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Thor24 custom semi sells for $12 million
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Electric semi-trucks like Freightliner's and Tesla's may be all the rage these days, but someone just paid an astonishing price for the ultimate guzzler.
(Worldwide Auctioneers)
Thor24 is a custom Peterbilt crew cab tractor built by real estate and hospitality tycoon Mike Harrah, with two V12 Detroit Diesel engines equipped with 12 superchargers that put out a combined 3,974 hp.
(Worldwide Auctioneers)
Harrah told American Trucker that he was inspired by racing legend Tommy Ivo’s four-engine “Showboat” dragster from the 1960s.
Thor24 sends the power to the wheels through a four-speed manual transmission and can hit a top speed of 130 mph. Four drag racing parachutes are installed on the rear bumper to help slow the 30,000-pound behemoth down from such speeds.
The Tommy Ivo-built Showboat's four motors put out a combined 2,000 hp. (Eric Rickman/The Enthusiast Network via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The somehow street-legal truck’s interior features an appropriately powerful 1,500-watt sound system and big screen TV that run off of a helicopter’s turbine auxiliary power unit along with the truck’s decorative lights.
(Worldwide Auctioneers)
The unique monster truck took Harrah seven years and $7 million to build, but he just turned a tidy profit on it when he offered it at the Worldwide Auctioneers event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where it received a high bid of $12 million from an unidentified buyer.
Schade ist in english : In Kurzform der Truck wurde von einem Trucker in 7 Jahren und Kosten von ungef . 7 Millionen gebaut
Someone just paid $12 million for a custom semi truck
The man who built the truck says that he put seven years and $7 million into it.
One of the most eye-catching custom trucks in the world just sold for millions at an overseas auction.
Thor24, a highly customized 1984 Peterbuilt 359, was sold for a whopping $12 million to an unnamed buyer at the Worldwide Auctioneers event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Fox News reports.
The auction was part of a five day automotive show featuring historic, rare, and custom vehicles from around the world.
The truck was built by entrepreneur Mike Harrah, who says that he put seven years of work and $7 million into the truck. The Thor24 truck features swords, battle axes, skulls, and graphics of Norse gods in battle.
Here are the truck specifications listed on the THOR24 website:
You can get a closer look at the Thor24 truck in the video below.
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Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 26 are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com
Electric semi-trucks like Freightliner's and Tesla's may be all the rage these days, but someone just paid an astonishing price for the ultimate guzzler.
(Worldwide Auctioneers)
Thor24 is a custom Peterbilt crew cab tractor built by real estate and hospitality tycoon Mike Harrah, with two V12 Detroit Diesel engines equipped with 12 superchargers that put out a combined 3,974 hp.
(Worldwide Auctioneers)
Harrah told American Trucker that he was inspired by racing legend Tommy Ivo’s four-engine “Showboat” dragster from the 1960s.
Thor24 sends the power to the wheels through a four-speed manual transmission and can hit a top speed of 130 mph. Four drag racing parachutes are installed on the rear bumper to help slow the 30,000-pound behemoth down from such speeds.
The Tommy Ivo-built Showboat's four motors put out a combined 2,000 hp. (Eric Rickman/The Enthusiast Network via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The somehow street-legal truck’s interior features an appropriately powerful 1,500-watt sound system and big screen TV that run off of a helicopter’s turbine auxiliary power unit along with the truck’s decorative lights.
(Worldwide Auctioneers)
The unique monster truck took Harrah seven years and $7 million to build, but he just turned a tidy profit on it when he offered it at the Worldwide Auctioneers event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where it received a high bid of $12 million from an unidentified buyer.
Schade ist in english : In Kurzform der Truck wurde von einem Trucker in 7 Jahren und Kosten von ungef . 7 Millionen gebaut
Someone just paid $12 million for a custom semi truck
The man who built the truck says that he put seven years and $7 million into it.
One of the most eye-catching custom trucks in the world just sold for millions at an overseas auction.
Thor24, a highly customized 1984 Peterbuilt 359, was sold for a whopping $12 million to an unnamed buyer at the Worldwide Auctioneers event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Fox News reports.
The auction was part of a five day automotive show featuring historic, rare, and custom vehicles from around the world.
The truck was built by entrepreneur Mike Harrah, who says that he put seven years of work and $7 million into the truck. The Thor24 truck features swords, battle axes, skulls, and graphics of Norse gods in battle.
Here are the truck specifications listed on the THOR24 website:
- V24-71 Detroit Diesel
- Original, one-of-a-kind 1979 Peterbilt 359 crew cab (custom-stretched)
- 1933 custom-built Ford Grill Tribute
- 12 x 871 superchargers
- 3,974 horsepower
- Maximum speed: 130 mph
- 4 drag-chutes (12-feet in diameter)
- 7 years in the making
- $7 million in actual hard costs
- Completely chrome-plated and polished aluminum and stainless-steel undercarriage
- Hawker jet-engine Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)
- 44-feet long
- 32,000 lbs.
- 1,500-watt per channel, 110-volt world-class sound system
- 7 movie screens, including a 40-inch movie screen
You can get a closer look at the Thor24 truck in the video below.
VIDEO
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