Help Identify this UTV

[Yokurto]

Hi guys, I decided to start work on this Pug type vehicle since we are locked down. I bought this thing 25 years ago and it finally got to the top spot to get repaired . I was told it is a Pug but guys I have talked to said it isn't. It is, best that I can tell, built around 1962-65, powered by a Onan NHC 25 hp motor coupled to a hydraulic pump. The steering is articulated with a hydraulic cylinder, the driveline is hydraulic motors coupled directly to the Dana 27 rearends cutdown and shortened axles. The front "nose " has been cut off I suppose it was smashed and the previous owner figured it would look better cutting it off. It is all steel, pretty crude construction but I think factory manufactured not home built. Any help is appreciated

 

[ruffdog]

It sure doesn't look like any PUG I have worked on. They had a different joint and had a manual trans, driveshaft, normal diff.

 

[dragoneggs]

Yikes! Can't help but good luck.

 

[Maxify55]

It looks like a Taylor-Dunn airport or warehouse tug.
Maybe an early E 451 {w/o overhead guard} with what's left of a trailer?

 

[Code54]

Long shot - is it some kind of old Cushmann perhaps?

 

[PILOON]

A pile of scrap.
How much does it weigh?
X$/lb at scrap yard.

 

[DrRod]

Lets not get hasty here. The body looks straight and complete. Tires and paint will go a long way to making it respectable. Seats are easy to find and install. And the cat looks in very good shape. How is the engine?

 

[Loaderman22]

I was thinking Cushman also, but all the Cushman's I've seen are more square in the nose. I also haven't seen an articulating one, which doesn't really mean anything, they could easily be out there.

 

[randall mcguire]

Hi guys, I decided to start work on this Pug type vehicle since we are locked down. I bought this thing 25 years ago and it finally got to the top spot to get repaired . I was told it is a Pug but guys I have talked to said it isn't. It is, best that I can tell, built around 1962-65, powered by a Onan NHC 25 hp motor coupled to a hydraulic pump. The steering is articulated with a hydraulic cylinder, the driveline is hydraulic motors coupled directly to the Dana 27 rearends cutdown and shortened axles. The front "nose " has been cut off I suppose it was smashed and the previous owner figured it would look better cutting it off. It is all steel, pretty crude construction but I think factory manufactured not home built. Any help is appreciated
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This has all the earmarkings of a PUG possible the early models were made of steel before the went to fiberglass but its built with same footprint

 

[Rustyiron]

Hey Randy welcome to TBN!
We've all done it and occasionally I still do, but this post is from 2020 and the last post was in 21.
Maybe you're post will revive it. All to often we never get to hear the rest of the story.