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	The first Eliason snowmobile was built by Carl Eliason . The small 1924 snowmobile displayed a front mounted liquid cooled 2.5 HP outboard engine, slide rail track guides, wooden cleats, rope controlled steering skis and two-up seating.

	Scorpion snowmobile manufacturing In 1964, 20 people were employed in the Scorpion snowmobile manufacturing business. There were eight different models with speed options reaching 40 mph. Trail-A-Sled's molded rubber track gave the business an edge. Most other snowmobile makers were using steel cleats, which were noisy and not as fast. By 1966, the business began construction on an 38,500 square foot assembly plant that produced 180 snowmobiles each day.

Sno-Jet History

Sno-Jet , In October of 1964, Sno-Jet was Born. The first year consisted of 25 units total. In April of 1965 the first engineer was hired and almost 100 more employees the following seasons production increases to 1150 snowmobiles. 1966 was the first year that Sno-Jet was sold in the USA. Enjoy this brief History!

Check out these two sections:
Jim Adema & Thunder Jet History

In 1927, the first patent for a snowmobile was issued.

Mercury Snowmobile History Page Mention Mercury snowmobiles and what immediately comes to most people's minds are images of low-slung, lightweight, white-hooded crotch rockets, sweeping up the Big Four's sleds like they weren't even there, dominating and defining performance in the mid-70's. But mention a 150E or a Rocket and most folks will scratch their heads and say "I don't remember those."

Mercury Snowmobile History Page, Mercury snowmobiles

In 1958, Joseph-Armand Bombardier designed the modern snowmobile. Bombardier is considered the father of snowmobiling who began commercial production and marketing of the Ski-Doo snowmobile in 1959. Joseph-Armand Bombardier was the first person to successfully market snowmobiles. He was granted a Canadian patent in 1960 and a U.S. patent in 1962 for his endless track vehicle aka snowmobile.

Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the History of Snowmobiling

The Skiroule was one of two 440 cc IFS sleds built for the 1975-76 season. It was driven by brother Jacque Villeneuve. Jacque went on to become a 3-time world champion and is still racing. Gilles was inducted into the Snowmobile Hall of Fame in 1988. Museum

Arctic Cat History

Glen Gutzman, along with his son, Richard Harrison, began the business in a garage workshop. The home-grown company of Trail-A-Sled, named because early machines could be towed behind a car by raising the skis and lowering wheels. the propeller-driven air sleds were powered by war surplus airplane engines in 1959.