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Post Apocalyptic Vehicle (go with it)

3.7K views 31 replies 24 participants last post by  NMNeil  
#1 ·
Bare with me.

The other day a Doomsdayist that comes into work bought in his 4x4x4 survival landrover. A HUGE! 300td powered hi rise of a beast, that has pods and winches and god alone knows what stuck all over it.
He's spent the last 2 years building it. Now it looks pretty damn evil in a mad max kind if way, but I asked him if he really thought it was the way to go in event of the rapture or what ever he thinks is coming?
Anyway he's coming back in on Tuesday to find out what I think is the ideal after the "THUNDER" ride, so I'm going to run it past you guys first to see what you all think.

Remember, he's had 2 years building his so I think a bit of fabrication is allowed.

I'm going with a tube frame, a bit like a sandrail, using ford based front suspension and a mid mounted earlyish ford small displacement diesel engine. Why? Well, I think something light made out of common parts is the way forward. A pucture? Any ford/pug/cit will fit. Bend a bottom suspension arm? Rip one off the first fiesta you find. Blow the engine? That focus will do… etc. What are the chances of finding a landy water pump?
The small displacement diesel in a light vehicle would be plenty nippy, give good MPG and could run on used engine oil with some tweaks.
Need more room for stuff? A trailer that could be dropped if needs be.

Who's your money on?

Or any other ideas I could throw at him?

If I can convince him my DOOM BUGGY is a better idea he's buying me a breakfast bap :)

Chaley

(I know I've put too much thought into this, but there is breakfast involved!)
 
#7 · (Edited)
Since most full on doomsday scenarios will be caused by someone's itchy nuclear missile finger you need a vehicle that can fit inside a bunker when the bomb goes off, so size is a factor. You also need to know that when a bomb goes off it fries the electronics in a certain blast radius. so, anything with a computer to control the engine or any systems will not work after the bomb and emf pulse.

Then you need to move on to the fact that you need to live in a filtered air environment for a number of unspecified months after the blast so you don't breathe in contaminated dust, so the bunker/vehicle needs to be airtight and have filtration systems.

You might have to stay in the vehicle if you are away from the bunker so its got to be a van, not an estate as that will have large venerable side windows. fewer doors as possible so as to help seal it all up.

The air the engine will breathe will contaminate the engine so it needs to be reliable so you don't need to touch it or work on it.

Fuels will be in short supply so it need to get good mpg or at least run on loads of different stuff like heating oil, chip fat or if you are lucky diesel, this is better because these types of fuel do not degrade as fast as modern petrol which can be useless after a short time of storage.

So, small, simple, van, diesel with mods to filter air.

Astra van ? Circa 1990, 1700 non turbo 8V motor. Fit big tyres and a winch, you can kip in the back and put an air filter system on a roof rack.

vauxhall astra van | eBay

But obviously Matt Black. with the windows plated over and big moon discs protecting the wheels and tyres, actually, fill the tyres with that gel stuff so they don't get punctures.

Its less faff to just stand out in the middle of a field and get blown to bits in the first instance to be honest. you would do all this prep and then starve to death because the shops will be closed...
 
#32 ·
So, small, simple, van, diesel with mods to filter air.

Astra van ? Circa 1990, 1700 non turbo 8V motor. Fit big tyres and a winch, you can kip in the back and put an air filter system on a roof rack.

vauxhall astra van | eBay

But obviously Matt Black. with the windows plated over and big moon discs protecting the wheels and tyres, actually, fill the tyres with that gel stuff so they don't get punctures.

Its less faff to just stand out in the middle of a field and get blown to bits in the first instance to be honest. you would do all this prep and then starve to death because the shops will be closed...
A petrol engine would have more fuel options, including LPG and ethanol. If you drop the compression down it will run on any liquid that will burn, from high octane aviation spirit to creosote. :smoke:
 
#13 ·
Nuclear Submarine is your best bet, but would the world be worth coming back up for?
Of couse if it's the other kind of post apocalyptic scenario where most of the population have been wiped out by bird flu (like in th TV series The Survivors) leaving just a few people to start all over again get a Tank because everyone will be fighting over food and other resources .
 
#15 ·
small thought about all those aopocalyptic movies and series last few years:

it is ok to show people killing eachother over food, slashing zombies and people just turn on eachother and everyone seems to love it. even, or better especialy, the americans. but if they see pair of boobs of god behave a nipple on tele they start a riot.

strange world
 
#17 ·
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Run it on anything that burns and no tyres to puncture.
 
#27 ·
We've had much discussion on this at work, and the general concensus was that electric with diesel backup was the way forward. You need silent movement to get around with no detection, but need emergency power in the case of not being able to charge. As mentioned earlier, an older diesel motor will run on basically anything if needs be so fuel will be more readily available. You'll need enough space to carry your solar array to charge it each day and a secure place to sleep so a van based vehicle would be best.
 
#28 ·
My father in laws Russian Zil 131, took the coms body off and stuck it on a trailer and it's fully kitted out to live in (complete with bed, Chesterfield sofa, toilet, sink etc, we put a crane on the back just for fun and he put a cummins 6bt up front that will run for 100 life times with no problems, simple and easy to fix., oh and the 6 wheel drive is brilliant!

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