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.
They have Unimog and C303 but not Pinzgauer (or baby Halflinger)?? That’s just not right.
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
These all look like something the A-Team could whip up in a 30-second montage with a bicycle and some scrap metal.
You mention the Volvo X303 but don’t you mean Volvo C303?
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?
Wasn’t the Landmaster also the vehicle on the short lived series “Ark 2″?
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
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!)
They forgot the Landmaster from Damnation Alley! Doesn’t get any cooler then that!
http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/landmaster/
Where’s the Landmaster?