Unique Soviet Snowmobiles

[Bob Riebe]

https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/12/unique-soviet-snowmobiles.html







I miss the days when Minn. needed such vehicles EVERY winter, especially up North.

[ironglow]

There were many early snowmobiles made with a model T or model A bases, but credit for the first light snowmobile, seems to go to a man in your neighboring state of Wisconsin..although I suspect there were many garages or barns that were host to similar efforts at about the same time..

    https://www.sayner-starlake.org/blog/who-invented-the-snowmobile

  The development of snowmobiles over the years is interesting, to say the least

   https://snoriderswest.com/article/general/carving_a_snowmobile_history_timeline

[Bob Riebe]

Sadly the snowmobile scene in the U.S. is dying a slow death, but 20 years ago such machines were popping out of North Land work shops not infrequently.
I was at the Snowmobile speed runs 20 years ago in Wisc. and there several  AA/Fuel type snowmobiles running then.
This would be the snowmobile A/Fuel roadster equivalent of this:

[ironglow]

  Yes; I can recall when there must have been at least 100 diffewerent makes of snowmobiles..

  Seems like all the Japanese names..suzuki. Kawasaki... and nearly a hundred American small firms were busy building..