Drag Combine Harvester V Shelby GT-350 | RIDICULOUS RIDES
HAVE you ever wondered what happens when you take a traditional Combine Harvester and put an epic spin on this old classic? In a remote part of Finland, farmer Harald Bore has done just that. Complete with a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado 8.2 Litre V8 engine, this 1967 Fahr M44 is now more at home on the track, than on the farm.
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00:00 This is my combined harvester, dragster.
00:03 It's funny and dangerous.
00:06 Anything can go wrong.
00:09 Look at it.
00:21 It's looking old, but also crazy.
00:25 The countryside of Norway is home to a farm vehicle with a difference.
00:30 This is very special.
00:34 Having been souped up with a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado 8.2 litre V8 engine,
00:41 this 1967 Farr M44 is now more at home on the track than in the field.
00:48 It weighs in at 4,000 pounds, packs 500 horsepower and has a top speed of 95 miles per hour,
00:57 making it the fastest combined harvester in the world.
01:01 So how do you get to own such a unique machine?
01:05 I was a little drunk.
01:07 I meet the builder, I thought this is very fun.
01:13 After some drinks on the evening, I buy it.
01:18 The creator of this crazy combine is Petri from Finland, and it's not his first wild conversion.
01:26 I have a world class Skoda and I have made a Rolls Royce dragster.
01:32 Both of which sound relatively sane compared to this super fast Farr.
01:39 It's a crazy drive and it's fast.
01:44 Here is the cockpit.
01:46 I love this place.
01:48 This is from the original combine.
01:52 It's very fun to drive.
01:54 Here is used when you go on the track.
01:58 You push this and you go faster.
02:01 And the brakes are like a Cadillac.
02:05 There's also a little brake on the wheel behind, but it's a Cadillac.
02:10 There's a little brake on the wheel behind, but it's dangerous to use.
02:14 So I don't use that.
02:16 And what better way to see what this vehicle is made of,
02:25 than in a drag race against some true American muscle.
02:30 A Shelby GT350.
02:38 This machine is not street legal in Norway.
02:41 It's crazy.
02:43 It's fast and dangerous.
02:48 Anything can go wrong.
02:52 This will win.
03:01 (FAST)
03:29 This vehicle is very fun to drive. I love it.
03:32 This was fun.
03:36 This dragster combine harvester is an open drive.
03:40 Really fun.
03:41 Thank you.
03:42 Thank you for making this harvester for me.
03:45 That's a good dragster.
03:46 Next time I'll get the combine, okay?
03:48 Okay.
03:50 (COMBINE)
03:54 (COMBINE)
03:58 (COMBINE)
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