The ultimate limousine, A record-breaking ride
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Jul 1, 2024
Dive into the restoration of the world's longest limousine, a true engineering marvel.
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26 wheels. It could probably hold up to about 75 people if we wanted to put them in it
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It has a putting green. It has a pull. This was the original record holder for the longest car slash limousine in the world
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The original design was by Jay Oldberg out of Burbank, California in the 80s
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And today we've beaten the record by a fraction, but it is still longer than it was originally
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I found a car in New Jersey. It was riding behind a warehouse
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And I put a bid on it and I won it. It was completely rusted through to the ground. Basically a piece of junk
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We started the restoration project about two and a half years ago
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It was August. It was hot here in Florida. We set a game plan
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So we took three donor cars. We cut them up. We replaced the whole cab of the car so we could drive it
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The engine was replaced. All the tires were replaced. The helipad was redone. The pool was redone
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On the inside of the vehicle we have seating for passengers. We have carpeting. We have leather. We have vinyl
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We have LED lighting. This can be configured for any type of party or any type of design that you'd want
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But it can hold up to 75 people any day of the week. Six Eldorados. Each one of them weighed just a little over 5,000 pounds
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So we used six of them, but we didn't use every part of them. So when you add the steel in, I would say 25,000 pounds would be a good guess
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Maybe we'll weigh it one day and we'll really find out. There are pictures of this limousine with the helicopter
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but there is no actual footage of that helicopter landing on it
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And we're going to do it today here at Desertland. The main difficulty in driving this car is finding straight road
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For it to turn, you need a real wide radius because of the length of it
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Similar to what the President does. He has to map out his route to where he's going. That's what we would have to do. We would have to map out a route and know where we're going to turn
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It's not for everyday driving, obviously. People react to the car like they can't see it
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It's not for everyday driving. It's not for everyday driving, obviously. People react to the car like they can't believe that it's even real
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They think it's like a model in a magazine. But when they see it, even in the condition before it was restored, it was an attraction
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The vehicle is 30.538 meters long, which is 100 feet and one and a half inches long
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For everybody that doesn't use meters. Congratulations. This is officially amazing. You kind of see something that's almost impossible to do
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And it's a challenge. And you say, I can do it. People say you're crazy, but we did it and here it is
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