Very cool and thanks for your contributions to the project? What sort of design did you do for this car? Body/interior, suspension etc?

Cool story bro. Here's a cookie 🍪

That's pretty cool ngl

At first, I made the adapters to fit the Challenger mirrors onto the body and many odds and ends relating to body closure systems. Later, I designed the full vehicle wiring schematic and sourced a system so we could calibrate the speedometer for different axle/transmission ratios and configurations. I also developed a fix for the rear braking system, rear upper control arm captures and helped with high horsepower axle builds. However I was was involved with hundreds of other aspects of the vehicle from liquid tanks to door pull handles. The engineer that modeled the front suspension later became the Lead Engineer at Robby Gordon Motorsports where he helped to lead Wildcat XX development. The fabricator that developed and modeled the rear suspension builds cranberry picking machines and does design work for Factory Five Racing. I led the sourcing, design and implementation of Local Motors first electric drive train (with our online community) which was first used in a Rally Fighter and later 3D printed car. Eventually Local Motors went on to just sell electric vehicles. I built a crazy 6X6 motorhome in Local Motors parking lot, took off and went on to work at two different EV truck startups as employee #6 and #51, both went IPO. I helped design and manufacture large truck EV drive trains and such that are in some form of production today.

@@startupslick dope dude. It’d be cool to see you run through this. Also you know the seller of this one too?

Red interior lights are pretty common in police cars too

@@CrazyInjun1 and it sucks cuz of all the see up a mosquitos ass 10 miles down the road LEDs

Hence the traditional red instrument and controls lighting in BMW and SAAB interiors, both companies that liked to claim aviation heritage.

Naval ships use red lighting at night for all passages that open to the outside when underway. It preserves the night vision of all those in the crew engaged in navigation.

Quite common in nighttime boating as well.

I was into automotive design at the time... just an amateur but once I saw the rally fighter IRL I was pretty upset that I didn't participate LOL

yeah sure bud

You know @startupslick?

bro its literally trash and they went out of business cuz of it

It appears to be insane, but given that it’s made entirely of modern, off the shelf parts, albeit from a range of different brands,it might be reliable, and it should not be hard to maintain. I’m surprised they couldn’t make money on it. It really is like a V8 dune buggy, but with all the creature comforts of a street car. Maybe it was just too strange-looking to convince enough buyers?

It's cuz it is! Awesome

i was about to say the same in colour yellow

It is lol.

not electric

@@Gankzillorated the brawler isn’t electric

I’m sorry. It’s cool as hell! The redneck in me would sell my soul for a 4x4 model.

Hey Giovanni - We all had that giggle! Thanks for being a part of all the laughs!

Hello I have a question, does all rally fighter have 2 keys? One for the engine and one for the door ? Because that isn't very practical...

@@LAdmin_-lk7nk half of the cars before the 90s had 2 keys, 😂 for a 2 door prerunner I’d say having 2 keys is the least of the impracticalities

@samsanders7257 there are no models with one key?

They went out of business for a reason. The car is trash. Everyone in this thread worked on it and have themselves to thank for its demise. Whoever put that thing together has 1 working eyeball.

@@sp33drr Wait, wait, wait. Did you seriously take the time to copy and paste this SAME reply to multiple people? 😂

@@DwightBynumJr hyuk hyuk damn dwight this takes me back guh guh duhhhh

@@DwightBynumJr your skins are trash

Reminds me of Motorstorm Apocalypse. Pretty much the game for this car.

@@aaryeshg.6526 I was thinking Mad Max but that definitely works too

Ah, the never ending fuel of post apocalyptic world with gas guzzling crazy vehicles. Gotta love Mad Max (1979, 1981, 1985).

You know if the power grid goes out you can't pump gas right?

With that engine you can pass everything BUT a gas station ;) Definitely love these though. I love the one they did for DARPA the most.

I miss that car. Wish I could afford one.

That awesome beast looks like it drove straight out of the MAD MAX apocalypse films!

@@chrismayer3919 wish they add this car on GT7.

I used to work for a dealer in NC that purchased a few of these and assembled them in house to sell. I got to drive them all over to shows and events. Out of all the cars I've had the privilege of driving, these are my favorite. We even custom fitted one with a five speed manual and side exhausts. Nothing even comes close.

Hello I have a question, does all rally fighter have 2 keys? One for the engine and one for the door ? Because that isn't very practical...

Thank you, was hoping someone would point this out. Surprised Doug didnt know it

Lots of people who go stargazing use red lights as well. Grew up with my dad's trucks always having red internal lights only.

I’ve installed them in my Audi cause they’re just cool too. And yeah bonus they don’t blind you at night

Thanks for the obvious Mr Twit.

Yup. Though, the transit buses I drive have teal/sea blue lighting and preferably so

Right on. Thanks for agreeing with me! 🙂

thats what bmw and mercedes also figured, therefore their dash and interior lights were orange

Damn, I might just have to get some red LED interior lights for my own vehicle, it would be fantastic not losing night vision when using the map lights

That is why red lights are used in the military. Preserves night vision while trying to read a map.

You’ll also see this in so called “ticket lights” in many police cars.

Local Motors is gone??? 😢😭😭

went out of business FOR A REASON

@@sp33drr They tried to get into the EV Driverless business... ran out of money. Tesla can't do driverless, and it's a multi-billion dollar company.

Are u the really asimo huh cool I found big time developer on normally video

@@syn199 you ok?

@asimo3089 You should add this to jailbreak

Seems like Rivan's modular platform would be ideal for that.

Looks like a shit version of the Ferrari Purosangue lol. Or Madmax version lmao

Of course! Now you say it it's obvious to me. It's a full sized RC car! When I look at it I get a sort of familiar feeling about the design, even though it's so unique, and it must be because it looks sort-of like an RC car.

and it rightly failed

He is at 140% speed in this video.

@P¡nned by Doug DeMuro Z

Yh it’s good for racing

Same. I instantly recognized it from originally playing FH4. I don't know why, but I never actually expected it was a real vehicle. Really surprised me to see it pop up on here. Super cool.

Considering we're getting offroad supercars coming out, it was ahead of its time.

Bit weird that it’s a 3 speed but it’s still a fun car.

Sad to hear they went out of business. I always thought it was really cool that Knoxville had a company that did this kind of thing. I bet you were able to buy a lot of cool stuff during the liquidation sale.

Their

@@williamwilson3702 Always sad when a seemingly thriving business like that folds. The building that housed it was enormous and special built for them. I bought some wilwood disc brakes that would’ve normally been fitted on the Rally Fighter as well as some diagnostic equipment (oscilloscope, voltage testers, etc). The 3 D printer was sold as well and had to be loaded onto a flatbed semi with a crane. 🤣

@@Cloud007. iPhone autocorrect but thanks for your attention to detail.

They also had a location just outside DC. I was talking with them about doing some 3d modeling work for them a couple years back - The big 3d printer at that location was about the size of my kitchen at the time, heh - we even had a meeting inside the Ollie bus! I never did any work for LM itself, but did some modeling and rendering for a different project outside of LM, spearheaded by one of the people I'd met with. Good times. They also had a couple small roadsters in there with 3d-printed body parts and bulkheads, and a full 1:1 3d-print of a supercar out front, much more Lambo or McLaren than Rally Fighter. Wish they'd have caught on more in the segments they were digging into.

I thought it looked familiar

CSR2 introduced me to this car 😅

It also appeared in Fast&Furious 8

Dough DeMuro is a great baker

Grand Theft Auto 5 introduced me this car in yellow paint.

2015 LM Rally Fighter is like RSC RALLY RAID CAR.

Now THATS what I call a Frankenstein’s Motor! 🧟

@@chrismayer3919 👍👍👍

Exactly, good times

Dweeb.

A trophy truck with no place for the spare wheels!

@@youtubeaccount9058 Hey, there's one spare. How many do you need?

@@CynHicks A trophy truck would carry 2 but I didn't realize this has a spot for 1 so that's not bad

@@youtubeaccount9058 Especially for an off road "sports car" right? I love this thing, man! It reminds me of the old school Bugs but with an all American v8. So cool imo.

Is it a permanent installation?

@@MultiDemension Good question. It's been a while. It seemed to be pretty permanent looking so it's worth a shot.

THE HONOR???? you people are insane

​@@sp33drr what did this car do to you lmao

@@user-cn7io2pe8p they made it a pile of expensive crap

I'm not sure about now, but they allowed customers to participate in the building of the engine of your Corvette. My uncle did it.

@@herbwheeler4470 this car looked too cool.

Properly done cargo backseats that dont just explode your kneecaps? Thats impossible unless the car isnt just adjustable seat configurations

properly? You can't even see the speedo

Subaru uses red lights in their dials for that reason.

they all failed too good job crayon eater

Steve at Phoenix Rack and Axle is the man. He built many driveshafts for me for my personal projects. Our lead engineer at Local Motors originally bought driveshafts from that horrible online "driveshaft superstore" but I was able to convince him to go to Steve to both quality and cost.

Same here - I drove it in FH5 not knowing what it was and I fell in love instantly. Might be my favorite offroader in the game.

yeah he said the drivers side was larger than the passenger side so im assuming the cabin is not balanced.

This is not a competition car though, its rwd. Its just for fun

@@amazin7006 yeah it is it’s designed for rallies. And some of them were custom-ordered as rear wheel drive.

That's a 3800 lb vehicle. A normal sized co-driver isn't going to shift its center of mass unless they're hanging out the window.

When I was in trucking I saw a car fly off of a frozen interstate bridge. ..it flew straight but rolled all the way over and around and landed on its tires and spun out in the snow....there was a skinny guy in the driver seat and a big chubby guy in the passenger seat, and it went all the way around...one of the scariest things I've ever seen. I got to the car and they were in shock, and I got them out because three or four cars flew off that bridge. The point being it was really bad left right weight balance..that worked out for them that day.

I believe these have adjustable suspension with a high or low ride height. Low for handling, high when you want to look cool. This one is in the high setting.

preferably the best model year, 71

you helped them fail! duh!

Or a Lamborghini Urus

If he ever runs into this problem, Doug can always go to Europe or Asia, there's enough quirky cars for another lifetime of KZfaq career.

Bro going review planes next

I loved his random house review

Thank you, Its the Brawler 😂,,,, ig

same here bro

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's 3D printed too, you can see the layer lines and the polygonal form..