normal car, albeit incredibly wide. Its aerodynamics (or lack thereof) are only really felt at high speeds. The owner claims that the hangar is even more comfortable to drive than his Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Despite the massive size of the hangar, there are only seats for two people in the cabin.
The video doesn`t offer a good view from the back, but there`s a glimpse of the back door that reveals a bed there, though apparently no windows in this room. Everyone has heard of an RV, but what about a motor shed? The owner of this strange machine built it in seven months from a hodgepodge of parts and created something quite impressive. It even deserves a Guinness World Record as the fastest hangar. Cars are not always designed to be practical.