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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.

WOW! Hehe! Only one thing to say - AMAIZING

Holy ****, thats amazing.

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

I need that to park next to my Bumblebee!

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 ^^

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





...sorry, couldn't resist

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

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!

ID HAVE MY HONEY MOON IN THERE!!!!

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....

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

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

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.

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.
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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Holy freaking CRAP IN A HAT.

I would <i>live</i> in that thing if I could.

Personally, I'd rather get an oldschool red and blue COE with the silver stripe, but this is still pretty cool.

Man, thats the ultimate TF Movie collectible.

The fact that he went to the trouble of putting the movie sheet set on the bed is hilarious.

This reminds of the place that sells the Mach 5

But they want $75,000