Can a Rover P6 Survive a Nuclear Holocaust?

[Keep it stiff]

Channel flipping last night I came across a film called Book of Eli. Set some date in the future, after the world has fallen apart, it includes a shoot-out scene when the hero, Denzel Washington, takes cover behind a P6. Certainly a Rover built to last!

[//j17]

Well no car is going to survive being close to a nuclear blast, but the farther you move out in the blast radius and physical survival is more likely - and then a P6 (or any other car of that or earlier vintage) becomes more likely to survive than more modern fare, as there are no micro electronics to get fried by the EMP radiation.

[Mr Tidy]

Somehow I find that idea unlikely, judging by the amount of rust my 1973 P6B had by 1981!

[Turbobanana]

To survive that surely you'd need an Ariel Atom. Or a Fairthorpe Electron Minor. Or a Proton.

[sixor8]

There was a sci-fi movie from the 1990s that featured a lot of Rover P6s. Struggled to find it at first, it was Gattaca (Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman).

They'd been supposedly 'converted' to run as electric vehicles, good prediction, I expect a few restos of this type soon. A pretty car with bolt on panels to a central chassis, they'd be easier to convert than some.

[bongtom]

It's defo a California model so will have no rust!

[peterperkins]

Anything pre electronic modules is the way to go.
Early Landrovers/Jeeps or big lumbering lorries to carry your baked bean supplies.

[Essel]

And here's me thinking only cockroaches and Nissan Micras will survive the end of times.
Also in films, citroen DS seem to feature regularly sometimes converted to flying as well.

[Lester H]

Essel said:

And here's me thinking only cockroaches and Nissan Micras will survive the end of times.
Also in films, citroen DS seem to feature regularly sometimes converted to flying as well.

Original VW Beetle also a good shout.

[Yertis]

Essel said:

And here's me thinking only cockroaches and Nissan Micras will survive the end of times.
Also in films, citroen DS seem to feature regularly sometimes converted to flying as well.

Weird really – in reality they drop to the ground at slightest provocation.

[Jimbo.]

Turbobanana said:

To survive that surely you'd need an Ariel Atom. Or a Fairthorpe Electron Minor. Or a Proton.

But most definitely not a Lancia Gamma.

[bongtom]

Yertis said:

Essel said:

And here's me thinking only cockroaches and Nissan Micras will survive the end of times.
Also in films, citroen DS seem to feature regularly sometimes converted to flying as well.

Weird really – in reality they drop to the ground at slightest provocation.

That's bloody hydraulic spheres for ya.

[Yertis]

sixor8 said:

There was a sci-fi movie from the 1990s that featured a lot of Rover P6s. Struggled to find it at first, it was Gattaca (Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman).

They'd been supposedly 'converted' to run as electric vehicles, good prediction, I expect a few restos of this type soon. A pretty car with bolt on panels to a central chassis, they'd be easier to convert than some.

It's an idea I've been kicking around for some time – inspired by Gattaca. It's the only electric conversion I really fancy. Spacious and safe, and apart from the V8 the engine isn't really part of the attraction.

[Yertis]

While we're (sort of) on this topic, another film with funky fuuristic versions of cool cars is 'In Time'.



I would happily sell my Quattro and my TR and my train set for a '71 Challenger – alas, it would not fit in the garage.