16 8x8 WHEELED ARTICULATED VEHICLES, LIGHT

Trail Truck, articulated 8x8, 1973, was tested in Alaska. Picture from US Military Wheeled Vehicles of Fred Crismon, Crestline Publishing (Motorbook), 1983.

Giletti amphibious articulated vehicle called Leopard 8 with hydrostatic transmission. From 1978. Pict from review 'L'Automobile', June 1978.

	8x8 articulated test vehicle of University of Kobe, Department of Agriculture, created by Horio and Yamamoto at the end of the 80s. Hydraulics was controlled by computer. Pict from a paper entitled : 'Articulate Train Vehicle of Multi-Usage on Rough Terrain and Steep Slopes', from the 70s. J M M Archives.
	Drawings showing crossings by 8x8 articulated vehicle of University of Kobe. J M M Archives.

Lockheed Pacstar, 1965, articulated 12x12 was 450 kg payload for an equivalent empty mass and used Goodyear Terra-Tires. Built by Lockheed Aircraft Service Company, Sunnyvale, CA, several units could be linked. 35 hp, with together skid steering and articulation in yaw. Probably only one built. At that time diversification of aviation companies in off-road vehicles like Terrastar or Twister was usual. Pict Lockheed Aircraft Service Co. J M M Archives.

Sure-Trek proto articulated 8x8 built by Good Year Aerospace in late 60. It was sold by AMF : American Machine and Foundry Company, Pennsylvania, largest US recreational equipment company from 1943. Today, it remains only AMF Bowling Corporation. Pict from Popular Mechanics (French Edition) of May 1970.

Sure Trek

AMF Sure-Trek, http://www.6x6world.com/gallery/other-amphibious-atvs/p16965-amf-sur-trek.html

AMF (American Machine and Foundry) Sure-Trek was a 8x8 articulated ATV whose about 300 copies were produced in 1969-70 in York, Pennsylvania. Gordon Fisher, who patented this nice vehicle in 1967, also created the Canadair Fisher CL 213 amphibious ATV in 1963-64. See chapter : Airoll.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_aQpDP3MxE

AMF Sure-Trek. http://www.route6x6.com/memorylane/AMF_SurTrek/page4.html

AMF Sure-Trek. http://www.joesgarage.us/amf_sur_trek.htm

Lego 8x8, rotating arms. Very impressive !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl0EqNx_S2U

Super-Clim 12x12 toy from Spain in mid 80s with electric move. http://jomitoys.blogspot.fr/2012/05/super-clim-12-x-12.html

12x12 Scramble Bug of Project Sword line from Spanish Company Clim, in the 60-70s. http://

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Scramble Bug like big toy http://projectswordtoys.

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	Articulated wheeled toys of the 80s. J M M at Paris, 2012 11.
	Wheeled articulated toys, the 2 left and upper right of the 70s and 80s. Lower left is a 16x16 King Climber of K S Toys made in Hong Kong. J M M at Paris, 2012 11.

	Explorer 12 Multiruedas Galgo. http://projectswordtoys. blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/ explorer-2012.html
	Multi-Explorer-Force 12x12 from Minimac, Burscough, end of the 80s, lower is the Mars Explorer Vehicle, tracked. http://projectswordtoys. blogspot.fr/2012/03/multi-explorer-force-12-from-burscough.html
	Rescue Multiruedas 16x16 http://projectswordtoys. blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/explorer-2012.html
	Explorer 12, end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s, built exclusively for British Home Stores. http://explorer12s. blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/brochure-this-little-gem-has-been.html

AMF Sure-Treck

AMF Sure-Trek on ebay in 2005.

AMF Sure-Treck

AMF Sure-Trek. Pict from the site www.Route6x6.com

US003353618-001 Articulated ATV, 1967 by Fisher

US003353618-001 patent articulated ATV 'Sure-Trek', 1967, by Gordon Fisher.