Changing Times ATV Article

Changing Times, the Kiplinger Magazine featured this article in their May, 1970 edition titled "ATV's: Invincible Vehicles that go Anywhere ...for hard work...or just for play" . It is a good article on the booming popularity of AATVs in the 70's and even has a section about conservationists being upset about ATVs even back then. The last page has a neat comparison chart on different ATVs.

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The magazine "Camping Industry" featured this article in the October/November 1970 issue. It is titled "ATVs and Camping Activities Go Together Like Ham and Eggs" and it talks about the popularity of ATVs with campers in the early 70's. It features an RV dealership that also sells AATVs.



Here is another article on AATVs from the same issue titled "What's New on the Market". It features over 15 different 6x6 ATVs from a variety of manufacturers.
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Here is an article titled "How the ATV tire is made". It outlines some of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's processes for manufacturing ATV balloon tires.

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This article details the first balloon tires manufactured in 1963 by BFG for the Jiger. It features an Amphicat wearing BFG tires.

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All-Terrain Adventure Vehicles was written in 1972 by John W. Malo. It was an all encompassing book that detailed multiple facets of traveling over difficult terrain. The book had chapters on four wheel drives, dune buggies, trail bikes, mini bikes, three wheelers, snowmobiles, airboats, canoes, etc but of particular interest to us were four chapters on ATVs. They are posted below and have some great pictures and information on multiple brands of six and eight wheelers. If you look on ebay, am...

Here is a cool article from the October 1988 edition of 3 and 4 wheel action on springers and 6x6 atvs. It is titled "6 Wheeled Psychos" and speaks of their popularity and competitiveness as well as NATVA.


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How to build an angle iron body band The angle iron body band will strengthen the structure of your machine and also protect it again collision damage. It can also work for an attachment point for a roll bar or other structure such as a cab. I made mine for an Attex st300d but it will work with any aatv with a body seam. Jiggers for example don’t have the seam. Some models like the Max II have more bends but it’s all done the same way. If your machine is still equipped with a rubber bod...

I pulled my tracks off the other day, and found that I had 6 loose outer axle bearings. A couple of them were not too bad, and all of them would have been fine for a while. However, I had the parts and (I thought) a bit of time, before I was supposed to go for a ride with friends, so I replaced them. I ended up in a bit of a hurry. You won't find any white shop coats and clean hands in this vid, but if you want to see how to change a brng and seals on an Argo, you can check it out. Yes, I know ...

The literature section of the site houses miscellaneous literature related to amphibious ATVs. It is here that you will find magazine articles related to the industry that were published 10-30 years ago. This is another section populated solely by the members of the site so that we can all share in some nostalgia.

a few people were asking how i built the floor pan for my attex racer so i thought i'd just post it. the same bassic idea should work for other machines. i started with a peice of .090 aluminum 25 1/2 inches wide by 20 inches long. laid out all the cuts (first pic) and cut it out. on the inside where it goes around the laterals i punched the corners in a rotax punch with a 1" circle. the cutout for the foot brake got punched with a half inch. then use a band saw to make the cuts, and clean it up...

BEFORE YOU PULL! Practice using your winch before you get stuck. A real situation is no time to be learning how to use your winch. Make sure new wire rope is stretched before it is first used. Unspool the full length of the wire rope, leaving 5 wraps on the drum. Apply at least 500 pounds of tension.You can do this by setting up an anchor point and pulling your vehicle to it on a slightly inclined, flat surface and letting the vehicle roll. Whether you’re recovering another vehicle or pu...