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Old 22-09-03, 18:00
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One wheel short of making a good basis for a Snowmobile replica, but it shows the stuff is out there, only an eBay-click away

"8x8 ARGO WEASEL AMPHIBIOS ATV GREAT SHAPE!!!"
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Old 30-01-10, 02:03
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One of the pictures above caught my attention. A different angle, but looks similar to this. I took this picture last year in Michigan. Jesse.
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Old 01-02-10, 04:40
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Default Armoured Snowmobile

Here is an image of one during Exercise Eskimo in 1945.

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Old 05-02-10, 18:59
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Found this one in a photoalbum currently listed on eBay.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/RCN-WW2-Navy-Alb...item2eaaeb4f56
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.... the seller thinks they are gold plated....

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Old 12-04-11, 20:40
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One wheel short of making a good basis for a Snowmobile replica, but it shows the stuff is out there, only an eBay-click away

"8x8 ARGO WEASEL AMPHIBIOS ATV GREAT SHAPE!!!"
This one is a Bombardier J-5 tractor platform with something else on top...

The armored snows had double wheels and tracks, solid tires and steel sprockets.... plus reinforced crosslinks...

I wouldn't advise trying to make one from a Muskeg or J-5... if accuracy counts.

For those who wondered about the Penguin Mark II "#8", it has been completely destroyed.
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Old 13-04-11, 20:37
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While booting around the back forest in my frankencarrier the other day I spotted some track protruding from the ground. I pulled it out with the carrier and what I have is about 14 feet of double track...most of the cross pieces rusty, some all the way through, but it is friggen heavy for a rubber/metal track. I'll get some pictures this weekend and look around for more parts...
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Old 14-04-11, 01:52
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sadly, i was talking to a fellow here in Quebec not long ago who said he came across an armoured snomo a few years earlier. The owner had died and his elderly widow would sell but wanted too high a price...It ended up scrapped...

Meanwhile Convoy Mag number 28 has a couple of photos of military snomachines including a Penguin awaiting restoration at Calnan`s
and Convoy 29 has a feature of sorts on Penguins including one found at a farm auction our western Canada...no idea what became of it.
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I have a Bombardier. Anyone else on the forum have one?
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Old 05-08-21, 03:34
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I have a Bombardier. Anyone else on the forum have one?
You have a Skidoo with an identity crisis.
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Old 05-08-21, 07:40
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Yes Terry. Old mans bike according to my oldest (38) son.
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Old 12-08-21, 08:01
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Muskeg operators and spare parts manual up for grabs:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Mapl...8884405723244/
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