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Prototype Goat Walkaround Gallery

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Did not know that any of those prototypes had survived. Have only seen pics of them in Fred Chrismon's book, thanks for posting that link.
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Matt
 
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Gamagoat1 said:
That, indeed, is the Goat Bill restored. The only prototype to survive. It had a Chevy Corvair air cooled, gas engine, and was much lighter.
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A Gama Goat powered by a Corvair engine? Wow, didn't think you could make a Goat any more undesirable, but life surprises me sometimes.

Very interesting pictures. I like the look of the prototype better than the production one.
 
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maddawg308 said:
A Gama Goat powered by a Corvair engine? Wow, didn't think you could make a Goat any more undesirable, but life surprises me sometimes.

Very interesting pictures. I like the look of the prototype better than the production one.
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Just shows how the govt. can screw up anything without even trying. Like the disc breaks,However, I see some scary parts in the trailer link photos.
Wish there were some photos of the engine,
 
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m561gamagoat said:
I'm thinking Bill may not still b with does anyone know and where is the XM now?
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Tom,
I couldn't find anything about Bill's demise so I'd guess the Goat is in his back yard in Reno, Nevada.
Bill, by the way, was the designer of the Goat, Roger Gamaunt was the designer and developer of the coupling between the tractor and carrier.

William R. (Bill) Janowski

Reno, Nevada 89506

e-mail: dmi@datamotiveinc.com
 
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First of all its amazing when a prototype survives let alone in civilian hands and in the possession if one of the program engineers !!!!! The video of Bill operating the XM in Thailand is great to watch. I hope it ends up preserved somewhere.
I gotta dig up my CD and watch it again.
 
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m561gamagoat said:
First of all its amazing when a prototype survives let alone in civilian hands and in the possession if one of the program engineers !!!!! The video of Bill operating the XM in Thailand is great to watch. I hope it ends up preserved somewhere.
I gotta dig up my CD and watch it again.
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That's funny, I was sitting here watching mine when your reply came thru. You're right, it's well worth watching.
 
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Working on mine today, new fuel filters tomorrow and putting on my spin-on oil filter adapter tomorrow. Now im gonna go watch the Thailand and proving ground vid !!
 
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