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Old 02-07-2012, 11:33 AM
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Default OT: Chevy advertisement in Super Bowl

I do not care about the truck, but some of the graphics were excellent for a TEOTWAWKI game setting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxFYYP8040A

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Old 02-07-2012, 12:06 PM
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Wow, they did a nice job with that production, very convincing looking settings and I loved the various winks and nods they made.

That said, not totally related, but I'm sure there'd be a least a few Chevy trucks jury-rigged as technicals/gun trucks in any apocalyptic/post apocalyptic setting. There's likely some floating around right now as such in some Third World area.
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Old 02-07-2012, 05:27 PM
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I like the way the one guy had a box of Twinkies. In the movie Zombieland, one character spent the whole movie looking for a Twinkie, and here's the chevy guy with a whole box.
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I wonder if they do a post apoc accessory pack?
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I wonder if they do a post apoc accessory pack?
The Tv show Sons of Guns on the Discovery Channel features a family team of gun builders/buyers/restoration that have in fact built up there own "professional" technical truck with GPS, a machine gun mount on a swiveling pintle turret ring, additional mountings for other weapons, ramming bumpers, and a few other extras. It's also very well polished and spruced up, and looks a hell of a lot nicer than the typical rag tag technicals you'd find in places like Africa.
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If it really was the PAW, then a Toyota Hi Lux (most common Technical platform) would have come by with MGs, shot up the chevy's and made off with the Twinkies.
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If it really was the PAW, then a Toyota Hi Lux (most common Technical platform) would have come by with MGs, shot up the chevy's and made off with the Twinkies.
True. Toyotas seems to be the most popular choice for a Technical conversion. Wonder why?

Maybe a lot of the rebels/guerillas/insurgents/militia/warlords/etc. who did the conversions heard the Toyota catchprase "Oh what a feeling, Toyota!" one too many times.
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True. Toyotas seems to be the most popular choice for a Technical conversion. Wonder why?

Maybe a lot of the rebels/guerillas/insurgents/militia/warlords/etc. who did the conversions heard the Toyota catchprase "Oh what a feeling, Toyota!" one too many times.
UK readers may remember the Top Gear attempts to destroy one - they are close to indestructible! It's the vehicle I would give to Capt Scarlett!
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True. Toyotas seems to be the most popular choice for a Technical conversion. Wonder why?
My guess would be price and reliability. Here in Australia Toyotas have a reputation for being very mechanically reliable. Because of the huge numbers of them that are manufactured they are also very cost-effective for aid groups to buy in bulk, and I suspect aid groups is probably where many third world militias source their vehicles.

If there are large numbers of Toyota utility vehicles available and individually they tend to keep going and going with little and/or poor maintenance, it would make sense that they end up being the dominant technical vehicle. They keep going and going and when they finally die they get cannabilised for parts for the remaining vehicles.
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My guess would be price and reliability. Here in Australia Toyotas have a reputation for being very mechanically reliable. Because of the huge numbers of them that are manufactured they are also very cost-effective for aid groups to buy in bulk, and I suspect aid groups is probably where many third world militias source their vehicles.

If there are large numbers of Toyota utility vehicles available and individually they tend to keep going and going with little and/or poor maintenance, it would make sense that they end up being the dominant technical vehicle. They keep going and going and when they finally die they get cannabilised for parts for the remaining vehicles.

"Nothing outlasts the Toyota Technical. It keeps going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going...."
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I was going to mention the Top Gear attempts to destroy a Hi Lux, but James beat me to it. Best advert for Toyota I have ever seen- especially as it was made by a team who were quite open about their initial dislike for the vehicle...
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Scroll down on this site, below the paragraphs, they have several pics of Toyotas in use by rebels in the recent (or is that possibly ongoing?) conflict in Libya.

http://www.fastmotoring.com/index.ph...lux-technical/

Notice in particular the one pic of the guy who's standing by the truck as it's firing off rockets (not sure what size or type, Katyusha or something similiar I think) from a jury-rigged launcher on the back. You can also see what I'm assuming is a cable leading to a firing switch.

Notice the backblast of the rocket though. Even though that guy is standing off to the side, that still looks a little close for comfort.
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