World’s smallest car measures 26 inches wide
Parking’s a breeze in vehicle made from a kid’s ride
A woman watches British inventor Perry Watkins sitting in his
"Wind Up" vehicle on a street in Essen, Germany, on Monday.
The car is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the
world's smallest car with a license to drive on public streets.
What’s the size of a washing machine and made from a child’s
coin-operated ride? The answer: The world’s smallest car.
Made by British inventor Perry Watkins, the “ Wind Up”
measures just 41 inches high, 51 inches long and 26 inches
wide and is now listed in the Guinness Book of World Records
as the world's smallest car with a license to drive
on public streets.
It can drive 37 miles per hour and even has seat belts.
Watkins set out to break the world record before he
started building it. He researched details of the current
record holder as well as the legal requirements that apply
to the construction of motor vehicles.
Watkins used a coin-operated children's ride, which he
repainted, for the body and repurposed a chassis from a
Shanghai Shenke quad bike. He used rear tires and wheels
from a Honda Monkey motorcycle. The front wheels were
custom-made to fit tires from a 1939 Brockhouse Corgi
paratrooper’s mini motorcycle
Not one to overlook details, Watkins even affixed a
revolving key to the back of the car to give it the
appearance of a wind-up toy.
Watkins is no stranger to building odd vehicles; he has
also invented the “Flatmobile,” the world’s lowest car.
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