Yahoo Autos The Learmousine, a 42-foot jet turned into a street-legal limo, is for sale
There has never been a better time to start a collection of eccentric vehicles modified for road use. Start by buying the BoatCar, a 24-foot Sea Ray boat hull dropped onto a Ford E-350 frame, and wait for your chance to bid on the Learmousine, a Learjet with wheels instead of wings. Check the calendar: April Fool's isn't until tomorrow.
At 42 feet long and 8 feet wide, the street-legal Learmousine started life as a regional aircraft manufactured by Learjet. Dan Harris laid the project's foundations in 2005, and his team spent about two years designing a custom frame sturdy enough to support the plane's aluminum fuselage. The electrical system and the full suspension were developed from the ground up, too. Finding off-the-shelf components to turn a plane into a car was evidently easier said than done. Sourcing a body shop with a big enough paint booth was, too, but the limousine industry came together to make it happen. The Learmousine finally made its public debut in Dallas in 2018.
The driver sits in front of an aftermarket four-spoke steering wheel, an instrument cluster from a first-generation Chevrolet Silverado, and four screens that display views from various cameras. Four vertical rows of red toggle switches mounted right above the lone front seat control the lights and the music, among accessories. The rest of the interior is pegged at the unlikely intersection of private jets, limousines, and night clubs. There's everything you'd expect to find in an 18-seater party bus including a 42-inch flat-screen television, a minibar, a 17,000-watt sound system with speakers inside and outside, an infinity floor, plus a lot of neon lights.
