9/16/2023 0 Comments Mad max beyond thunderdome jet car![]() ![]() Underneath the golf cart body work is the motor and full suspension of a Raptor 660 quad. “Rapture: What looks like an unassuming, flat black golf cart, is really a roaring beast on four wheels. Screwloose took “Best Survival Vehicle” at the Wasteland World Car Show in 2016. It is now an unstoppable, all-terrain people mover, and carries our camp mates across the desert at both Burning Man and Wasteland Weekend. This required extensive work on the truck to get them to fit. We then found 36 15×15.5 flotation tires to carry this behemoth across the desert. It has four removable steel ribs which support the canvas shade that covers the back of the vehicle, giving it that iconic ‘covered wagon’ look. We stripped it of all the body work but the cab and set to work building a custom steel exoskeleton with long bench seats running down either side where the bed used to be. “It started life as a 1987 Ford F250 diesel that was owned by our good friend Matthew Nelson, a member of Deathguild who approached us to build the truck in 2015. “Screwloose: This massive people mover is a tribute truck built after Max’s camel truck in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome,” he said. So I asked Spud to describe his most notable vehicles that have been showcased at Wasteland Weekend. It’s these vehicles that have gained Spud more nation-wide attention as Wasteland Weekend’s – and the post-apocalyptic genre’s in general – popularity has exploded. During the last few years I have had the opportunity to branch back into building vehicles and have done many bikes and cars.” ![]() “When I first joined the event I was part of a very talented group of people building set pieces for the event, including the stage, main gates, Atomic Café, and Wastey the Crane. When he moved from England to California, he brought his love of all things ratty along with him. And then he discovered Wasteland Weekend. Spud has been featured in Awol Magazine at the age of 18 with several other published features under his belt since. “When I first started out all I really had to work with was a hacksaw and a hammer,” he recalled. Current owner of Lord Spud’s Motorcycle Emporium, and former owner of S&M Customs in England, Spud has been building Mad Max style rat bikes and vehicles since he was 17 years old. Not only is custom car building a passion of Spud’s, but it’s also his career. He has built some of my personal favorites out at Wasteland Weekend, and has been an integral part of the annual California event itself. When I first hatched the idea of creating the Aftermath event website with helpful interviews featuring some of the most prominent people in the Wasteland scene, Spud Innit topped the list of car builders I knew I had to feature. ![]()
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