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30,000lbs. and 44 feet of 24 blown & nitrous cylinders of Detroit Diesel producing 3424 horsepower, which took 7 years to build and sold at auction in Saudi Arabia for $12M.
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/18/...#slide-2186830
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/26/...ls-12-million/
There seems to be a bit of visibility problem...so four front cameras on screens in the cab give a clue to the driver what the rig will crush ahead.
“Why”...because they could!
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That was Mike Harrah's...I didn't know he sold it......Ben
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"sold at auction in Saudi Arabia for $12M"Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
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From the looks of it, it may have more than $12M in the constructions.
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The video said he had $7M in it...$5M profit sounds like a good enough answer to the "why"...WHY...Ben
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With fees it went for a little north of 13M.
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Yep - if it can be built and someone will buy it, it'll be built.
A technical issue: It just does not look like there would be decent forward vision with those blowers in the way. But, I realize it'll probably just sit somewhere to be admired and not driven much, if at all.
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