Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “20 Crazy Vehicles You Have to See to Believe”.
[ Reacher ]. I think we can all agree that there are some interesting vehicles out on the road.. This is Reacher, and today we found 20 crazy vehicles. You just won’t see every day. Number twenty.
California, daredevil Ron Patrick, has installed a 1500 jet engine into the back of his new VW Beetle, providing it with extreme celeration.. He fitted the massive engine into the back of the small hatchback at a cost of $ 200,000.. With the new infusion of power, the car is able to exceed the 140 mile per hour maximum speed, measured by the cars speedometer. Patrick says he often enjoys taking his car out for a spin at night, where it’s frequently pulled over by curious police, officers.
( upbeat Music ) Number nineteen. By strapping a couple of two-stroke, Parajet motors and propellers to a metal frame Colin Furze built his do-it-yourself hoverbike with no steering seat or brakes.. The initial design of the aircraft has two motors and propellers mounted to the bottom of the frame and turning in the same direction., But after switching to an S-shaped frame, each propeller was then able to rotate in the opposite direction.. This counter-rotation of the propellers seemed to cut down on the gyroscopic spin..
( music continues ) Number eighteen.. This street legal Viper was built by mechanic Dean Shore.. It was made from a Jeep with a small block, Chevy V8 engine, which is what we expect was powering. The original spaceships. ( music continues ) Number seventeen.. This Decopod concept is unique to the auto world.. Inspired by the 1930 Henderson Streamliner. The Decopod is a rideable one-of-a-kind work of art..
Each one is street legal as well as signed and numbered by the artist.. The hand-formed aluminum body is mounted on a new Vespa Piaggio automatic step-through scooter for a top speed of 150 miles per hour with a body shell that weighs 30 pounds. ( music continues. ) Number sixteen.: For the past few years, 62-year old Zhang Junlin has been tinkering away at an old warehouse building, a submarine with his friends..
It seats 20 people and is supposed to be able to reach speeds of 15 nautical miles per hour and hit depths of around 50 meters. Made of stainless steel. The whole thing weighs about 25 tons..
( music continues ) Number fifteen. As a child growing up in Muncie, Indiana Curtis Hutchinson said that he never had a red Radio Flyer wagon to pull around the neighborhood and take his friends for a spin.. Now, after 65 years later, he and his wife and friends can just sit in one and drive it around town..
With a 350 small-block Chevy engine and a turbo transmission, the wagon can hit speeds of up to 90 miles per hour.. ( music continues: ) Number fourteen., A gentleman from China spent two months, making this wacky creation using metal and an old engine.. The result doesn’t quite have the grace and beauty of a real horse. However, it’s quite an impressive accomplishment from an engineering standpoint..
He was inspired by the story of a Chinese ruler who allegedly created the first-ever mechanical horse.. ( music continues ) Number thirteen. To build this high-riding snow plow Colorado, welder Rex Bailey mounted tires from an agricultural sprayer onto an old Dodge 3500 diesel pick-up. Truck.
Rex used a commercial plasma cutter to create spokes axle mounts and the trucks rear end. The wheels are 76-inches high, which allows the truck to drive through three feet of snow and most offroad terrain.. It even has a tilt gauge to let the driver know if he’s about to tip over. ( music continues.
) Number twelve. Builder Lars Eric Lindbergh’s hot rod consists of a fiberglass Model. T replica mounted on a frame above a Bonneville Duet station wagon powered by a Chevy V8 engine., Underneath he installed the tracks and suspension from an Arctic Cat snowmobile allowing the vehicle to cruise across the frozen lakes of Sweden at 100 miles per hour..
They took about 500 hours to build at a cost of $ 15,000. (. Music continues, ) Number eleven. When Rick Sullivan received a call to transport an overturned Ford Ranger to his shop. He wasn’t looking for his next project., But when he saw the pick-up truck on it’s roof with four wheels sticking up in the air, he got an idea..
At first glance, it looks like a red and white Ford pick-up truck on it’s roof, but it’s really a 1991 Ford Ranger, with a 1995 F-150 body placed over the top upside down complete with spinning tires. ( music continues. ) Number ten. Art Haynes, a designer from Maine, came up with the idea of building his own solar car..
When he pitched the idea to his local civics group of having high school students help him build the car, it was well-received.. He and eight students discussed the project and they came up with a list of specifications for the car. Haynes. Then designed the solar car’s prototype on his computer and the Solar Neighborhoods Electric Car was born..
( music continues, ) Number nine., Dutchman, Arthur van Poppel has created his own drivable mini F-35 and the plane is awesome. Sure it’s a scaled-down version and it doesn’t come with a mini helmet, but you can actually drive the thing like a car. And you can’t help. But admire the amazing level of detail.
( music continues. ) Number eight. Bob Dollum is a man possessed by a lot of things, but mainly the drive to build a working replica of Batman’s current-generation Batmobile, the Tumbler.. This recreation has it all the afterburner, the huge honking double-barrel wheels and the stealthy look on all the edges. Dollum threw it all together from nothing more than available photos and the movies themselves.. He custom welded it in his own garage by himself and if you’re, assuming he has an impressive Bat-suit to go with it, you’re probably right. ( music continues ) Number seven.. This is the ultimate hipster vehicle. Retro and tacky. Yet awesome.
“ Who’s worried about a zombie apocalypse ?”, That’s what you’ll be saying if you own this totally awesome bugged out, tank. ( music continues: ) Number six., The 1973 Volkswagen Beetle with half-tracks and missile launchers, that kept America safe for years is now for sale.. The car, which started life as a stock CC Type One Beetle, was converted in some dramatic ways.. Most obvious are the rubber tracks replacing the rear wheels, but it also appears the front has been protected with the strongest armor known to man.
Another old, VW, hood. ( music, continues ) Number five. When I say homemade, I’m not telling you that for a fact, because we couldn’t find out anything about this tractor tricycle amphibious vehicle. Nor do we know who made it and what kind of motor it’s packing., Regardless of that, even from the very first moment when we came across it, we felt compelled to show it to you, because we really don’t get to see such great all-terrain vehicles.. This can literally run through bushes mud water. Over rocks you name, it., ( music continues ) Number four.
When it comes to the embodiment of passion and devotion, one has for cars, it doesn’t get any better than this.. This incredible replica of the famous American muscle car also comes with it’s own Briggs .