Peugeot 206 family car is given monster makeover with massive tractor wheels fitted
The Peugeot 206 family car gets a monstrous makeover with huge tractor wheels
- Three engineers have perfected their second model in a Top Gear-style makeover
- Sturdy machine can plow through water-filled storm tracks and potholes
- Stunning creation comes from a car found in a junkyard in Backpool in 2014
A Peugeot 206 family car has turned into an off-road monster – after its owners equipped it with huge tractor wheels.
The three engineers have finally perfected their second model in a Top Gear-style makeover.
The trio first tried a manual Ford Fiesta, but soon had to switch.
They then switched to the automatic Peugeot hatchback and found the supermini to perform much better.
“We’re living childhood moments from TV – Top Gear, Scrapheap Challenge and Chop Shop – building all the crazy things we saw and thought, ‘Wow, I’d love to do that someday,'” Gareth Jenkins, of Nuneaton, told Warwickshire The sun.
The robust machine can plow through water-filled assault lanes and winding pits
The stunning creation all comes from a car found in a junkyard in Backpool in 2014
The group grew up idolizing car shows on TV where like-minded car enthusiasts competed to turn rusty firecrackers into new creations
The 29-year-old continued: “Now that we are older, that day has come, and there are sure to be more to come.
“We just wanted to see if we could put some old tractor wheels to work on a car.”
The robust machine can plow through water-filled assault lanes and winding pits.
The three friends had to weld a steel rim to the tractor wheel to make it fit the little car.
They also added power bars to make sure it didn’t break.
And the stunning creation all comes from a car found in a junkyard in Backpool in 2014.
The group grew up idolizing car shows on TV where like-minded car enthusiasts competed to turn rusty firecrackers into new creations.
The trio first tried a manual Ford Fiesta, but soon had to switch. They then switched to the automatic Peugeot hatchback and found the supermini to perform much better
The three friends had to weld a steel rim to the tractor wheel to fit it on the small approx
In Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May created boats, electric cars and unique stretch limousines.
In Scrapheap Challenge, teams competed each week to create a machine – made only from what they could gather from discarded junk.
And in Chop shop, Bangladeshi coachbuilder Nizamuddin Awlia and Cockney mechanic Bernie Fineman converted rusty cars into supercars using basic technology.
The trio wanted to follow their heroes – and created the Peugeot monster.