A 401 CJ
A 401 CJ GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/5/20 4:56 p.m.

What happened to the Top-Kick based “Beast”.  I haven’t seen the POTUS in anything else for several years now.  

And is this really just an up armored Burb or something entirely different.  Sure looks like a 3/4 ton Burb with some armor.  

 

 

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa SuperDork
10/5/20 5:01 p.m.

Edit: Nevermind all that, didn't realize there was a new Beast.  New theory is that given that it was such a last minute decision to ride around and wave, the Beast wasn't ready?

 

If you look at the pictures of that guy with the door open,  the glass is a solid 3-4" thick.  Probably a 'Burb shell over something completely custom

 

 

A 401 CJ
A 401 CJ GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/5/20 5:07 p.m.

 

He usually rides in The Beast.

When I worked a contract in the Canadian embassy in Belgrade over 20 years ago, they had Burbs with glass that thick.  They also had about 15 extra leaves in the rear springs.  An embassy employee told me they were too slow to get out of danger.  Around 12,000 lbs IIRC.  

I’m just surprised they’d put the POTUS in anything but that Caddy bodied Top Kick.  

John Welsh (Moderate Supporter)
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) Mod Squad
10/5/20 5:47 p.m.

Zoom in on those burb wheels....beefy!

A 401 CJ
A 401 CJ GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/5/20 6:05 p.m.

Amazing.  It's proportioned like a Burb.  Not like the Cadillac which doesn't look like any Cadillac ever.  But you're right.  Those wheels appear to be machined out of a single edifice of something.

einy (Forum Supporter)
einy (Forum Supporter) Dork
10/5/20 8:00 p.m.

Running Goodyear tires, I see.

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