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The Limo-Jet.
- Meet the Limo-Jet - a blinged-out, street-legal party bus built from a private jet's fuselage.
- Also called the "Learmousine," the vehicle runs and drives thanks to a custom frame and a 400-horsepower Chevy truck engine.
- It has all the typical party-bus features, including a minibar, flat-screen TV, lights, and a massive speaker system that can make jet-engine noises.
- The Limo-Jet will cross the auction block at Mecum's Indy 2020 sale, which is scheduled for June 23 through 28.
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The Limo-Jet - part private jet and part stretch limo, all wrapped up in a mid-2000s, "Pimp My Ride"-era bling package - sticks out among the often understated classic cars Mecum Auctions typically traffics in.
But the world rarely makes sense anymore, and the Limo-Jet is set to cross Mecum's Indianapolis auction block in June - should the event go on as scheduled amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Limo-Jet, also known as the "Learmousine," began its life as an everyday Learjet, but 40,000 work hours and two years of research and development stripped the jet of its airworthiness and turned it into a 42-foot limousine. The build was managed by Chicago-based company Exotic Coach, and although the Limo-Jet is street legal, it was conceived as a show vehicle to be displayed at car events.
It's powered by a 400-horsepower truck engine, seats 18, and rides on 28-inch wheels. Plus, it has a 42-inch flat-screen television and a massive audio system that would make Xzibit and the folks at GAS proud. (If you know that reference, you know it. If you don't, sorry.)
See inside the head-turning party bus that would put any stretched-out Hummer or Caddy to shame: