Maybe calling the AGL-4 a Gama Goat predecessor is assuming too much. The combination of Corvair six-cylinder engine and articulated joint doesn’t necessarily lead from one to the other, especially considering the fact that GM itself was behind the former and Ling-Temco-Vought built the latter. Besides, there was at least one other Corvair-powered articulated multi-wheeler […]
Quite coincidentally, while we were putting together the recent Four-Links post featuring the AGL-1, a Gama Goat predecessor, reader Steve Donohue from Port Clinton, Ohio, had come across a Gama Goat in the flesh at one of the local marinas and sent us some pictures. From the information he attached, we see that this particular […]
By 1909, crossing the country was a largely symbolic gesture, especially to deliver a message. Transcontinental runs were already becoming the stuff of legend, and trains and telegraphs had already connected the country.
However, the U.S. military had yet to fully grasp just how important the automobile would become. Considering how technologically advanced the military has […]