unnamednewbie13 wrote:
ok jane's, but you're talking about an ancient vehicle for the apocalypse. presumably you're going to be spending a lot of time offroad and packing around a bunch of extra weight in fuel and food and water and supplies, so ya slash those expectations.
if you do an electrical conversion, you'd still have to keep in mind generation, battery weight, and spares, especially spares, because hot weather suuuuucks. you're going to be hauling around a bunch of armor and its own fat ass besides. probably not the best way to spend limited power.
These are all excellent points.
Maybe instead of changing the powerplant in an old armoured vehicle maybe I should looking at up-armouring a modern vehicle?
I'm thinking a Patrol or Landcruiser with run-flats to start with.
The problem with this plan is how to turn up to a One Nation tailgate grill party in a truck which doesn't have a 'Rogue' or 'Raptor' or 'Wildcat' sticker on it.
As it is I have to ditch the Subaru and walk the last clicks (thats kms). Its curious that my excuse that my Jeep broke down has never been questioned.
i thought you were an engineer? don't you hang out with a bunch of prepper gun dweebs?
No, they hang out with me. Also we don't appreciate being called dweebs, but as non-violent people the worst we will do is deny you potato seeds when the time comes.
what happens if you need a part? order it from the mutant gatormen in florida? hope it eventually makes its way by sailboat past the great cajun war and hurricane-infested seas?
I cannot confirm or deny whether the prepper gun dweebs and the mutant gatormen of florida have a mutual support pact.
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