1926 Snowmobile - YOU GOTTA SEE THIS!

[Steve OH]

1920's Snowmobile...

http://quipster.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/snow-motor-snowmobile-of-1926/

 

[CCRider]

Cool!

That was AMAZING! I'd love to take that baby for a spin.....thanks for posting that,you made my day!

 

[m_beeson]

Early snowmachines

I had seen this before, but somebody just sent me a link to a recent story done on some of the earliest snowmachines.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5565108

That's where it all started.




Original footage:

http://vimeo.com/1199829

 

[augerin]

Find one of those buried in a barn somewhere.

 

[Crasher]

Find one of those buried in a barn somewhere.

LOL I know where there is one. Just like that one with the big screws under it.

It is at the Mining Museum in Butte Montana. It is sitting out side in a pile of junk but most of it is still there.

Kinda cool. I thought it was for floating on water and the screws made it go forward.

Water skipping with a tractor.


Crasher

 

[rockdog2112]

Find one of those buried in a barn somewhere.

I wish!

 

[Snowizard]

Here's another to check out.
The Eliason Motor Toboggan from 1924.
http://www.eliason-snowmobile.com/

 

[m_beeson]

Here's another to check out.
The Eliason Motor Toboggan from 1924.
http://www.eliason-snowmobile.com/

The MOTOR TOBOGGAN, Sweet...

 

[triple]

Early Snowmobile

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html

Cutting edge 1900's technology

 

[RXMax]

Yee-haw only the 6th time this has been posted... Kinda like one of the chain letters letting us know Bill Gates is sharing his wealth if we forward the letter! Neat nonetheless

 

[corpeleven]

A buddy sent this to me today. Figured you'd all be interested.

1926 - The first snowmobile. AWESOME!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=568_1233111054

 

[cubby]

Now that is pretty cool I think.

 

[rednecksledder]

sweet!!

 

[jph3]

Been posted at least once... maybe twice in the last month

 

[stingray719]

I like this one better, I believe around 3000 were sold.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/automobiles/collectibles/20SNOW.html?_r=1

 

[carlhend]

wow... what a turning radius... anyone get how steering was accomplished for sure? he pointed but i didnt quite understand what he was getting at
lets see some sidehilling action

 

[jlowe]

Check this out: Very cool old-school technology

A guy I work with sent this to me. It's an old film clip from the 20's or 30's.

I've never seen anything like it.

Enjoy!

Jeff

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html

 

[Sir Drink ALot]

Snowmobile 1924

In 1924 my grand grand fathers brother and a friend built and got patent on a snowmobile. In 1927 they went to se Henry Ford and they asked for 200 000 dollars (at that time)to sell the patent to Ford. He returned and said that they could get 100 000 for it. After seven meetings they went back to Sweden and the deal was never sealed. Thats why we to day dont ride Ford snowmobiles.

They built two of the snowmobiles (based on a T-Ford) and one survived all these years. It's located at "Folke Booghs Skogs & Flottar Museum" some 45 minutes drive from Östersund, Sweden.

Hopefully I will go there this spring and film it so the whole world can se the first swedish/american snowmobile.

 

[Scott]

Welcome to it's 6th thread. LOL :beer;

 

[snow_knight]

I must have missed the other threads...

thing is pretty sweet..