re: cry for help, weird car spotted

[wcollins@sbnsw.com.au]

Jason,

You've stumbled on (what I think from your description) is a Goggo Mobile. 
(All you Aussies will know what I'm talking about.  Remember the Yellow pages 
ad! G-O-G-G-O!!)  There were two types made that I'm aware of.  One was a Dart 
which had no doors and was an open top oversized go kart.  One piece body type 
design I think with a 2 cylinder air cooled motor.

The other which I've only ever seen three of down under (and is the one I 
think your referring to) is like a more rounded beetle with an air cooled two 
cylinder engine in the back.  looks a bit like a sewing machine the engine in 
its set up.  Runs on two stroke.  (I could be wrong there!!)  Engine mounted 
in the rear.

Regards,

Wayne
'72 Notch
'73 Square
'83 Sigma

Jason Wilson <jwilson2@helios.acomp.usf.edu> Wrote:
| 
| This post has nothing to do with vw's but, 
|  since we've all got type 3's, we all share a love of 
| "odd" cars.
| 
| Here's one for you, 
| 
| a car was advertised in a local publication recently, it 
| was called
| a "Goggle Mobile." it was in bad shape, the year was 
| unknown and
| the Manufacturer was Unknown!
| 
| what i do know from a phone call with the owner is that 
| the 
| title says Goggle (under the make category), and car 
| looked sort
| of like a really rounded beetle (yes try to picture a 
| beetle being
| even more rounded).
| 
| the owner knew nothing about the engine, and didn't 
| exactly want to
| talk to me anymore, because i was asking him questions he 
| didn't know
| the answers to, so i don't know if the engine was mounted 
| in
| the front or the rear (he quickly got off the phone with 
| me)
| 
| does anyone know what the heck this thing is??
| 
| $400.00 would drive it home..
| 
| in other odd car sightings, i saw an amphibicar for sale! 
| there are
| only 1,400 of them left, they (as the name suggests) can 
| go on
| land or sea, they have a triumph tr-7 engine, and 2 bilge 
| pumps.
| it was a 64'.
| 
| again though i don't know the manufacturer of this one 
| either.
|