Coot, articulated 4x4, 1975, sold on ebay in 2006.

Coot 4x4 on ebay on 2005.

Coot 4x4 articulated ATV.

Coot articulated 4x4 from the 60s.

Coot from 1965 pictured in 2006.

cootworld.com and : http://www.gas-motors.com/69_Coot.html

Coot, restored, rear view

Coot2, 2004. The original Coot was built from 1968 to 1982. A new Coot, the Coot2, marketed from 2004 is manufactured by Globalnet Industries Inc, Fairview, Illinois, with a hydrostatic drive. 32 km/h, 566 kg payload, empty mass 725 kg. http://www.coot2.com/

Coot 4x4 articulated amphibious built from 1968 to 1985 in San Franscisco, CA. It became Random, then Eagle from Standard Engineering Company, Inc. Iowa. The new Coot was called ATAV since 2001. Pict above comes from a card game.

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co.uk/

http://www.scampowners

club.org.uk/rtv.htm http://maximummini.

blogspot.fr/2012/06/worlds-quirkiest-go-anywhere-vehicle-is.html

Croco was a little amphibious, articulated in roll, 4x4 vehicle, equipped with Terratires but no suspensions, created by Walter E. Strahm and marketed in 1981 at his Croco Company, Switzerland. They were manufactured in Karslruhe but the Company belonged to TAG (Techniques d'Avant Garde) directed from Ryad by Akram Ojjé, sponsor of William race cars of F1 in 1982. Pict J M M, France.

In 1983, manufacture of the Croco was stopped. 57 vehicles were stocked in containers and it seems Swiss Army and also Saoudian Army brought a few tens copies. In the early 90, the stock was bought by M. Richard of MS Transaction, Scy-Chazelles, France, to sell them. Men as J. M. Baggio of Amnéville and J. M. Duchêne, not far from Chartres, had several Croco. Actually, J. P. Latour, Dalhem, Belgium, is now the specialist of Croco. Pict J M M, France.http://www.amphibie.be/

Empty mass : 900 kg, total mass : 1700 kg. Rotary engine, license NSU Wankell, was very small and noisy. Starting was difficult because of underpowered starter, speed was 50 km/h. In August 1998, near Aurillac, France, this Croco was belonging to the author. Since the middle of the 80s, VMB Vesta, near Karlsruhe, marketed the heavily modified Croco named Rhino. Pict J M M near Aurillac.

Rhino of VMB VESTA Mashinenbau GmbH & Co manufactured from the mid-80s at Rheinstetten near Karlsruhe replaces Croco until mid-2000. Nowadays, it is named the 'Alligo Cross Country Vehicle' and can be seen on the on the site :http://www.alligo.com/Deutsch/