After Half a Century, Legendary Pranksters Come Forward

University of Cambridge, UK

It was June of 1958 when the students and staff of Cambridge University awoke to the greatest stunt and mystery they had ever seen: a car parked on the apex of he Senate House roof. Police and city officials were bamboozled, and failed in every attempt to get the car back down. Eventually, it was blow-torched in to pieces and removed bit by bit. Over the years, no one was able to solve the mystery of how the Austin Seven had gotten there. Only the Dean of Caius, Rev Hugh Montefiore, had a feeling he knew the culprits, and rather than turning them in, he sent them a case of champagne.

Now, 50 years later, the group of 12 engineering students lead by Peter Davey has come forth at their class reunion. At long last, they've revealed the secret of how they hoisted the Austin Seven to the top of the 70-ft building using scaffolding, some steel rope, and a couple of pretty girls to distract any passersby who became suspicious. The groups only regret? That the car wasn't left as a monument for all too see.

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