101.5 KNUE Country Radio » hybrid http://knue.com Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Man Invents Car Fueled by Whiskey http://knue.com/man-invents-car-fueled-by-whiskey/ http://knue.com/man-invents-car-fueled-by-whiskey/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:34:47 +0000 Amy Austin http://knue.com/?p=8613 In an effort to create the world's manliest car, 62-year-old Mickey Nilsson has transformed a pile of junk into a sleek vehicle that runs strictly on Bourbon Whiskey.

The Kentucky man says he was inspired by Caractacus Potts, the wacky inventor played by Dick Van Dyke in 1968's 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.'

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