A DAD stunned walkers on his boating holiday – when he steered his floating CAR along a canal.
Charlie Burns, 29, took his hybrid “Boatswagen” for a ride along the giant historic Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near Llangollen, North Wales.
A Top Gear super fan converted his Volkswagen Polo into a ‘Boatwagen’WNS
Charlie Burns said he was inspired by a project Jeremy Clarkson undertook in 2006WNS
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The enthusiast, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, waved to shocked passersby as they saw his Volkswagen Polo fitted with an outboard engine driving along the waterway.
He bought the car for £1,200 in 2019 and teamed up with two petrol-head pals to convert it into one that could float above the surface.
Charlie said: “You don’t take long to get spotted in this thing.
“I’m sure everyone we passed took a picture. It’s definitely not the car to rob a bank in.”
The car was originally made from two Volkswagen Polos for Discovery Channel show Bernie and Leepu’s Chop Shop in a bid to make it the “surfer’s dream car”.
But Charlie came across it years later rusting in a Blackpool car yard – and set about making it float.
He was inspired by Jeremy Clarkson’s “Toybota” amphibious car project from Top Gear in 2006.