The Goliath name might not ring a bell to most hotVWs readers, being a somewhat obscure automobile brand born in Germany, which only sold very few vehicles in the United States. It never enjoyed the same success as Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz in particular, during the ‘50s. By 1961, the firm drew to an end when its mother company, Borgward, was forced into liquidation.
Goliath produced a range of frontwheel-drive two-door sedans, station wagons and coupes, along with light trucks – most of them three-wheelers. They often relied on small two-stroke engines, including the 886cc GP900. Living in Utah, Mitchell Fuller and his father Boyd happen to own two
