Thursday, October 09, 2014

From Paul Gutheil #3


  Box I had this one in said 1980's.

9 comments:

Buckles said...

Is that the Unimicef being immortalized?

Chic Silber said...


By any other name it's still just

a long haired mutilated goat but

got more publicity than expected

(I think there were 3 of them)

Chic Silber said...


The very pretty showgirl that was

the goat's escort had been Louis

"Losito" Garcia's skating partner

Chic Silber said...


This is 1 of the newer tugs that

were more robust than before but

the best units were the Mercedes

Unimugs from Germany

Chic Silber said...


Berlin & Jones is listed as being

located in East Rutherford NJ

Chic Silber said...


I've been corrected (again) the

right name is UNIMOG (not Unimug)

The name Unimog is pronounced [ˈuːnɪmɔk] in German and is an acronym for the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", Gerät being the German word for machine or device.

I had to look it up

Bob Cline said...

I believe there were three of them and they were kept on a farm up near Baraboo, WI.

Circus World Museum even presented one of them after the initial RBBB tours were over.

Bob

Chic Silber said...


Thanks Bob as verification is a

comfort on old trivial beliefs

By the way it seems that Unimogs

are still in production in many

versions & utilizations including

a model that can be rail power

I'll gather up a collection &

send it to the Brigadier

Chic Silber said...


They should have named at least

1 of them "Scapegoat"