Chef/prolific TV host Guy Fieri has provided a look at his massive car collection. He has numerous hot rods, as well as a custom-built “Doomsday Truck.”
Fieri showed off the vehicle during an appearance on “In Depth With Graham Bensinger.” This truck has what appears to be the front end of a Jeep. However, the vehicle has six wheels and an aggressive body built for the worst conditions.
“800 (horsepower), on 40 (inch tires), just a machine,” Fieri said. “Infrared scanner, so this thing is kind of a little bit of a D-Day (vehicle), but when I tell you — monster horsepower, burn the tires — it’s the real deal.”
As Fieri explained, the Apocalypse 6×6 is the vehicle he drives the most out of everything in his collection.
So what exactly is the machine? After all, it’s not something Fieri could have bought at a standard dealership.
According to a 2021 episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage,” Joseph Ghattas is the man behind the machine. Ghattas owns Apocalypse Manufacturing, a company that takes the Jeep Gladiator cabin and pairs it with a heavily modified frame.
The company then manufactures several other parts of the Apocalypse in-house to complete the head-turning design.
People who purchase the Apocalypse have multiple engine options. Ghattas and his team can put in a Hellcat motor, a 500-horsepower LS3 V8, or a three-liter twin-turbo diesel.
Ghattas told Leno in 2021 that the Hellcat was the most popular choice and that the majority of his customers were in California.
The collection also included some classic Chevrolets
The Apocalypse Hellfire 6×6 may be the biggest car in the collection, but it is not the one most viewers associate with Fieri. No, he has much larger ties to classic Chevrolets.
The intro of one of Fieri’s shows, “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” features him driving around in a red Camaro SS. The car, one of two used in the show, features custom license plates reading “FLVRTWN.”
With this Camaro being such a prominent part of Fieri’s career, it would make sense for him to have other classics with the bowtie emblem.
His garages hold multiple eras of Corvettes, Chevelles, and Camaros in a variety of colors. This includes one particular Chevelle that essentially kickstarted his collection.
“The yellow ’71 Chevelle up there, that was the first hot rod that I bought,” Fieri said. He added that he made this purchase after opening his first restaurant.
He continued and explained that his friend, Bags, had told him that he would be successful so he could “feed his habit.” This referenced the habit of buying classic cars.
“He said, ‘This car thing, it’s going to be the most of you,'” Fieri explained. “So it’s turned into that.”