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Jun 6 2009, Harshpaul

Harold Churchill, a London pensioner, won a competition offering him to get a car fully customized car, but the man decided to go for a more practical option instead: getting his £400 mobility scooter pimped up. The 72-year-old man has “retired”.

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Guitar Hero Metallica - Lemmy from Motorhead. (PRNewsFoto/Activision Publishing, Inc.)