The Energon Pub

News Credits: 349 · by **Bed Bugs** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:25 am

Do you have a CDL? Do you have a large garage? Got some spare cash laying around? How about $45,000.00 or more? That's what the current bid is on Ebay Motors for a custom built Optimus Prime Peterbilt Semi Tractor. This thing is truly a work of art and has all kinds of customized goodies on the inside!

Click <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-of-Transformers-Optimus-Prime-Peterbilt_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ63743QQihZ013QQitemZ230181106980QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1"" target="_blank">here</a> to see a full gallery on the auction (and bid on it if you got the cash!). Just imagine how cool you will be to have your own Optimus Prime sitting in your driveway! If you are going to bid, you have 4 days left as of this news post.

News Credits: 2 · by **An_de** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:36 am

WOW! Hehe! Only one thing to say - AMAIZING

by **The Time Traveller** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:44 am

Holy ****, thats amazing.

I've DREAMED of seeing something like this done, It was inevitable.

by **bumblebee77** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:50 am

I need that to park next to my Bumblebee!

by **Unicron Singularity** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:11 am

bumblebee77 wrote:I need that to park next to my Bumblebee!

HOLY ****

Nice car

all shiny and looking like it just came off the assembly line ^^

http://www.youtube.com/user/Pepsimus · by **Black Bumblebee** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:22 am

...but why'd he have to put FLAMES on it, that's what I'd like to know!

...sorry, couldn't resist :-)

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:53 am

hmmm... well, that would set me back a year's pay

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:56 am

I'd rather get a red FreightLiner, cut it up, then build a lifesize G1 Prime. All I need is land, time, money...

Yep all the things I don't have!

News Credits: 4 · by **Briggs** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:30 am

ID HAVE MY HONEY MOON IN THERE!!!!

by **Iron Prime** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:44 am

Wow that'd be sweet! :shock:

I wonder how much it'll go for? A brand new Peterbuilt with a CAT engine is over $250,000....

by **SnipeShade** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:48 am

that is SWEET! :O And the interior. HOLY COW!

News Credits: 2 · by **Ultra Magnus** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:08 am

That's just unbearably cool. Watch, the dude's gonna take part of the winnings and whip up a customized Peterbilt Ultra Magnus...
;p

by **pt206** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:11 am

Iron Prime wrote:Wow that'd be sweet!

I wonder how much it'll go for? A brand new Peterbuilt with a CAT engine is over $250,000....

Incorrect. We just replaced twelve units with new 2008 389's and they were less than half that each.

I'm interested to see if it hits his reserve and what his reserve is set at though. The truck is a 94 with no listing of mileage. That truck could have been easily put together as it is for less than 65k.

Beautiful truck though. Prime had to be a Pete 379. The new 389's just don't have that same classic look.

by **Iron Prime** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:29 am

pt206 wrote:I'm interested to see if it hits his reserve and what his reserve is set at though. The truck is a 94 with no listing of mileage. That truck could have been easily put together as it is for less than 65k.

Ah, I hadn't looked the listing details (not supposed to be on eBay at work) and assumed it was new. :oops:

So yeah, a used 94 would be "cheap". He could have just taken a pressure washer to the engine to clean it up. But all that paint and interior work cost him some money - I wonder how much he did himself?

pt206 wrote:Incorrect. We just replaced twelve units with new 2008 389's and they were less than half that each.

LOL - I see the problem. Someday I'll learn to proof read before click submit. Supposed to be $150,000. I was still wrong with that, but not as wrong. :grin:

What engines are in the new ones you just got?

Here are some listings for those that are curious: http://ww2.trucktraderonline.com/browse ... bilt//2007
Some are a lot though (mainly the "modded" ones): http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/fors ... mdlgrp=379

pt206 wrote:Beautiful truck though. Prime had to be a Pete 379. The new 389's just don't have that same classic look.

Amen.

News Credits: 1 · by **mattyc1007** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:51 am

oh ma oh ma god i havn seen it yet and i want it

News Credits: 1 · by **jgilkinson** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:52 am

id prob wreck if i ever saw that coming down the highway

by **Sonray** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:52 am

I'll buy two for that price!

I need to send the seller a question though, as he or she doesnt state if it is in transformable condition, and if it comes with a working allspark and matrix of leadership.

Man...i would so love to take a bog standard truck like that and customize it into Prime! It wouldnt be too hard to do either.

News Credits: 1 · by **mattyc1007** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:57 am

argh listening to this song and watching the vid makes this worse i think i might let myself into a little grand theft autobot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Lcn8vM3vE

by **pt206** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:15 am

Iron Prime wrote:
pt206 wrote:Incorrect. We just replaced twelve units with new 2008 389's and they were less than half that each.

LOL - I see the problem. Someday I'll learn to proof read before click submit. Supposed to be $150,000. I was still wrong with that, but not as wrong.

What engines are in the new ones you just got?

CAT C-15'S

by **Iron Prime** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:42 am

pt206 wrote:
Iron Prime wrote:
pt206 wrote:Incorrect. We just replaced twelve units with new 2008 389's and they were less than half that each.

LOL - I see the problem. Someday I'll learn to proof read before click submit. Supposed to be $150,000. I was still wrong with that, but not as wrong.

What engines are in the new ones you just got?

CAT C-15'S

Nice.