00:00I'm the only person that can say I own a privately owned amphibious combat vehicle.
00:24The building process on the vehicle started early on in 2000.
00:30The truck was manufactured by a company called General Purpose Vehicles.
00:33They made roughly about 11 vehicles, and they were designed or intended for the military.
00:39I had some friends of mine who came to me and said, let's essentially buy an armored vehicle.
00:45And I said, well, let's do it.
00:57I think it took them a close to three years in construction.
01:03Basic specs, I believe the vehicle is about 25, 26 feet long.
01:07It's under 102 inches.
01:09It's actually 101.8 inches wide, which makes it street legal.
01:14The motor is located in the center of the vehicle, and that has a lot of other huge advantages,
01:19such as reducing its infrared signature, allowing for more cooling from the air conditioning system to cool it.
01:26It has the blinkers, it has the headlights, it has high beams, it has extra fog lights.
01:32These things up here right now are bullet deflectors, so if you're taking a high-impact round, it's going to
01:39shred the round as it hits.
01:41We have eight massive tires, and we have the ability to engage a diff lock, which means all eight wheels
01:48are spinning at the same time.
01:50So when we go into mud, this thing drives like a tank.
01:55Inside the vehicle, you can see it's rather roomy, very spacious.
01:59There's seating for 10 in the rear, and then we have additional seating of four, or maybe possibly six, in
02:06the front.
02:07If one's tired, whatever, you change lanes and go to another country, and you drive on the other side of
02:12the road,
02:13you can actually literally just move everything over, and now you're driving on the other side.
02:18You can see how the armor thickness, it's pretty well protected, and it's actually a very fun vehicle to drive.
02:29You know, it has another nickname called the unstoppable force.
02:37It will push through almost anything.
02:39Its front end was designed to go through one-foot-thick concrete walls and blast right through them.
02:47Today we have present a Chevy 3500 cargo van, and, well, we're definitely smashing through it.
03:11It literally can drive over telephone poles, and you just don't, and you don't even spill your cup of coffee.
03:25Literally, you can drive over telephone poles, and you just don't, and you don't even spill your cup of coffee.
03:38This thing is amphibious.
03:41It floats.
03:42We have pumps here.
03:44We have pumps in the APU compartment, pumps in the center, and pumps in the engine compartment, and pumps in
03:52the front.
03:53We can literally just drive it right in.
03:56We don't have to do any prep.
03:58You need about 12 feet of water under it.
04:02We need a命令.
04:22In Hurricane Katrina, the vehicles actually were sent down there to assist.
04:27When it comes to driving it on the road and people's reactions, they're always pretty much fascinated with every car.
04:32by this. We enjoy taking the vehicle to car shows and events, let the public
04:36inside it. I mean it's not every day to get to go inside something that's
04:39futuristic.
04:45Man I've seen a lot of trucks on the road but I've never seen one like this
04:49riding. It's pretty pretty awesome. If I had a chance to own a truck like this I
04:56definitely would bring it to a lot of parties I tell you that. I'd let my wife
04:59drive it to work I wouldn't have to worry about getting in an accident that's for
05:03sure. I have been the one who has taken charge of getting the vehicles into
05:09movies, films, doing special events. Some of the movies the vehicle's been in have
05:16been Red Dawn. It was recently in a Fox movie which I'm not yet allowed to
05:21disclose. I don't like to discuss what we paid for it because there was other
05:26things that we had to do to the vehicle to ensure safety. As far as my friends
05:31family they thought it was a crazy purchase. I would love to acquire more
05:37of the vehicles but I'd like to also see the vehicles actually be rented more in
05:42the movie industry. We've all agreed we will never sell the vehicle.
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