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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.
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Sno-Jet
History
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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Arctic Cat History
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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.
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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.
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Midwest Vintage Snowmobile Shows Photo Gallery
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ISMA (International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association ...
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History of Snowmobiling
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Snowmobile Hall of Fame Snowmobiling Museum
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Snowmobile
Barn
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Thunder
Jet
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Twin
Track
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Hall
of Fame
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