[acadian]

for some who think that Eliason was the first guy to make a sled ,, well , your almost right ,, Joseph Armnand Bombardier had his made 2 years before Eliason. 1922 for ski-doo and 1924 for Eliason's first 2.5HP Outboard Johnson motor using a model T ford Radiator,had it patented in 1927, they were called motor toboggans.
compared to Yamaha who came out with their first sled in 1968 the SL350.
Here's a couple pictures for you guys , the first one is the official first sled built by Joseph A Bombardier in 1920 and was ready by 1922. Enjoy/snofan/../images/users/acadian/firstsnowmobile.gif

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[acadian]

[xx(] ,, how come that screwed up like that ,, layout was supposed to be on under the other ,, [xx(] ,,sorry guys ,, hopefully someone can fix this

[red] Edited by Polaris-Man, It's ok to be mad about something but please try to refrain from swearing...[/red]

 

[bigwilly]

Just edit and press enter after each picture

 

[acadian]

that's beter , ehhe

 

[SEF600x]

Nice find. Makes me respect the sled I have so much more! I wonder if they knew when those were made how much the industry would change, and how many people would be riding them 80 years later.....
-SEF

and I bet they didn't have handwarmers!

 

[500fasEnuf]

Here's one by Alouette.
I wanted to post a pic of this rocket on the super-speed-sled post a few weeks ago but couldn't find this pic.
Finally found it at the Bombadier museum site.
It's cool...check it out.
http://www.fjab.qc.ca/entrance2.htm

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[protizone_99]

that thing is nuts what would the cc be on that puppy?

 

[smokeymacpot]

So where are you suposed to sit? A def man would go nuts sitting in the middle.

 

[luvemall]

I bet you could wake the neighbers with that thing.does it have an ejection seat.

 

[Canadian_snow]

Maybe you ride it like a dog-sled. heh.

 

[acadian]

just makes you appreciate what we have today and how technology has changed ,,,,,imagine 40 years ahead , what it'll be like ,,,,,,stock 250hp sleds mmmmmmmmm i can't wait, ehheh

 

[polaris6oo]

i saw the second sled down in those pics at the snowdeo in colebrooke nh well on like it all restored

 

[MAYDAZE]

Looking at the picture for Bombardiers homemade thing, it looks like a propellor is at the back and it is actually a sleigh pushed by air. I would say Eliason had the first true track driven snowmobile that could be driven off road. Bombardiers could only be driven on roads with the sleigh platform. Have to give the credit to Eliason. Sorry acadian!

 

[nicolas_fs]

I guess you never saw the movie with him driving his prop job in snow drifts when he completed it, hehe, that was funny. Talk about dangerous. I did a project on that guy in physics class, what a thinker that guy was, I would say he deserves the credit because i think he even had the first production track driven ones aswell, because it got patented. They were bigger though, like B-5s and B-7, etc. I thought it was a know fact that he invented the snowmobile, hmmm.

 

[Bobinwi]

with eliason those were built 45 minutes from my house! the town those pictures are from is Clintonville Wisconsin i drive thru that town alot in the summer when going camping

 

[Sled_Dog]

all awesome pictures, interesting bits of history.

 

[intendedacceleration]

Damn, I thought it was going to be hot chicks from the topic name!

 

[RotaxAtax]

Originally posted by intendedacceleration
[br]Damn, I thought it was going to be hot chicks from the topic name!

HAH! You and me both!

 

[acadian]

hahah sorry , i can maybe edit them a little intendedacceleration,, maybe put a couple snow bunnies in there for us al to enjoy, heheh
Yeah but those are some pretty nice pics ,, bet you those guys never thaugh of what was to be some 75 years later. Nice quality to on those pics

 

[Riley]

The pictures look pretty cool. I especially like the A1 Alouette. what a monster. Riley