Tennessee man uses lasers to make the world’s thinnest car
A Tennessee YouTuber named Tyler Fever modified a 1988 Ford Festiva using lasers and CNC cutting to create what he claims is the world's thinnest street-legal car. The vehicle, drastically reduced in size and fitted with an electric dirt bike motor, features two seats and custom 3D-printed safety components. Despite its compact and unconventional design, the car was driven on public roads in Nashville and reportedly fully insured.
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Somehow, two seats fit inside. Prop Department via YouTube Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A YouTuber armed with a 1988 Ford Festiva and a workshop full of lasers may have created the world’s thinnest street-legal car—-though it required some serious work to get it there. Tyler Fever, who runs the YouTube channel Prop Department, took the already tiny Festiva and chopped it to pieces, ultimately creating a roughly shopping-cart-sized contraption that resembles something out of The Flintstones. Somehow, Fever even managed to fit two seats into that tiny vehicle.
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