A madcap inventor builds the world's smallest BURGER VAN

Yannick Read constructed the fully-working, 75cm-wide van and cooks up miniature burgers and quail eggs for neighbours in the street. The flaming van, nicknamed Super Tinkey, is made from an old barbecue, a mobility scooter and parts from a Harley Davidson with sheets of plywood and MDF nailed to the side. It is designed to look like a Citroen H van, but is only about a third the size - and completely road legal. Yannick said: “A friend gave me an old barbecue he didn’t need anymore, the wheels and motor are from an old mobility scooter I bought on eBay. “The rest is from old motorbikes – the lights are from a Harley Davidson as they just happened to be the right size.” Yannick’s three children, Noel, 12, Bertie nine, and Olive seven helped paint and build the mini-van as a project for their summer holiday.