1999 Ford F-450 Lariat Is a Most Ridiculous Limo-Style Bus Truck

I think it's clear in what category the limo-ed Ford F-450 we have here fits best. I mean, I like trucks, and I like limousines, but blending the two together in such a fashion? Nah…

You all know the F-450. It's not a truck meant for transportation of people in style, but more of a heavy-duty workhorse that's best suited for deployment on construction sites or at farms. In fact, that's exactly how Ford sells trucks of this kind: Super Duty.

That's an offshoot bloodline of the F-Series family that dates back to the late 1990s. It always comprised the F-250, F-350, and F-450 pickup trucks, but also the chassis cab versions of the F-350, F-450, F-550, and F-600.

All of them are impressively capable beasts, with powerful engines and insane capabilities, because the whole reason they are around is to aid in heavy work. They are by no means attractive, and they couldn't care less that's so.

You've probably never seen the prom queen and king pull up in one, because that's not what these things have been made for. Then again, neither were Hummers, but that didn't stop people from turning them into limos and renting them to teenagers and wedding-goers.

That, and perhaps a bachelor party, are the only potential uses I see for this veeery stretched version of a 1999 Ford F-450 Lariat. A truck that has grown from a capacity of just four or five people to having enough room for 12 of them, increased its number of doors from at most four to six, and got an interior revamp that turned it from means of transport into a failed fun mobile.

We stumbled upon the pickup limo as we were going through the lot of cars auction house Mecum will be selling this weekend in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We are not told anything about who is responsible for making the truck look like this, or why, but we found it too good of a topic to leave out of the spotlight.

As you can clearly see in the attached gallery, the truck retains the usual F-450 front end, mated at the back with a dually 8-foot bed. In between there is bodywork so long it kind of looks like a train.

The exact dimensions of the truck (especially length) in this configuration are not disclosed, but a quick look at the thing's interior gives us a pretty good idea. There are no less than four rows of seats, making it more of a bus than a limo, if you ask me. The first row comes with captain seats, the second with flip-down seats, and the last two with benches.

All of these seating positions have been wrapped in tan leather, adding a bit of misplaced class to a machine meant to transport people in bulk. And there are other ridiculous and potentially pointless amenities fitted in there as well: a 19.5-inch flat screen (HDMI and USB capable), a Blu-Ray/DVD player tied to a 1,000-watt inverter, and four wireless headphones.

The truck moves under the power supplied by a 7.3-liter diesel engine running a supercharger, stainless steel exhaust, and a 6-speed manual transmission. The engine spins a total of six 19-inch wheels shod in Falken tires.

We're not told anything about performance numbers, but who cares about those when you're stuck inside this thing with 11 others, fighting for the right to use at least one of the four headphones?

The Ford, despite its shiny red exterior, is not new, and by that I'm not talking about its age. The odometer of the thing reads 242,000 miles (390,000 km), but it's unclear how many of them were traveled in this form.

Mecum has the truck listed as a feature in the sale, and makes no mention as to how much it expects to fetch for it. There also seems to be a reserve on it, but that's kept under wraps as well.

We were able to track a previous purchase of the truck on Classic.com dating back to February 2023, with the information available saying it was sold back then for just $10,415.

For reference (although, admittedly, there is no comparing these two vehicles), keep in mind a brand new F-450 in Lariat trim and a fresh, 2024 model year is selling over at Ford for very close to $80,000.

We will update the story as soon as we learn for how much the truck went for.