Every once in a while, a vehicle comes along that blurs the line between movie magic and real life. For car folks, that’s the storm-battered Ram 2500 from the 2024 blockbuster Twisters. But now, it’s not sitting forgotten in a Hollywood backlot. Nope — it’s alive, rolling the streets of Branson, Missouri, wearing the same scars it earned on screen.
The truck lives at the Celebrity Car Museum, run by Scott Velvet and his family. But unlike most screen-used cars that end up behind velvet ropes, this Ram isn’t treated like some fragile trophy. Scott still drives it. In fact, he admits he pulls it out whenever the clouds roll in. “I mostly take it out when a storm is coming,” he laughs. “It just feels right.”
Hollywood Survivor –
Six Rams were built for Twisters. By the time filming wrapped, most were gone — stripped, scrapped, or shipped overseas. Only one came out of the chaos still wearing its Hollywood battle armor: Scott’s truck.
This is the hero truck, the one audiences saw up close in those dramatic shots with Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. If you remember the Ram drilling augers into the ground or barreling down a muddy road while debris swirled around it, you’re remembering this exact truck.
Scott found it in California, half stripped of its movie gear, and pieced it back together. Today it looks like it drove straight off the set: fake rust, dented bodywork, mesh roof guard, exoskeleton cage, and spiral augers still bolted to its sides. Those augers, by the way, weren’t just for looks. In the movie, they were designed to drill two feet into the ground and hold the truck down against 130 mph winds. Try parking that at your local grocery store without turning heads.
Inside the Beast –
Step inside, and it’s less pickup, more science experiment. The cabin hasn’t been detailed since it left the set — on purpose. A wooden console crams in switches and mounts for the laptop used on screen. Chains hang from the seat backs, and every seat is strapped with five-point harnesses.
Scott laughs about the mess. “We tried to keep it as dirty as possible,” he says. He’s not wrong. The truck feels like a rolling storm lab, not the polished Laramie Longhorn trimmed Ram it started life as. It’s movie grit, frozen in time.
A Museum That Drives Its Props –
The Ram isn’t alone. Scott’s museum is packed with cars from movies and TV, but the real difference is that his vehicles don’t gather dust. They get driven.
The lineup includes the Dodge Durango R/T “Scare Crow” also from the reboot. Powered by a 5.7-liter HEMI® V8 making 360 horsepower, it’s not just a display piece — it’s Scott’s daily driver.
And when a new car shows up? Scott has a ritual. “First thing I do is donuts in it,” he says with a grin. That tells you everything about how he sees these machines — not as fragile artifacts, but as living characters that need to move, breathe, and make noise.
Still Raising Storms –
So what happens when the last surviving Twisters Ram shows up on the streets of Branson? People stop in their tracks. Some recognize it instantly. Others just see the giant hail guard and storm gear and wonder what in the world is coming their way.
Either way, it’s impossible to miss. And after its big-screen debut, it still has the same aura it carried in theaters. A storm chaser retired from tornado duty, now raising small-town chaos every time its Cummins I6 fires.
That half-peeling bumper sticker says it all: “I’ll See You In Hail!”
