a flash jungle land yacht: overlanding in 1940

[ri-f]

International Harvester rig hauling land yacht through jungle in 1940:

 

[Adventurebound]

Now that's some history, thanks for sharing.

 

[ckent323]

I found a bit more on these vehicles here:

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-1938-jungle-yacht-was-explorer-gattis-way-of-glamping-in-the-african-jungle-179039.html

and here:

https://dxcc.info/ghe/attiliogatti.htm


I read that they cost about $15,000 in 1937. That is roughly equivalent to $240,000 today. Seems about right.

I have been searching online to see if I can determine what happened to these five truck and trailer rigs but I am not finding anything later than all the press about the expedition.

Did they get left in Africa? Were they shipped back to the states (he retired to Wisconsin I think). Were they scrapped? Are any of them still around?