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Can anyone recommend an automobile to survive an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack?
ReveBM
| 05/13/2002
| ReveBM
Posted on 05/13/2002 11:25:37 AM PDT by ReveBM
Can anyone here recommend a particular model of auto that should theoretically be able to survive an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack? I am assuming in this case that the car would be far away from the nuclear explosion to not be affected by direct blast damage. If you could mention a particular model and model year, and any other things you would note about why this car would run in the period following the attack. I prefer more modern cars that I can actually afford, as opposed to Model T's.
Also, does anyone know of body shops that can "harden" a car against EMP? I assume this would involve removing all of the computer chips from the car and replacing them with "hardened" chips if those exist.
Does anyone know of any outfits that sell "hardened against EMP" appliances available to a retail consumer?
I suppose I could just take the "hard" path and wait for an EMP attack and hope that it only effects a limited area of the United States (perferrably not near where I live). Then I would have to wait for remaining private industry to crank up and sell products shielded against EMP.
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:25:38 AM PDT
by
ReveBM
To: ReveBM
Dude...go buy some tinfoil...wrap your car...and make a matching hat....
2
posted on
05/13/2002 11:35:57 AM PDT
by
antivenom
To: ReveBM
Get a pedal-powered kiddy car. Not much room but start every time ;-)
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:39:08 AM PDT
by
varon
To: ReveBM
Anything British, An EMP attack has a 50% chance of making the car run better.
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:39:14 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
To: antivenom
Can I use Reynolds Wrap (TM) or do I have to get some other special kind of tinfoil?
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:39:32 AM PDT
by
ReveBM
To: ReveBM
Can anyone here recommend a particular model of auto that should theoretically be able to survive an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack?Yeah, but they're called bicycles.
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:39:34 AM PDT
by
TomServo
To: ReveBM
A Model A should survive nicely.
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:39:38 AM PDT
by
OBAFGKM
To: ReveBM; Orual; dighton; Lazamataz; dead
Let's see if this thread can survive such an explosion first.
Just for experimentation purposes, you know.
To: antivenom
Ditto. This guy is much more likey in a regular car accident.
To: ReveBM
EMP shielding is little more than a faraday cage. That is metal cladding to direct the charge around what is to be protected. Therefore, a car should be fairly well protected already...
Mike
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:40:46 AM PDT
by
MichaelP
To: ReveBM
Well, cars still had point-type ignition systems in the early 1970s. Those should be OK, and the Chrysler electronic ignitions from about 1973-80 (except Lean Burn) have easily replaceable control boxes.
To: ReveBM
One of those pedal cars like I had when a little boy would do fine.
Why worry about a car? Where are you going to get the petrol, mate? The pumps have chips too. You would have the only working car in the country but nowhere to drive it since the streets would be blocked by abandoned cars and trucks and no place to get gas.
To: antivenom
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:41:50 AM PDT
by
Talkwire
To: ReveBM
Yes it's the 1996 Pontiac Bonneville - It is impervious to the electro magnetic pulse created by detonation of a nuclear device. I happen to have one in my garage I'll sell you. Remember not just any 1996 Bonneville will do it must (I repeat) MUST have a spun rod bearing to stand up to EMP.
To: ReveBM
Also, does anyone know of body shops that can "harden" a car against EMP? I assume this would involve removing all of the computer chips from the car and replacing them with "hardened" chips if those exist.Actually, it would involve placing a Faraday cage inside your engine compartment.
Radiation-hardened chips have a miniscule production rate, as they are very expensive to make and are only economically useful in areas where it is KNOWN they will be exposed to high radiation flux.
Does anyone know of any outfits that sell "hardened against EMP" appliances available to a retail consumer?
Ones that really sell these things, or ones that SAY they're hardened against EMP?
I suppose I could just take the "hard" path and wait for an EMP attack and hope that it only effects a limited area of the United States (perferrably not near where I live). Then I would have to wait for remaining private industry to crank up and sell products shielded against EMP.
Actually, any EMP powerful enough to reliably kill your car is likely to be strong enough to bake your brains as well...
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:42:53 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
To: ReveBM
NOOO...has to be TIN foil NOT aluminum foil...sheeessshhh...
To: ReveBM
Any car with points and no computer box will be EMP resistent. Most of the about pre 1975 cars were such cars. about 1976 they started to include different levels of solid state components in the ignition systems.
My 1971 Mustang Mach 1 is such a car and is stinkingly fast.
To: ReveBM
Build a box for your car made of foot-thick lead on all sides, and cover it in another foot of concrete. Park your car inside. Voila!
Seriously...where do you think you're going to get gas if there's an EMP attack? And you had better bulletproof the car too, since if yours is the only one running after the attack, someone else is going to want it. Don't waste your time.
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:43:08 AM PDT
by
July 4th
To: ReveBM
I think you are acting a litte too hasty at this juncture,
BUT...this information
should be discussed with the same seriousness as any other topic on this forum.
I doubt the average mechanic even knows what an EMP is, so the chances of one being able to fix it is slim and none. I'll ask some mechanics today, though, when I go to work!
If this a joke post, let me remind you...China has nukes and the delivery sysyem to send them over here! (Thank you klinton!) And in the news today, Russia is planning to resume "nook-yoo-lar" (as bush pronounces it) testing soon. Put North Korea, Iraq, and Iran in the picture, and your question gains more validity.
To: ReveBM
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posted on
05/13/2002 11:43:24 AM PDT
by
Lanman
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