Home Made Motorized Steampunk Tank- The JL421

Posted by fun-is-2-cool in November 30th, 2009

Published in Fun stuff

This is a real motorized product that you can actually purchase from Amazon. It’s not new, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it available for purchase. The JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser is nicknamed “The Donk” and the friggen thing even throws fire.
The Donk was designed and built in 2002 by NAO Design of Palo Alto, CA. It was originally conceived as something which was at once both malevolent and benevolent, being battle-ready and armored, yet cozy on the inside and irresistible to people with its lights and sounds.

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Drive power comes from an air-cooled, 6hp Tecumseh gasoline engine, with centrifugal clutch, giving the Donk a top speed of 40 mph unladen. Total weight is 900 pounds. Wheelbase is 72″, total length is 108″, height 54″, and width 53″.

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The sound system consists of a 1000 watt amplifier and 4 channels, each with a speaker mounted behind a window to project sound primarily outward from the Donk, but of course into the cabin as well. Exterior lighting consists of rope lighting, underbody lighting, custom sequenced 12-channel window strobes, head and tail lights, turn signals, and brake lights.

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