[AT] 1924 Snow vehicle

[Bob McNitt]

Yep, that's the same film footage many of us have seen. Maybe the Japanese 
auto makers will eventually use the concept, improve on it, and start 
marketing similar models to sell in deep snow regions around the globe. 
Although I doubt they'd be a threat to the snowmobile market since they 
wouldn't go 70mph ;>)

Bob in CNY
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From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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No I didn't watch it all.  It might be the same film I've seen before.  Was
there a scene where the Fordson goes down the hill toward a fence along the
road.  If so it's the same one.

There are a few of them still around.  Someone posted pictures of one on
another web list I frequent a few months ago.  It was in the upper mid west
somewhere.  Then someone dug up the video and posted it.
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From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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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.
>
>
> ----- 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
>
>
> "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>
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