當你想到「囚車」的時候會想到什麼？反正一定不是什麼好的場景。
但是竟然有人把囚車改造了一下，變成了超棒的避暑別墅！！
當你想到避暑別墅時，你大概不會聯想到一輛舊的囚車。但有一個人完全把一輛囚車變成了他和妻子放鬆休息的獨特空間。When you think of a summer house, you probably don't picture an old prison van. But one man has completely transformed that very vehicle into a unique space for he and his wife to relax in.現已退休的74歲的Graham Skidmore來自伍斯特郡的巴羅山，他花了250英鎊買了這輛用來把犯人押送到法庭的囚車。然後，他改造了內部並添置了家具，整個項目的總成本共750英鎊。Retired Graham Skidmore, 74, from Barrow Hill, Worcestershire, bought the police van, which was used to transport prison inmates to court, for £250. He then transformed the inside and furnished it, with the total cost for the project setting him back £750.這省了很大一筆錢，相比之下，一間溫室的裝修報價是4.2萬英鎊，一所新外屋的報價是1.2萬英鎊，這價格使他望而卻步。This is a massive saving, compared with the £42,000 he was quoted for a conservatory or the £12,000 it would have set him back for a new outbuilding.Graham的妻子Sandra看到他的傑作後開玩笑說：「我希望他不會把我鎖起來，然後把鑰匙扔掉。」Upon seeing his handiwork, Graham's wife Sandra, joked: "I hope he doesn't lock me and throw away the key."這位四個孩子的父親對這座新的避暑別墅非常滿意，他承認這裡的視野比家裡更好。他說：「這位置太棒了，視野比我們從房子的窗戶中看到的更開闊。我現在到那裡，伴隨著冬日裡半小時的太陽，那裡會很暖和，我已經在那裡睡著過三次了。」The father-of-four is very happy with the new summer house, admitting that it offers better views than from their house. He said: "The position is superb. Those views are more open than the views we get from the windows in the house. I go out there now and with half an hour's sun in the winter, the place is warm and I've fallen asleep in there three times."在他的DIY項目開始之前，這輛麵包車內部有五個隔間，中間有一個廁所。Graham在五個多月的時間裡，把整輛車清空，只保留了一些原來的特徵——包括重型囚車門和一個獄警司機跟囚犯說話的艙口。Before, starting his DIY project, the van had five cells inside and a latrine running down the middle. Graham stripped the whole thing bare over five months, keeping a few of the original features - including heavy duty prison doors and a hatch that the prison guard driver would have used to speak to prisoners.他回憶起他最初是如何計劃把一個運馬箱做出一個空間的，因為他曾經在那個行業工作過。He recalls how he initially planned to make the space out of a horse box, as he used to work in that industry.「我打電話給幾個朋友，想買一種膠合板貨櫃。它的重量很輕，能在運馬時承受更大的重量。每個和我交談的人都說他們沒有我想要的尺寸，他們能提供的都約20英尺長。我得砍短一些，還要做更多額外的工作。」"I rang a few friends to try and get one of these glasonite containers. They are built very lightly to take more weight when they are carrying horses. Everyone I spoke to said they didn't have any of the size I wanted. They were all about 20ft long. I would have to cut it down and a lot more work."他繼續說道：「但是有個人跟我說：『那我告訴你我有什麼，我有一輛囚車，就在離你不遠處。'我想著那會很可怕。考慮了一個星期，我想著還是去看看吧。當我到那裡後，一排有20輛囚車。我覺得這正是我想要的，我就當場買了。」He continued: "But one guy said 'I tell you what I have got, I've got a prison van container just up the road from you.' I thought that's going to be dreadful. I let it fly for a week and then thought I'd go and have a look. When I went down, there were 20 all in a row. I thought that is exactly what I want. I bought it there and then.然後他完成了一項任務，以低成本做好了這一項目。他討價還價，四處找便宜貨，把兒子的舊天井門、園藝中心的舊家具和鄰居扔掉的沙發都加了進去。He then went on a mission to complete the job cheaply. He haggled and found bargains, adding his son's old patio doors, reduced furniture from a garden centre and a sofa a neighbour was throwing away. 「這並不容易，但我自己都感覺很奇妙。」他談到整個過程時說。Sandra補充道：「這完全令人驚嘆。我從沒想過一切會變成這樣。」"It's not been easy, but it has quite amazed me," he said of the process. Sandra added: "It's absolutely stunning. I never thought it would turn out like this."警車也稱為囚車，通常用來運送囚犯，早期的警車是馬車，Frank Fowler Loomis設計並製造了世界上第一個機動警察巡邏車。後來，機動警車變得更加普遍常見。
當需要運送抗拒逮捕的囚犯時，如果用常規巡邏車運輸，囚犯在旅途中可能會襲擊警察。為了解決這個問題，警車的車輛後部設計了一個固定的鋼籠，能夠將囚犯與警官分開。
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編輯：阿毛
翻譯：小冰晶
英日韓、多語種、考研留學.
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