(Photos courtesy of Entertainment Weekly and giantfreakinrobot.com) Oh, hell effing yes…Max Rockatansky is back.
Official photos have surfaced of the vehicles used in Mad Max: Fury Road, and whoever is in charge of getting the vehicles together, congratulations are due because they do the same things that the vehicles from the first three installments did for us before: They are post-apocalyptic kitbashes that are on the lunatic fringe, they are absolutely horrifying to most people, and to the people who get it, they are badass in the highest order. Just look at them!
Not much is really known about them yet. From the pictures we’ve been able to find, the Benz/semi combination appears to be an American military frame, possibly a HET (Heavy Equipment Transporter) frame. Less known is the “porcupine truck”, though it too appears to be military based. The Ford Highboy/HMMWV combination is fairly interesting, and McTaggart was last seen scouring the Australian Craigslist, screaming something about a Valiant ute and shipping containers.
These are only a couple of the vehicles known. We’re salivating to see the rest.
if you are serious about scoring a valiant ute, try http://www.gumtree.com.au – craigslist isn’t real big here but gumtree is..
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/berriedale/cars-vans-utes/1975-chrysler-valiant-sedan/1050194658
on the first page alone I found half a dozen, $1,000 – $3,000 but the one above looks pretty nice!
That’s helpful! I was digging through the Brisbane and Melbourne CL’s and was wondering why it was a ton of idiots from Florida trying to sell a V6 Mustang nobody wants…
Note to producers: Puh-LEEZE respect the franchise and don’t green-screen the entire movie. Better yet, not even one scene. If I hear you did, I am not going to go see it.
The ‘Porcupine’ truck is an MAN 6X6 KAT1 military truck as used by various European countries, with what looks like a JCB mini digger on the rear.
Have you seen the double decker ’59 Caddy? Pure madness.
http://www.pinupsandkustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Mad-Max-2013-This-one-has-2-Chevrolet-Engines-with-800-HP-each-and-two-superchargers-and-4-turbos.-It-sounds-like-a-Fucking-Jet.jpg
Some Caddy collector is in tears. I’d seen pics of this thing up for a bit now…whoever thought to use tractor tires..bravo, sir.
I never really understood why people (a/k/a “roving bands of marauders”) in the “post-apocalyptic,” dystopian future would just weld together a a bunch of random junk. . . the ayatollah(s) bad-taste-ola . . . . ” #post-apocalyticshotrods
Should be “the ayatollah(s) of bad-taste-ola”
^^^^^^^ Ayatola Stick up Assola ^^^^^^