This is a 2000 Ford Excursion
with just 89,000 miles on the clock. Its seller on eBay describes the
SUV as "mint," only it doesn't look much like your typical Blue Oval
family hauler, does it?
And now you can, because Dixon is selling this very rock-crawler for $72,000
(the extra $22k derives from the cost of the original Excursion on
which it's based). Over the years he's built 75 other machines with no
two exactly alike. This, however, is the only one currently for sale,
and features a Ford V-10 engine, a 44-gallon fuel tank and gets a 11 mpg
at 75 mph. It rides on knobbly 54 inch Michelin XZLs, the four cooling
fans on the radiator are moved to the rear so you don't get wafted with
hot air, and they're raised so as to allow for deep wading. The twin
windshields have frames which bolt onto the chassis, meaning you can
remove them easily when off-roading. Among other bits are waterproof
storage areas, like the pods on the side that were used by the military,
and a small trunk in the rear to house things like tools, tow straps
and presumably Ted Nugent's guns.
That's because if you hand your old Excursion over to Jeremy Dixon at JD3.com
and write him a check for $50,000, he will make a few minor
modifications and turn it into what you see above: The wildly
ridiculous, idiotic, hare-brained "RockZilla" -- a machine that, despite
its weirdness, we all want to own.
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