D Spares & Tyres Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I have always been fascinated with a post apocalyptic world. It may yet happen, who knows.... What would you drive? It would have to be an old diesel. Petrol would be near impossible to find but diesel may still be available, or if not then other things could be sourced that would work in an old diesel. You wouldn't want any electrics in the engine. Batteries will die eventually so you want something that will run without a decent battery, you can leave it on a hill and bump it to start. Spares will no longer be available so after a decade or so cambelts will no longer be an option. Clutch slaves will fail too eventually. Brakes are not important, just slow down with gears and stop on the handbrake What does that leave left running? Old tractors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 A Ford Falcon XB Coupe... chaseracer, Eddie Honda, bunglebus and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Steam powered stuff like traction engines? Solid enough roads for them to run on could be increasingly hard to find, though. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Merc 300D W123. Sure, a 240D might be more economical, but sod it. The world has ended and the five-pot warble might allow me some enjoyment. mercrocker, MorrisItalSLX, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 XUD Berlingo with the stop solenoid removed. Lacquer Peel, Bamboocarman and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 land rovers and hiluxs eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Daresay some smart arse would convert a solar panel - into collecting radioactivity - wire it up to a Prius and fuck me -go like a drag car although sitting in it will produce scabs and an extra arm Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I'd be staying inside with a air rifle until the baked beans run out. Carlosfandango, BorniteIdentity, Bamboocarman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Coprolalia correctly established in the eBay thread recently that the only things that will survive a nuclear blast are 90s Toyotas and cockroaches. I don't know how to tell the two apart, but he is right. phil_lihp, Bamboocarman, egg and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Knowing my luck, my chances of being among the survivors would be zero, so if anyone thinks a scruffy, Cat C nuclear holocaust damaged Mazda could be useful, feel free Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Volvo 740. Even after an EMP from a nuclear blast the bastard headlights woukd still be on. Cambelt done in 20 minutes using tights. egg, Heidel_Kakao, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alusilber Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I used to think that one of the advantages of owning a car too old to have an ECU or any other fancy digital electronics is that it would be immune from the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear explosion. But apparently, moderns might not be so vulnerable to EMP after all... https://www.lifewire.com/would-your-car-survive-an-emp-attack-3903248 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 any 1990's toyota. petrol - diesel, it doesn't matter. similarly the actual model doesn't either, though the Hi-lux, corolla and the starlet would be my best guess for still running after world war 3. Bamboocarman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 You can have whatever you want, there's just you and 10000 single women to repopulate the planet I would suggest a large V8 BorniteIdentity and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 It will be the Ford Model T, which is the car of the future anyway.Magneto ignition, designed to run on Ethanol, on which it indeed runs actually better, no brakes,hence no brake parts needed.When Henry decided to build it en masse, he didn't know whether there will be enough petrol to fuel them,so his idea from the onset was to design it for bio fuel and farmers to allocate part of their land to plantdistillable crops. Something that keeps fascinating me in every post apocalypse film I ever saw is that the preferred conveyancewhen resources are scarce for the baddies are the biggest bloody V8s ever and the goodies walking acrossa landmass at least the size of Africa while carefully ignoring every bicycle or moped by the wayside. D Spares & Tyres, mercrocker, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 A Ford Falcon XB Coupe...Wrong fuel Merc 300D W123. Sure, a 240D might be more economical, but sod it. The world has ended and the five-pot warble might allow me some enjoyment.Yes this would be my choice XUD Berlingo with the stop solenoid removed.Great til the cambelt snaps land rovers and hiluxsYep. Not sure about hydraulic clutch or not though Knowing my luck, my chances of being among the survivors would be zero, so if anyone thinks a scruffy, Cat C nuclear holocaust damaged Mazda could be useful, feel free Depends how much fuel you leave in it Volvo 740.Even after an EMP from a nuclear blast the bastard headlights woukd still be on.Cambelt done in 20 minutes using tights.But where are you going to buy the new cambelt? Will the tights be given to you or will there be a fight? DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Besides, there will always be a Rover P6 V8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I have two old diesels,1986 Peugeot 205 xud,and my converted FE estate,both old school engines. I think the FE would be a good Post Apocalyptic car,raise the suspension,fit a bull bar and cover the windows with sheet steel and it's good to go. Bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonbennet Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 70 or 80 series Landcruiser.Almost nothing electrical needed, take the stop solenoid out park on a hill and bump start the sods if no batteries available . MorrisItalSLX and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 http://www.motorradmanufaktur.de/index.php?main=462Sommer 462 diesel enduroAnd a couple of Winchester semi-auto 12 bores strapped to my tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Micra K11 - the very definition of an automotive cockroach adw1977, barefoot, Jim Bell and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Peugeot 504 diesel estate DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Yar owl dooin it RONG. martc, Bobthebeard, Cleon-Fonte and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 2CV or something eastern european. Mostly because they're designed to be fixed with a big hammer and fueled with the crappiest fuel imaginable. So that homebrew moonshine will work great in it. Failing that, a quad bike or motorbike. Most can be started without electrotrickery and again, run on shit fuel. Plus the added durability is useful when roads are turning to shit from lack of people to maintain them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 2CV or something eastern european. Mostly because they're designed to be fixed with a big hammer and fueled with the crappiest fuel imaginable. So that homebrew moonshine will work great in it. Actually this describes an old yank much more.Especially the 2CV is reliant on some pretty good quality essence and huile, whereas an old yank will win the Daytona 500with four quarts (whatever that is) of Pennzoil detergent and some crew members pissing in the tank after a good night out. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Best I hang on to the HiAce then. Bamboocarman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkjagnz Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Something that keeps fascinating me in every post apocalypse film I ever saw is that the preferred conveyancewhen resources are scarce for the baddies are the biggest bloody V8s ever and the goodies walking acrossa landmass at least the size of Africa while carefully ignoring every bicycle or moped by the wayside.Except The Stand (Stephen King) Frannie and Harold use pushbikes and small motorbikes Shep Shepherd, Junkman and stormee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Coprolalia correctly established in the eBay thread recently that the only things that willsurvive a nuclear blast are 90s Toyotas and cockroaches.I don't know how to tell the two apart, but he is right.Toyotas do not make a gratifying crunch noise when stood on, nor do they exude noxious yellow ooze. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 One of these..... although I am pretty sure some meddling Gubbermint types would survive the holocaust and before doing anything constructive would immediately ban anything that I would want to drive. BMC B Series diesel FTW I would put my Cowley interior in it though..... Junkman, strangeangel and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Is that a euphemism? Junkman, mercrocker and adw1977 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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