We do not all share the same dreams, and Chris Lentz’s dream definitely differs from that of Carbusters. This native of Michigan, US wanted to give more power to his 2005 Ford F-150, and found a way to accomplish it: he bought an old Czechoslovakian Motorlet M-701 turbojet on eBay for US$12,000 and attached it to his truck. To install the jet in the truck, Lentz fabricated a sturdy mounting stand, a 76-litre kerosene tank, and a control console from aluminium and stainless steel. He is now the happy owner of a jet-powered truck. This brilliant machine allows him to reach a speed of 100km/h in 6 seconds and 225 km/h in 45 seconds. Don’t ask us the point of all this, but according to Jalopnik – a website “obsessed with the cult of cars” – it is definitely the “coolest truck ever”.
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