Cannibalize a car

[monkeybird]

Patriotic Sheepdog your list is very good. Having never looked under the hood of a car this information is valuable. I know, from reading other sites, a car is a good dehydrator for food.

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

Depending on your retreat, the seats could make a bed or just a place to get you off the ground. There would be plenty of flammable materials as well. Wire could be used for trip wire, snare wire or just for general purpose lashing to preserve rope/paracord. Red plastic lenses could be cut/broken to be placed over flashlights to maintain night vision and also help preserve OPSEC when operating flashlights outdoors at nite. Many of us have lights that have red/green bulbs, but not everyone or every light in your retreat may have them. Seat belts could be used as makeshift tourniquets if needed. Glass could be used in making a solar oven(s). Hydraulics may be able to be rigged up to help split logs for firewood. Water pump as a water pump although I would not use for potable water.

[610Alpha]

most likely the batteries would be the first thing removed from them. In JWR's book Patriots one of his characters buys bayonet light converters for all the spare bulbs left in broke down vehicles. I have looked into these a little bit but don't know much about them.

Like a previous post said only limited by the tools and imagination you have. Arrowheads; Spears; Garden Hoe; Shelter;

[LizardKing]

A manual shear and a brake, and you'd be in the custom metal business.

[eeyore]

i would suggest that the lights alone with with the battery would be useful.
The alternator to recharge, the battery or series of them.
The fuel pump to transfer fuel.
The catalytic converter has a good amount of precious metals ( Platinum, Palladium and rhodium Cerium, iron, manganese and nickel are also used,Copper can be used
wire is copper
wheels and frame for a trailer
glass for a lot of things
radio for listening
Speakers for amplification of radio or music

I even remember with fabrication a mill out of car (but i guess it was a running car.

[EX121]

Probably only limited by need and by imagination. Some friends of mine have 3 old saburu wagans that make great greenhouses once all of the seats were removed. Easy to venilate, etc.

[Hawkeye]

The list of possibilities is quite long, especially if you have some tools available.

[Lowdown3]

Here's an interesting idea-

In the PAW their is likely to be countless scores of non functioning vehicles around.

These could be a good source of raw materials for various projects, remanufacturing, etc. to glean from.

Take an average car that's now not running- what all could you pull off of it and what could you do with it?

For example- seatbelts are good quality strong webbing, you could make Swiss seats out them, pack straps, etc.