By Robert Emslie
Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer.
I’m going to say right off the top that my imaginary bike stable includes a 1975 Honda 400-Four, a 1956 Triumph TR6-B Trophy, and a 1974 BMW R90s in Daytona Orange. Yes, I have eclectic tastes.
Your tastes were equally eccentric, and varied between those who started their contribution with “Not a bike guy…” and those who opened with “I’m old and want something comfortable.” I think both of those positions rule out actual purchase, however the bikes that got the most votes, and hence might actually find a home amongst us (not really) included a cool vintage ROKON MX340 offered up by mdharrell. Along similar lines came a 2012 URAL with a sidecar that JayP thought might be garage-worthy.
Our winner however was a bike somewhat along the lines of my favorite Japanese bike. That was the 1976 Honda CB750 found by Alff and described as having sat indoors and undercover for the last 33 years. Wow!
Congrats to Alff, and thank you all for getting back on two wheels. Now, let’s get prepped.
Jeff Glucker
The Shorland armored vehicle I posted a while ago is still available, but honestly, who wants to spend a lot of time searching for Land Rover parts in a post-apocalyptic hellscape? Aside from me, that is. No, the better option is a ’78 International that’s equipped to drill its way down to a less contaminated source of drinking water.
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https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/hvo/6113304201.html
The 1942 Volvo TVC was built as a towing truck, but the big cab and bed makes it excellent as an apocalypse vehicle. My living quarters will be in the rear seat and the bed will serve as cargo and gun deck. Also, there’s a discount if you buy two!
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https://www.blocket.se/ystad/Volvo_TVC_73683653.htm?ca=11&w=3
This one’s got its marketing bases covered – if not to a prepper, sell to hipsters as a tiny house! And a few weeks after the apocalypse, the purchaser can pull up the wood floor to feed their tiny stove.
https://bend.craigslist.org/cto/6134869219.html
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1986 Chevy Suburban 3/4 ton 4X4 with a 350. The 350 can be fixed with parts found on the side of the road. Being a carburated engine it shouldn’t be too hard to convert to wood gasification, no need for gas stations or trying to siphon old gas out of abandoned cars (seriously Walking Dead, at 4-5 years into the Zombie Apocalypse, how does any abandoned car still have gas that hasn’t gone bad, let alone a battery that isn’t dead.) Plenty of room for the family, pets, and supplies. Needs a little work, but it could all be easily fixed.
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https://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/cto/6135718833.html
So what HTML magic/Google -Fu is needed now to get Craigslist pictures to post?
It’s just flaky. Speaking of siphoning, what is that in the back of the Suburban? Looks like a tank with a pump on top.
Maybe a diesel tank. The ad did mention something rather odd, 48k miles and “never been tagged”. So my guess is some sort of farm truck.
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This has possibilities. I could see a couple of bunks in the back. Lots of storage space to organize your survival gear. It already has a generator. Maybe convert it to a greasel.
https://images.craigslist.org/00Q0Q_6ECElQhUIzR_600x450.jpg
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ctd/6124725932.html
Gonna need something mechanically simple, with plenty of room inside. Adopting the logic that drives certain municipalities to paint their housing projects in pastel colors (Looking at you, Watts), you want a vehicle that is cheerfully unthreatening…
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Just black out the side windows, add some steel plate behind them with cut outs for gun ports. Maybe a ring mount for a machine gun on the roof. Keep the paint job.
This claimed-700-horsepower turbodiesel 2001 Ford Excursion will hold your extended family and a hell of a lot of MREs. Not to mention it can probably outrun the zombies, at least for as long as the fuel lasts.
https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/6135971216.html
1967 kaiser jeep
condition: excellent
cylinders: 6 cylinders
fuel: diesel
odometer: 25472
paint color: custom
size: full-size
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: offroad
PRICE REDUCED!!!!
I have a newly completed M109 and M105 trailer combo for sale!
Truck has 25472 miles and 802 hours on a very clean mutifuel engine
All service done in the last 500 miles, fluids, brake adjustments and bearings checked
Motor runs amazing starts, stops and shifts like it should
Custom interior with spring ride seats and mortar can arm rests ( have factory bench if desired)
Exterior has fresh paint, truck had zero rust when bought but was faded and had some pealing spots, box top has been covered in white rubberized rv roof coating to help with heat!
New soft top on truck cab
New batteries
New generator/ alternator
50 gallon black/grey holding tank
Box interior
New 1 3/4 in treated plywood floor covered in new vinyl rolled behind pvc baseboards to seal flooring
New water heater , new ac, 32×32 shower stall, porcelain bowl rv toilet, new fridge/freezer combo, bar sink and 8′ maple bar,
Twin bunks, led lights and plenty of other stuff I’m sure I have forgot to mention!
M105 trailer also included…. Carrying a fifty gallon fresh water tank, 12 volt pump wired to switch for water, new marine deep cycle battery mounted in battery box, Two spares for truck or trailer
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Euro-answer would be “Unimog or similar”, like the Volvo above. I’d say this would be good choice: Magirus Deutz FM 170 D 11 FA, comes with Bundeswehr’s shelter-box which has cupboards, desk, Ladder, electricity and own heater. Needs some brake- and other TLC.
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=245293876
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Or how about cheap 4×4 fire engine? Has prolly drinking water tank, which is def. needed, and a lot of potential for conversion. https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=236480237
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This seems apocalypse ready. 60 mph max. Has 2,6 ton crane, front loader and 2x 5 ton winches. Perfect.
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=241186649
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This is much cheaper, though: https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=245507270
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It’s cheaper, sure, but the gray one definitely has the endzeit look required for the job.
that looks a bit like a doka version of the US Army “Small Emplacement Excavator” except they have a backhoe.
If you are so worried that the world is going to hell in a handbasket that you fear that you will need to live out of your vehicle, then you need to get a SERIOUS vehicle. Personally I wouldn’t want to spend my last days living in the bed of a pickup truck. At nearly 40 feet long, a PTS-10 should be able to offer a little more elbow room. Also, amphibious capability seems like it would come in handy. Why settle for a glorified tent, when you could have a quasi-house boat! Might need to do some construction on the bed to make a suitable habitat.
http://www.exarmyvehicles.com/media/galleries/1668/pts_10_04.jpg
http://www.exarmyvehicles.com/offer/tracked-vehicles/other-tracked-vehicles/amphibious-tracked-carrier-pts-10#lightbox-grouped%5Bg%5D/4/
No price listed.
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Actually, this thing seems a little small. I’d rather have a LARC-LX for only $2,000,000.
http://www.yachtboutique.com/images/LARC%20LX%20Port%20Side.JPG
http://www.yachtboutique.com/Designers/JFR/LARC-LX.htm
Yes! Because zombies don’t swim well.
I dare say if you have to ask, you can’t afford it!
Ideal for you and 72 of your closest friends apparently, with a 38L V12 for motivation!
Enough room for 72 of your closest friends or maybe a family of 5.
1. The army’s idea of space requirements seems to be about the same as elevator manufacturers, ie can you still breathe?, Ok, room for one more.
2. Babies don’t take up much space, but their stuff sure does
For the prepper who doesn’t want to build it himself, a ready for forest 4×4 MBenz prepper truck, everything has been taken care of. https://suchen.mobile.de/wohnwagen-inserat/mercedes-benz-1019-af-bothel/245452245.html
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getchu a bobbed deuce!
https://easttexas.craigslist.org/cto/6131701606.html
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much cheaper to buy than you might expect, supremely durable, and parts will be all over the post-apocalypse United States once M35s move into the bases that will be established in each and every one of our houses during Jade Helm ’19.
the one i linked is a fixer-upper for sure, but if you buy a functional one you’ll be tempted to register it, and then the government will know you have it.
I would think a prepper would want something they could easily source parts from, so if your Volvo, Unimog or Mercedes breaks down in Kansas you might be waiting for that sweet Intl. Loadstar well digger or bus to pick you up. The International Loadstar models spanned 3 decades..
That’s why the first thing that I thought of was something with a SBC V-8. Doesn’t matter where you are in North America, parts as as close as the nearest auto parts store or junkyard, ANY of them.
Posted one before, but I’ll post it again 🙂
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Why Tatra? The War Rig from Mad Max: Fury Road was based on a Tatra (different model, but still). I can’t imagine a better prepper truck.