I Built An Off-Road Monster Limo

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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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00:01The USS Compensator handles like a cruise ship on choppy water.

00:08Why did you choose to build this?

00:10Why not?

00:17Howdy, howdy.

00:18How are you?

00:19Can I get a large ice water, please?

00:21This is a one-of-a-kind rig.

00:23And it was more to challenge myself than anything else.

00:26I wanted to see what was the biggest, most impractical vehicle I can build,

00:30and what's bigger and longer than a limo, nonetheless, a lifted limo.

00:36This was a massive build on a mini-budget.

00:39Jordan bought a Lincoln Town Car limo for $1,200 and set about his monster conversion.

00:46It took me about three months to put this whole thing together.

00:49Three months of dang near 12-hour days, building this 99% myself,

00:53with minimal hand tools, a welder, torch, plasma cutter, a grinder, the impact,

00:59and a handful of wrenches.

01:01I spent between $8,000 to $10,000, and that's including the price of the limo.

01:07I was like a kid in a candy shop every bit of the progress.

01:12Why did you choose to build this?

01:14Why not?

01:15I've always wanted a limo for a long time.

01:18I've always saw limos and thought they were really unique rigs.

01:21Named the Compensator, this is unofficially the tallest Lincoln Town Car in the United States.

01:28Come on up, it won't hurt.

01:30The name's pretty self-explanatory.

01:35The Compensator is powered by a 4.6-litre engine, has air ride suspension,

01:41and it's sporting some pretty impressive rubber.

01:44These are military-grade spec tire.

01:47I purchased them off of eBay.

01:49They're a 53-inch tall by a 16-wide.

01:52They sit on a 20-by-14 wheel.

01:56The weight on one tire is 380 pounds a piece.

02:00The wheel itself is 55 pounds a piece.

02:03So you're over a gross of 400 pounds per wheel and tire on each one of these sold.

02:08I've added over 1,600 pounds of weight to this limo just in the drivetrain alone.

02:15While it's all fun and games off-road, navigating in town is a bit of a challenge.

02:21The car is not useful.

02:24It's hard to park.

02:25It's hard to drive around town.

02:27I gotta watch my corners, watch my blind spots at all times.

02:31Just for driving, I have a hammer mounted in the front and mounted in the rear.

02:35I typically keep them on at all times when I'm driving down the road.

02:39Unfortunately, I can't go through most drive-throughs anymore.

02:41The limo barely fit as it was bone-stock through drive-throughs.

02:44I max out the height bar, and it's not the easiest to park.

02:48The limo itself is kind of a challenge.

02:50I normally take up two spots, unfortunately.

02:53Sometimes three or four.

02:54Normally you'll catch me at the very end of a parking lot, not up front.

03:00The turning radius on the limo now is actually just slightly worse than it was stock.

03:05The turn radius when it was stock was very terrible.

03:09Now it's just a little bit worse than that.

03:12But that's the fun of it.

03:14I love the challenge of navigating through town.

03:16It's like an off-road course inside city limits.

03:19The USS Compensator handles like a cruise ship on choppy water.

03:26This is a hobby of mine, and that's where this has started out.

03:30Just having a passion and throwing stuff together and going,

03:32I want to build this?

03:34Now how do I make it work?

03:35How do the puzzle pieces fit?

03:37And so far, they fit pretty good.

03:40There's still kinks that I'm working out.

03:41I've already had cash offers for this thing.

03:44And I'm like, as much as I'd like to sell this and build something cooler,

03:47I don't think I could get rid of this one.

03:49I don't think I could sell the USS Compensator.

03:51It's almost too sentimental now.

03:53I use it for just driving around, showing it off, showing off my hobby, my project, my work so far.

04:01It's just an impractical vehicle that can be dailyed, and luckily enough, it's street legal in the state of Oregon.

04:06And I love the six-foot Longhorns.

04:09They are kind of my pride and joy.

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