I Built An Off-Road Monster Limo | Ridiculous Rides
MEET the USS Compensator - the ultimate off-road monster limousine. Unofficially the tallest Lincoln Town car in the United States, this beast belongs to builder and operator Jordon Foster of Keno, Oregon. The USS Compensator took three months of 12-hour days to build. Using minimal hand tools and doing 99% of the monster conversion himself, the vehicle cost Jordan around $10,000, which includes the purchase of the limo. The car is powered by a 4.6 litre engine, has air ride suspension and is sporting military grade spec tires. “The limo sits on 53-inch-tall by 16-wide tires on 20 by 14 fuel wheels, resulting in a 3.5 to 4ft lift of the vehicle,” Jordon explained. As well as using the car off road, the Compensator is street legal in the state of Oregon and Jordon uses the vehicle in his everyday life. “The car is not useful, it’s hard to park, hard to drive around town, I have to watch my corners, watch my blind spots at all times.” But none of this keeps Jordon from truly enjoying his creation. Besides that, Jordan gets plenty of attention for impressive creation, if only for the six-foot-long Texas Longhorns mounted to the front. And although Jordon has had plenty of interest from potential buyers, he doubts the limo will ever be sold off. “As much as I would like to sell this and build something cooler, I don’t think I could sell the USS Compensator, it’s almost too sentimental now,” Jordon said. About the name of his pride and joy, Jordan says it’s pretty self-explanatory. “A buddy came by one day and said 'man I don't know what you're compensating for with that lift'.”
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00:00 The USS Compensator handles like a cruise ship on choppy water.
00:07 Why did you choose to build this?
00:10 Why not?
00:11 Hi! Howdy, howdy!
00:18 How are you?
00:19 Can I get a large ice water, please?
00:21 This is a one-of-a-kind rig. Thank you.
00:23 And it was more to challenge myself than anything else.
00:26 I wanted to see what was the biggest, most impractical vehicle I can build.
00:31 And what's bigger and longer than a limo, nonetheless, a lifted limo.
00:35 This was a massive build on a mini budget.
00:39 Jordan bought a Lincoln Town Car limo for $1,200 and set about his monster conversion.
00:47 It took me about three months to put this whole thing together.
00:49 Three months of day-near-12-hour days,
00:51 building this 99% myself with minimal hand tools, a welder, torch, plasma cutter, a grinder,
00:58 the impact, and a handful of wrenches.
01:01 I spent between $8,000 to $10,000, and that's including the price of the limo.
01:07 I was like a kid in a candy shop every bit of the progress.
01:12 Why did you choose to build this?
01:14 Why not?
01:15 I've always wanted a limo for a long time.
01:19 I've always saw limos and thought they were really unique rigs.
01:21 Name the compensator.
01:23 This is unofficially the tallest Lincoln Town Car in the United States.
01:28 Come on up, it won't hurt.
01:30 The name's pretty self-explanatory.
01:33 The compensator is powered by a 4.6 liter engine,
01:39 has air ride suspension, and it's sporting some pretty impressive rubber.
01:44 These are military-grade spec tire.
01:47 I purchased them off of eBay.
01:49 They're a 53-inch tall by a 16 wide.
01:52 They sit on a 20 by 14 wheel.
01:55 The weight on one tire is 380 pounds apiece.
02:00 The wheel itself is 55 pounds apiece,
02:03 so you're over grossing 400 pounds per wheel and tire on each one of these.
02:08 So I've added over 1,600 pounds of weight to this limo just in the drivetrain alone.
02:15 While it's all fun and games off-road,
02:18 navigating in town is a bit of a challenge.
02:21 The car is not useful.
02:24 It's hard to park, it's hard to drive around town.
02:27 I've got to watch my corners, watch my blind spots at all times.
02:31 Just for driving, I have a hammer mounted in the front and mounted in the rear.
02:35 I typically keep them on at all times when I'm driving down the road.
02:38 Unfortunately, I can't go through most drive-thrus anymore.
02:41 The limo barely fit as it was bone stocked through drive-thrus.
02:44 I max out the height bar, and it's not the easiest to park.
02:48 The limo itself is kind of a challenge.
02:50 I normally take up two spots, unfortunately.
02:53 Sometimes three or four. Normally, it'll catch me at the very end of a parking lot, not up front.
02:58 The turning radius on the limo now is actually just slightly worse than it was stock.
03:05 The turn radius when it was stock was very terrible.
03:08 Now it's just a little bit worse than that.
03:12 But that's the fun of it. I love the challenge of navigating through town.
03:16 It's like an off-road course inside city limits.
03:20 The USS Compensator handles like a cruise ship on choppy water.
03:26 This is a hobby of mine, and that's where this has started out.
03:30 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?"
03:37 So far, they fit pretty good. There's still kinks that I'm working out.
03:42 I've already had cash offers for this thing.
03:45 As much as I'd like to sell this and build something cooler, I don't think I could get rid of this one.
03:50 I don't think I could sell the USS Compensator. It's almost too sentimental now.
03:54 I use it for just driving around, showing it off.
03:58 Showing off my hobby, my project, my work so far.
04:01 It's just an impractical vehicle that can be dailied, and luckily enough, it's street legal in the state of Oregon.
04:07 And I love the six-foot longhorns. They are kind of my pride and joy.
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