Penguin Mkll

[rob love]

The tracks are coming in the next day or two.

Thanks for the explanation of the Cadillac powerplants. I find that on a new project like this, it is best to let it sit a year or two while parts are found and knowledge is gained. It saves having to un-do well-intentioned but misguided restoration efforts.

One of the few pieces of actual armour that remains is the front glacis plate. It bears the same chisel marks as the Bren carrier armour.

Tell you what, check out and secure that engine and I will give you 10....no, make that twenty racoons. You can release them and they will quickly populate all of the UK with cuteness. Your cat food companies will love you for this....they have insatiable appetites.

No idea why Micheal's raccoon posting is gone. But just for you David, here is the source: http://thechive.com/2008/12/06/world...ons-40-photos/

[chris vickery]

The engine you have posted here Rob as being on the wrong side of the pond may be obtainale if you are patient and look for the right guys.
I know there are others here on the Forum that send a container every once in a while over to Canada from the UK.
Getting your hands on what you need, even if it has to sit in storage at someones place in the UK is not so bad, especialy if you have time to wait.
My e-halftrack fenders came over that way from Holland. I think they saw more miles over a couple years, hitching rides from place to place until they ended up over here finally.

[Michael R.]

"Is that a racoon's face just above the track, below the back of the red cross?"
Hmmmmmm .... I thought so too.

[gordon]

What you need is someone who is 30 miles from Edinburgh, interested in snow stuff, and has somewhere to store it.

Oh wait, that would be me ...

Let me know if you want to buy it and just get the seller to store it or me to hang on it it till you can arrange shipping. I don't have heavy lifting facilities, but I do have storage and I'm sure I could borrow a trailer or empty one of mine.

I can even throw in the two chairs and sleeping bag that Sean left here last time he was at Beltring.

Erm ... let me know fairly sharpish in case he takes an offer on it, especially if you are NOT interested.

Gordon(at)Dodge.org.uk

[Kirk Armitage]

Very nice machine Rob ! Nice to see one of Mr Bombardier's snow machines saved. Always wondered what size of cross tube each set of boggies pivot on,must be pretty stout as they are not supported by an outer rail like the muskeg,which came later. Wheel bearings were the small type,and the axle stubs are pretty easy to bend ,they were upgraded to larger bearings and axles around 1960 on his other designs.
Kirk Armitage

[rob love]

Gordon
I have sent you a PM about that engine. If all the wheels and gears fall into place, it might just be doable. What a great site to have guys all over the world with similar interests and willing to help each other out.

Micheal: I think you had better get some more hobbies. Way too much time on your hands. I didn't actually even notice the racoon face when you emailed me that photo. I forwarded it to Derk and he mentioned it while we were on the phone. I think I was just mesmerized looking at that DND number on the side. Unbelievable.

I was doing a little math with Derk, and by the time I secure that engine and get it here, then buy the 18 tires to re-rubber this thing (that included 2 spares for which I must find rims yet) then buy new rubber banding for the track, then .......

So I have decided not to do anymore math, but just tackle the issues one at a time.

[David Dunlop]

Rob.

The wheel and tire assemblies on the Penguin look a lot like the same set up used by Bombardier on their larger snowmobiles that the commercial fisherman are still using on the lakes in the winter. I recall a number of vehicle boneyards up along the way to the old bombing and gunnery range with a number of stripped Bombardiers sitting about. Might be worth your while to check with some of the guys up that way working with that equipment. If the wheel assys match up, they may be able to point you in the right direction for parts.

David