2 men hope to set record in Utah for 'World's Fastest Hot Tub'

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SALT LAKE CITY — Two Canadian men built a mobile hot tub in a 1969 Coupe DeVille Convertible and are hoping to gain the title of the "World's Fastest Hot Tub."

Phillip Weicker and Duncan Forster said the project began in 1996 when they were both engineering students at McMaster University, according to their Kickstarter page. The men found an abandoned 1982 Chevy Malibu and had the idea to create "the world’s first driveable, fully operational hot tub: The Carpool."

Weicker and Forster entered the car in the 2001 Canadian International Auto Show where they said it was a "prize exhibit." At the auto show, they met representatives from the Southern California Timing Association and they accepted a challenge to race their mobile hot tub at the Bonneville Salt Flats to gain the title for "World's Fastest Hot Tub."

Eighteen years and several cars later, the men built their latest and most successful model of the drivable hot tub from a heavily modified 1969 Coupe DeVille. The men used watertight fiberglass in the cab of the car and reinforced the frame with steel supports to hold the thousands of pounds of water.

The men now hope to transport the Coupe DeVille to Utah to race on August 9 in an attempt to create the landspeed record for a hot tub. A landspeed record for a mobile hot tub has never been set previously.

"Along the way, The Carpool DeVille began to do what Carpools do best: make friends and inspire people. It’s been great to see the smiles again, the recognition that no challenge is insurmountable, and great things are possible when you have tools and talent and a goal to shoot for," the men wrote their Kickstarter page.


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