Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

0498

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Inconnu

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

286,6 cm

Largeur

267,0 cm

Hauteur

139,2 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Transports terrestres motorisés

Catégorie

Véhicules récréatifs

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Featherweight

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Ville

Montréal

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

Inconnu

Canada

Motorized snow vehicles have a long history in Canada and many other northern countries beginning in the early 20th century. These vehicles, which date from 1968-1993, represent a variety of themes in the history of the snowmobile in Canada. In 1971 the United States Snowmobile Association (USSA) decided to try to settle once and for all the competing claims relating to the speed record for a snowmobile. Various companies entered the competition with their specially designed high-speed machines. The only prize awarded would be bragging rights to engineering superiority. Many of the machines built for the race did not look much like conventional snowmobiles; one was a dragster with a track replacing the rear wheels.

Fonction

Recreational snowmobiling and snowmobile racing

Technique

Featherweight Corporation initiated the project of building a speed trial snowmobile and recruited George Barris, the custom vehicle designer who created the bat mobile, to design the body. They built the body around two standard Alouette chassis and four Kholer 3 cylinder engines. In the end, Big Al did not take part in the race which was won by Bombardier SkiDoo clocked at 129.2mph. "The 1971 Big Al was not a production line vehicle, but one of the extravagant and short-lived machines built by manufacturers to promote their company through rapid-acceleration competitions. Unlike other extravagant vehicles, the Big Al was made mostly of Featherweight production parts used in its regular snowmobiles. The Big Al snowmobile was designed to reach speeds of up to 300km/h. It never saw the racetrack, however: it was released as the energy crisis hit, knocking out snowmobile demand. (ref. 4)

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Big Al Alouette Tillson Toledo, Ohio Made in the U.S.A. (engine requirements/specifications) Style by Barris

Manque

Dzus fasteners, gas caps (2) and threaded male receiver for gas cap on pr. left side.

Fini

Du-Pont acrylic laquer in overlays of 30 coats of transparent snow burst colouring dye in white to yellow to amber to gold to orange to red.

Décoration

Decals (Big Al, Canadian & American Flag)