Ten Post-Apocalyptic Survival Vehicles

Oh, hell, let's make it two-in-a-row round-up linkbait capitulation: Jalopnik has put together a completely spurious, thoroughly entertaining list of the "Ten Best Post-Apocalyptic Survival Vehicles, including my lusted-after Earthroamer XV-JP. (I have to say, though, that that Volvo X303, a Unimog knock off it appears, is quite lovely and probably a sight less expensive.)

Of course none of them are as interesting-looking as the Dobbertin Surface Orbiter above which looks like a cross between a funny car and a golf pencil.

The Ten Best Post-Apocalyptic Survival Vehicles [Jalopnik]

[#1 posted by Anonymous , February 25, 2008 2:07 PM]

They forgot the Landmaster from Damnation Alley! Doesn't get any cooler then that!

http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/landmaster/

[#2 posted by V , February 25, 2008 2:28 PM]

Where's the Landmaster?

[#3 posted by majorhavoc , February 25, 2008 3:53 PM]

I agree, as per V and many posters at the Jalopnik website, omitting the Landmaster from Damnation Alley is a serious oversight.

For sheer versatility in a resource-strapped PA world however, this is another contender:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/02/25/marines-diesel-motor.html

[#4 posted by Anonymous , February 25, 2008 5:08 PM]

You mention the Volvo X303 but don't you mean Volvo C303?

[#5 posted by noen , February 25, 2008 5:10 PM]

Why do you need a Post-Apocalyptic Survival Vehicle? Wouldn't you be better off in a fortified self contained encampment? I wonder if there are any architects working on this very important need?

[#6 posted by strider_mt2k , February 25, 2008 5:23 PM]

Wasn't the Landmaster also the vehicle on the short lived series "Ark 2"?

[#7 posted by UncommonSense , February 25, 2008 5:54 PM]

What about the Bad Boy from Homeland Defense Vehicles? Options include:
Nuclear Biological & Chemical (NBC)

NBC resistant interior cabin environment
NBC detection and warning system
AuraGen - 6kW Engine-Driven Generator

Grill-mounted Infrared Illumination with Starlight 3rd generation

Night-vision goggles

http://www.badboytrucks.com/options.htm

[#8 posted by igm , February 25, 2008 11:24 PM]

They have Unimog and C303 but not Pinzgauer (or baby Halflinger)?? That's just not right.

[#9 posted by Hanglyman , February 26, 2008 2:05 AM]

These all look like something the A-Team could whip up in a 30-second montage with a bicycle and some scrap metal.

[#10 posted by Nadra , February 26, 2008 7:29 AM]

I take issue with calling the Volvo C303 a knockoff - it is an original design from 1974 for the Swedish military. (Most of the civilian ones you see today still have the roof hatch for the gunner!)