[AT] 1924 Snow vehicle

[Mike Sloane]

If you watch the entire movie, they show a 1924(?) Chevrolet converted 
and carrying some pedestrians into town over snow covered town streets.

The guys driving the machines are all dressed up with white shirts and 
neckties - a different age indeed. I was amazed to see the machine 
pulling a 20 ton load of logs on two sleds. Try that with your snowmobile!

I wonder what happened to those prototypes - probably given to WWII 
scrap drives.

charliehill wrote:
> Mike they actually made that same rig as a retrofit for cars and trucks. 
> I've seen pictures and videos of it.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 8:27 AM
> Subject: [AT] 1924 Snow vehicle
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> "In January 1926, Time magazine reported: “Having used the motor car for
> almost every other conceivable purpose, leading Detroit automobile
> makers have now organized a company entitled "Snow Motors Inc.," to put
> out a machine which will negotiate the deepest snowdrifts at six to
> eight miles an hour. The new car will consist of a Ford tractor
> power-plant mounted on two revolving cylinders instead of
> wheels—something on the order of a steam roller."  Source: Wikipedia
> 
> <http://www.flixxy.com/snow-vehicle-concept.htm>