Redneck rampage: a truck with a jet engine

Nov 18th 2009
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554668998_mdnpb-m Just because you can do a thing, doesn’t mean you should do a thing. Case in point: don’t take your brand new F650 truck and install a jet engine.

That’s right, some good ol’ boys installed a GE J85 7,000 hp jet engine in the back of their truck. Dubbed “The Frictionator“, this jet powered and street legal monster truck is available for parades, birthday parties, and bar mitzvahs. Just don’t give them an Oscillation Overthruster. Wouldn’t want to send anyone into the 8th dimension.

[via Neatorama]

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