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This rather tall SEMA build from 2018 is up for auction

It’s 16 inches taller than a standard Super Duty F-250
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Woah, where do we start with this one? Well, for our fellow non-Americans, the Ford Super Duty F-250 Platinum is not a small truck as standard. To outline that point, this one left the factory in 2017 with a modest, medium-sized engine.

We say modest—it’s a 6.7-liter V8 turbodiesel engine that produced 440hp and 1,165Nm of torque when it was new, but then the smallest engine available is a 6.2-liter gasoline and the biggest (in 2020 at least) is a 7.3-liter V8 known as Godzilla. Damn.

As you might have noticed, though, this is no normal F-250. It’s a little...tall, isn’t it?

Certainly striking, though. This particular example was built for the 2018 SEMA show by Elite Customs Auto Body in Nevada, and it’ll be sold at the Mecum Auctions Dallas Sale this coming week.

It’s been lifted, of course, with air suspension that makes it between 14 and 16 inches taller than a standard F-250. That’s topped up with some mega 28-inch wheels wrapped in off-road tires, too. Subtle.

We’re not actually sure what else to say. This thing has left us speechless. There are custom bumpers and specially designed interior pieces—because SEMA—as well as a giant set of speakers in the back, but good heavens, just look at the pictures...

How much do you think it’ll go for, folks?

NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.

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PHOTO: Mecum Auctions
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