An American shortcut to the drive-thru sofa: someone built a V8 powered couch on wheels
Some people in America refuse to settle for a comfortable sofa when they can turn it into a mode of transport. Westen Champlin, a YouTuber from Kansas, mounted his living room seating on a set of wheels, bolted a six litre V8 underneath and christened the result the sofa-mobile.
Champlin used a Ford Crown Victoria as the platform, a sedan that once served the American police force with grim persistence. In the middle of that chassis he planted a fully equipped recliner complete with cupholders, wireless charging and small storage bins. Beneath the cushions rumbles a 6.0 litre GMC Denali V8 paired with a Turbo 400 automatic gearbox.
The construction is not just garage humour. The machine moves under its own power, uses standard headlights and tail lamps and features a gently absurd ignition cue, a glowing floor lamp. The gear selector is a plain old wrench, wielded with more charm than precision.
Champlin did not limit the experiment to his driveway. The sofa-mobile travelled more than seventy kilometres to a neighbouring town, stopped at McDonald’s and carried on without fuss. The only real hiccup was a wheel that worked itself loose along the way. Police never intervened, though it was probably the one occasion where officers could have enjoyed a guilt free laugh.
Projects like this have become a niche cult where cars, tools and furniture merge into a small storm of creativity. American YouTube treats these rolling living rooms as guaranteed audience magnets. European laws would never allow them anywhere near public roads. Champlin’s V8 sofa proves that in the United States nothing is truly impossible, not even driving an armchair with a coffee in hand and a floor lamp glowing by your feet.
