Fastest milkfloat in the West

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My father and his brother were driving. My father told his brother that someone had created a vehicle called "The fastest milkfloat in the West" by putting a Chevy V8 engine in the back of it. His brother refused to believe him. Later during that same car journey, a vehicle over took them. It had the modified milkfloat on the back, with the paint job my dad had seen in a magazine a while before, and the Chevy V8 exhaust pipes clearly on display!
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:39:21 +0000Coincidence ID:4131