Snowmobile floor remnant

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0613.002

MANUFACTURER: Bombardier
MODEL: B-7
LOCATION: Valcourt, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Rubber composite and metal

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Recreational vehicles
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bombardier
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Valcourt

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: CIRCA 1939-1945 - WORLD WAR II
Canada: J.A.BOMBARDIER BEGAN DEV. & SELLING SNOW VEHICLES IN 1926, DOING THIS FULL TIME BY MID 1930'S/ HE INVENTED SPROCKET WHEEL & TRACK SYSTEM IN 1935 & PAT. IT 1937/ THE B-7 USED THIS INVENTION & WAS HIS 1ST BIG COMMERCIAL SUCCESS/ BOMBARDIER BECAME THE MAJOR CANADIAN PRODUCER OF THE SNOWMOBILE
Function: TREADED VEHICLE CAPABLE OF TRAVELLING OVER SNOW. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED FOR RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
Technical: ONE OF THE 1ST BOMBARDIER VEHICLES UTILIZING PATENTED SPROCKET WHEEL & TRACK SYSTEM
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: N/A
Finish: Brownish-blackrubber composite bits that were part of the flooring, along with screws.
Decoration: N/A

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Bombardier, Snowmobile floor remnant, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1983.0613, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0613.002/

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