Solved: gte4289_41 -- "Mongo" heist truck (from Furious Five film) by Denis McCarthy

[gte4289]

Identify this vehicle and its builder for one point:

[gte4289]

Experts?

[gte4289]

Pros?

[oko94]

Made in USA ?

[gte4289]

Made in USA ?

Yes

[kwgibbs]

was it designed for hauling specific cargo?

[gte4289]

was it designed for hauling specific cargo?

Yes

[kwgibbs]

does this vehicle transport explosives?

[Oguerrerob]

Amphibious?

[oko94]

Is it an agricultural vehicle ?

[gte4289]

does this vehicle transport explosives?

No

Amphibious?

No

Is it an agricultural vehicle ?

No

[Djetset]

Was this thing used in a movie?

[gte4289]

Was this thing used in a movie?

YES

[gte4289]

was it designed for hauling specific cargo?

Yes

By the way, this vehicle was designed so that its specific cargo could be loaded in a highly unorthodox manner.

[Djetset]

I thought I'd seen it somewhere before! That was the easy part. Now, to remember which film it appeared in... ?! I guess the movie was a set-in-the-future sci-fi flic with this being some kind of fuel truck?

[gte4289]

I thought I'd seen it somewhere before! That was the easy part. Now, to remember which film it appeared in... ?! I guess the movie was a set-in-the-future sci-fi flic with this being some kind of fuel truck?

I agree that it looks like something from a Mad Max film, but nope.

[Oguerrerob]

"The "Mongo" heist truck from Fast Five, built to steal exotic cars off a speeding train in the Fast & Furious movie franchise. That's an old Oshkosh HEMTT military truck cab with an exterior roll cage, and power is courtesy of a GM RamJet 502-cubic-inch big-block V8 making about 500 horsepower"

[gte4289]

Identify this vehicle and its builder for one point:

"The "Mongo" heist truck from Fast Five, built to steal exotic cars off a speeding train in the Fast & Furious movie franchise. That's an old Oshkosh HEMTT military truck cab with an exterior roll cage, and power is courtesy of a GM RamJet 502-cubic-inch big-block V8 making about 500 horsepower"

That's it. Locked for you to name the builder.

[Oguerrerob]

Denis McCarthy, the Fast & Furious car coordinator.

[gte4289]

Denis McCarthy, the Fast & Furious car coordinator.

And the point is yours.