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Old 04-01-2023, 11:19 PM
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Why would someone go to so much effort to make this....???




Please Help Me Understand....???
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It's same reason why XXXXXL limos float around
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What effort?!
This is a toy 🤣
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You can just buy a die cast model on eBay or from Mercedes USA.

https://lifestylecollection.mbusa.co...Class_2016_118

https://www.ebay.com/itm/142384801352
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Originally Posted by TIANARHADOO
What effort?!
This is a toy 🤣
And a photoshopped toy, too. Look at the stretched gas flap...
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Oi mate, I like how the rear end is in focus and not the front haha.
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I'm digging the Porsche wheels...
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Building models is my hobby and I love this one! Bravo!
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I'd prefer the chopped "El Camino" version myself, but to each their own.
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This pano must creak like a ****
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40'foot pickups, or Hammers are "everyday business" here
You want to stand a bit over the crowd those days - you need to build something like that.



and take it here



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Don't make fun of my limo.


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Don't make fun of my limo.



that looks like the rare long wheelbase e350.... meh, it's not that much extra legroom
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Don't make fun of my limo.

Welp.... at least you get the "gullwing" doors.
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The party is inside.



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The party is inside.


There needs to be more room in there, this will be nicer I think:
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Did anyone check the posting date of the original item?
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Did anyone check the posting date of the original item?
What “item”? The eBay item? If you are talking about the first post in this thread, it was a week ago.
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Originally Posted by kajtek1
Come to Las Vegas.
40'foot pickups, or Hammers are "everyday business" here
You want to stand a bit over the crowd those days - you need to build something like that.

you mean, like this?


(these guys in Utah took a trashed double-stretch Lincoln bought at a junk auction, and in about 4 weeks turned it into a 4x4 rock crawler on 1 ton axles with 42" wheels etc etc... you can find the build thread on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfL...8iF2pf54tViLpA)
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Is it Boby Layton Lincoln?
Huricane, UT with its Sand Hollow park is 1 of the most popular off-road destination. Local company offers rides in several 6-door vehicles. Funny to look at them rock crawling, but long wheelbase in the area is giving them advantage.
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That thing goes 60 mph over dirt potholes and you can have open water in your cupholder.

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Is it Boby Layton Lincoln?
Huricane, UT with its Sand Hollow park is 1 of the most popular off-road destination.
Yeah, that Lincoln, but it was in Moab at the Easter Jeep Safari. I'm sure more vid of Bobby pushing that thing up obstacles will surface soon.
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I was always a fan of limos when I was a kid. My dad had a couple for his personal/business use. He started out with a 76 Caddy and then went on to a Caddy Mahoney-built limo. I got a big kick out of it as a kid, LOL. The problem I had with them as I got older was -- as they got longer they really lost feasibility. What did you get for longer -- some more storage on the sides, a longer bench for (not always comfortable) seating, etc.; unless you got upgraded seating for one side. The limos didn't go much wider so you had limitations. The two most comfortable people were the two seated in the back of the car, and perhaps the two up against the front compartment (driver) of the car, and even that may not have matched the back. The driver also lost maneuverability.

For me, it was always about comfort, legroom, easy of getting in and out of the car, etc. Same thing in executive cars, Maybachs, etc. I've seen some extended versions, kind of "short limos" to some extent, and they are nice. It's still a 2 or 4 person deal though. I never got the gimmick of a mile long limo, LOL.


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