DESCRIBED as the ‘craziest’ car on the planet, a self-proclaimed ‘mad metal scientist’ has built a medieval machine entirely from scratch. AJ Bohata from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, built himself the ‘Medieval One’ after feeling inspired by a car and weapon collector. AJ told R.Rides: “It’s made to look like it's old and made to look like it's evil." Made from a rack of steel, AJ spent $80,000 in materials to ensure it looked the part. “It’s not painted, we don’t want to hide the detail in the car.” What started out as a thousand-gallon propane tank is now a 1000hp hot rod car, complete with an onboard fire extinguisher, tilted steering wheel and a cannon that doubles up as a trunk. The car even has two hand carved snakes at the front to complete the medieval aesthetic. The snakes, totalling 996 scales, took AJ 40 hours per head to finish. Estimated to be worth $200,000, Medieval One is sure to turn heads wherever it goes. “I can be driving the car for five minutes, pull into the store and then people will be following me for ten miles.” Although AJ has to “change the tyres like your changing underwear” due to them being smoked out all the time, he insists this car is a labour of love and says he had a blast building it. When asked what his favourite part about his creation is, AJ said: “Driving it around and making people smile.”
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00:00This is a precisely built machine. There's nothing like it.
00:08I could be driving the car for five minutes, pull into a store, people have been following me for ten miles just to see the car.
00:15This is the craziest car on the planet.
00:23I'm A.J. Bohada, the Mad Metal Scientist, and right here is the medieval one.
00:28This is a hot rod car that we built entirely from scratch.
00:33It was inspired by a car collector and a weapon collector.
00:37He collected medieval weaponry and he collected cars, so I put the two together.
00:42This is a precisely built machine that's made to look like it's old and made to look like it's evil.
00:50This is the craziest car on the planet.
00:53This vehicle was probably about $80,000 just in material.
01:00The labor, you know what, we didn't count, we just had a blast building it.
01:03The building process started out as a 1,000-gallon propane tank.
01:08We cut it all out and we put it back with 116th metal.
01:11It weighs about the same as a Camaro with 1,000 horsepower.
01:15This is a 671 blower.
01:17We got a Fitech fuel injection, onboard fire extinguisher, tilt steering wheel.
01:22You don't drive the car like this, this tilts all the way back.
01:25Everything on this car was made from a rack of steel.
01:30We designed it, we built it, we fabricated it.
01:34The snakes have fangs in them, we hand carved them.
01:37Inside there is the purge tube for the nitrous that shoots the nitrous oxide out.
01:41There's 996 scales on each head.
01:45It took me 40 hours a header.
01:48Individually TIG welded on.
01:50Our fuel cells have all scales on them too.
01:53Each scale was handmade and beaten into submission with a hammer.
01:57As you can see all the pock marks.
01:59We have a 33x19.5 sneakers on the back.
02:03Custom made studs.
02:05We got a cannon in the back, but it's not really a cannon.
02:08It's my trunk.
02:10I gotta have a place to put my milk.
02:16It's a medieval car.
02:18Is it the most wind resistant piece?
02:20Yeah, it's got a lot of wind resistance.
02:22Is it aerodynamic? Absolutely not.
02:24A thousand horsepower and changing tires like you're changing your underwear because we smoke the tires all the time.
02:31That's what it's all about.
02:34Here's our nitrous oxide system.
02:36Here's our Fitech.
02:38Fuel injection system.
02:40We got spiked headlights.
02:43We got swords that are hand wrapped with leather.
02:46Here's battle axes over here in case you need a weapon when you're getting out.
02:50This is how you get in the car.
02:52You lift up the mask to get in and then we have a hydraulic override.
02:56We have the tachometer for the RPM, the oil pressure, the amps, the water temperature.
03:01So we know all the vitals of the car.
03:03And up inside the car we have a secondary control panel.
03:08If you look at the car, the car is not painted. It's clear.
03:12You know why? We don't want to hide the detail in the car.
03:22The car has an estimated worth of about $150,000 to $200,000.
03:28I could be driving the car for five minutes, pull into a store.
03:31People have been following me for ten miles just to see the car.
03:34You pull up to a 7-Eleven to get a cup of coffee and a helmet?
03:38They like it.
03:40What's my favorite part of the car? Driving it.
03:43You know why? Because we're drawing the attention.
03:45How many times do you see grandma pull out a phone to take a picture of a car?
03:49Never. But they do with this.
03:51So my favorite thing about this car is just driving around and making people smile.
04:01Do we plan on building more cars? Absolutely, as long as it's wild and crazy.
04:05If it's going to be a boring car, I don't want to do it.
04:08I want attention. I guarantee you it will be off the charts.