Police pull over modified sports car and find footlong 'donut handbrake'

Police were left shocked when they pulled over a sports car to find it had a huge metal handbrake lever.

The strange motor – which was a modified Mazda MX5 – also had a detachable steering wheel.

Officers banned the vehicle from Britain’s roads until it gets a full MOT.

Pictures show the car’s bizarre interior design.

Instead of a gear stick, the vehicle has a thick metal pole, and even stranger is the modified handbrake next to it.

Instead of a normal lever, the car is fitted with a giant foot-long metal bar.


The car has a metal bar instead of a handbrake


Police images show that the steering wheel was completely detachable.

PC Glen McArthur stopped the car in Horsham, Sussex, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

He said: ‘This car was seen drifting and driving antisocially in the Horsham area and when stopped had a modified handbrake.

‘Vehicle prohibited and will undergo a full MOT.

‘Before you ask, the steering wheel is removable.’

He later added: ‘I’m not the biggest of people, but I still don’t know how I got in those seats.’

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