Two Stroke Price List

Here is a cool price list for JLO, Kohler, CCW, Sachs, and Hirth two stroke engines. I'll take 2 of each.

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An article from Time Magazine dated November 23, 1970 that points out why ATVs, dirt bikes, and dune buggies are a bad thing.

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Here are several newspaper / newsletter clippings featuring pictures or articles about amphibious ATVs.

A scanned page from the Hancock Herald newspaper in Hancock, NY on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Several 6x6 World members took part in a parade in Hancock, NY and thanks to George, they were featured in the local newspaper giving some great exposure to this site and the hobby.

Snow Cruising - ATV uses neither fish nor foul in pursuit of sport ...

1970 Snowsports Dealer News article on the ATV industry. An interesting forcast of the ATV industry and how it compliments the snowmobile market:

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May 1970 Article from Recreational Industry titled "ATV Races and Rallys Trigger Consumer Excitement". A great story on the booming popularity of amphibious ATVs and the role that ATV racing played in their popularity.



A 1970 spring/summer article from Recreational Vehicle Business in the business and finance section titled "ATV Market Potential Lures Major Industries"

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An article from Perfect Circle's 75th Diamond Anniversary edition titled "All Terrain Vehicles" by Joan Collins

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Here is a great article in Popular Science magazine from December 1961 that focuses on the Jiger 6x6 ATV from John Gower


Here are a few pages from a Popular Science magazine article from February 1970 titled "The Case of the Agile ATVs". It talks about ATVs in general but mentions Attex, Amphicat, Coot, and others.
Here is a link to a Popular Science article in the March 1971 issue that talks about the Sears Sportster, the Ruppster, and the Sperry Rand...

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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A random Spanish article submitted of multiple amphibious ATVs including the "Gato Montes" which translates into Bobcat.

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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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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.