the USS compensator handles like a
cruise ship on choppy water why did you
choose to build this why not
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howdy howdy can I get a large ice water
please
this is a one-of-a-kind rig thank you
and it was more to challenge myself than
anything else I wanted to see what was
the biggest most impractical vehicle I
can build and what's bigger and longer
than a limo nonetheless a lifted limo
this was a massive build on a mini bar
Jim Jordan bought a Lincoln Towncar limo
for $1,200
and sets about nice monster conversion
took me about three months to put this
whole thing together three months of day
mere 12-hour days building this 99
percent myself with minimal hand tools a
welder torch plasma cutter a grinder
impact and a handful of wrenches
I spent between eight to ten thousand
dollars and that's including the price
of the little I was like a kid in the
candy shop every bit of the progress why
did you choose to build this why not
I've always wanted a limo for a long
time I've always solved it us and
thought they're really unique Craig's
name the compensator this is
unofficially the tallest Lincoln Town
Car
in the United States the names pretty
self-explanatory the compensator is
powered by a 4.6 liter engine as they
write suspension and it's sporting some
pretty impressive rubber these are
military grade spec
tire I purchased them off eBay there are
53 inch tall by a 16 wide they sit on a
20 by 14 wheel
the weight on one tire is 380 pounds of
piece the wheel itself is 55 pounds of
piece so you're over roasted 400 pounds
per wheel and tire on each one of them
sold I've added over 1600 pounds of
weight to this Lemmo just in the
drivetrain alone while it's all fun and
games off-road navigating in town is a
bit of a challenge the car is not useful
it's hard to park it's hard to drive
around town I gotta watch my corners
watch my blind spots at all times just
for driving I have a hammer mounted in
the front not in the rear I typically
keep them on at all times and I'll drive
down the road unfortunately I can't go
through most Drive thrus anymore the
limo barely fit as it was bones stopped
through drive-thrus I max out the height
bar and it's not the easiest apart the
limo itself it's kind of a challenge I
normally take up two spots unfortunately
sometimes 3 or 4 normally you'll catch
me at the very end of a parking lot not
up front
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the turning radius on the limo now is
actually just slightly worse than it was
stop the turn radius when it was stopped
was very terrible now it's just a little
bit worse than that but that's the fun
of it I love the challenge of navigating
through town it's like an off-road
course inside city limits the USS
compensator handles like a cruise ship
on choppy water this is a hobby of mine
and that's where this has started out
just having a passion and throwing stuff
together and going I want to build this
now how do I make it work how do the
puzzle pieces fit and so far it they fit
pretty good there's still kinks that I'm
working out
I've already had cash offers for this
thing as much as I'd like to sell this
and build something cooler I don't think
I could get rid of this one I don't
think I could sell the USS compensator
it's almost too sentimental now I use it
for just driving around showing it off
showing off my hobby my project might
work so far it's just an impractical
vehicle that can be day lead and luckily
enough is street legal in the state of
Oregon and I love the six-foot Longhorns
they are kind of my pride and joy
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