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It Came from eBay Hell: "Widebody Slantnose" Hummer H1

The civilian version of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), colloquially known as the Humvee, and for many, the ultimate Hummer, the H1 is no doubt an imposing vehicle.

Nonetheless, something tells us that most of you will be looking for a different adjective to describe the heavily modified 1999 Hummer H1 we found for sale on eBay.

Let's face it; the Hummer crowd has and never will be subtle with its tuning choices but there are some builds that always manage to stand out more than others - in a "sore thumb" kind of way…

As you will soon find out, there's too much to mention about the Black Knight Hummer H2, but we'll just note the Lamborghini-style scissor front and rear doors, the decorative (?) machine guns, axes and swords (yes, all in plural) and more LEDs than a Christmas tree at a KISS concert.

In all fairness, we are not sure if we should call any duel between a U.S. army Humvee and a Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Kia Retona, a small 4x4 based on the Kia Sportage from the late 1990s, a street race, but if anything else, these guys seem to be enjoying themselves.

Watch the amusingly slow street race between the two armed forces in the video that follows after the break.