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By: Wyvernfan - 10th November 2012 at 20:43

77.5 mph... the fastest milk float in the world (and not just the west, Ernie :D)

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By: Lincoln 7 - 12th November 2012 at 08:46 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Good old Benny Hill, one of the best comedians ever:)
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By: hampden98 - 12th November 2012 at 10:18 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

77.5 mph? Doesn't the horse get tired?

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By: Moggy C - 12th November 2012 at 10:24 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

... would HAVE... :rolleyes:

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By: mrtotty - 12th November 2012 at 12:01 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Funnily enough, our milkman when I was a boy in New Zealand was called Ernie. He was a Maori chap who drove a Bedford milk truck with 'E Kidd Pukekohe' painted on the side.
Ernie was knocking off one of the women who lived up the road. She was about 26 stone and had a moustache. She would wait for him for hours at the end of her drive and then they would disappear inside for a tryst while the teenage boys who worked for him would carry on delivering the milk from small trolleys they had.
Ernie was an alcoholic and she had heart problems, so I imagine they're both long dead now.

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By: davecurnock - 13th November 2012 at 10:41 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

I seem to remember (somewhat hazily!) a converted Transit? van at Brands Hatch that was quite fast - anybody remember the details (Alan Mann Racing perhaps/).

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By: Lincoln 7 - 13th November 2012 at 11:16 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Dave, I seem to remember it was "Possibly" Top Gear, with a V8 possibly twin turbo.Like the proverbial off a shovel, when it went around the track.I could however be wrong though.

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By: charliehunt - 13th November 2012 at 11:27 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Funny - I had Top Gear in mind the minute I read the story....a typically TG stunt!

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By: Lincoln 7 - 13th November 2012 at 11:30 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

I also think it may have been the Hamster who drove it.

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By: charliehunt - 13th November 2012 at 11:32 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

More than likely - Captain Slow wouldn't have got it out of second and Clarkson would have fallen out of it.