What vehicle did J. Armand Bombardier prototype in 1922 using a Model T engine, sleigh runners and an airplane propeller?

brutus0623

snowmobile Jan 18 07, 5:47 AM

iamcdn

snowblower Jan 18 07, 10:45 AM

spanishliz

Here's a bit more: "Bombardier was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier, who put runners on an old car engine to make the first prototype snowmobile in 1922. But everyone thought he was crazy, so he started a garage and put his dreams for the snow vehicle into storage. Then, in 1934, his young son Yvon was struck with appendicitis in the middle of a snowstorm. There was no way to get him to the hospital—Bombardier’s snowmobiles were in pieces—and, tragically, the boy died. Bombardier began to work on the snowmobile again, convinced there was a need for the machine. Finally, in 1942, he opened his company and began selling snowmobiles to the military." http://www.legionmagazine.com/features/celebratingcanada/01-01.asp Jan 18 07, 12:33 PM