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May 5, 2009 3:38 PM

What is the tracked camper vehicle that Bill and Joan are riding in at the end of the film Naked Lunch and where can i get one?
posted by Capt Jingo to travel & transportation (9 comments total)

Not familiar with the movie, but is it a Liberty Mini Mog?
posted by MrMoonPie at 4:11 PM on May 5

This is the scene, but I had assumed it was a prop.
posted by steef at 4:24 PM on May 5

It was some variation of the "half-track". It's been so long since I saw the movie that I don't recall the specifics. If you scroll through the Google image search for half-track, you should spy something similar:
half-track - Google Image Search
posted by crenquis at 4:25 PM on May 5

From the director's description: And so they arrive together, in a strange ramshackle buglike half-track vehicle, at the borders of Annexia. It is as cold and barren as Interzone was hot ...
posted by crenquis at 4:29 PM on May 5

Looks like an old Bombardier snowmobile, with wheels swapped in for the skis.
posted by teg at 4:34 PM on May 5

Bombardier B-12.
posted by Sys Rq at 4:52 PM on May 5 [1 favorite has favorites]

It is worth noting that this particular model is fairly iconic and well known in Canada. You don't see too many that are still running, but there are quite a few rusting in backyards in the North.
posted by ssg at 5:44 PM on May 5

As seen at the National Museum of the American Indian!
posted by MrMoonPie at 7:29 PM on May 5

Excellent, thanks everyone!
posted by Capt Jingo at 1:26 PM on May 7