First Ever Snow Cat | The 1926 Armstead Snow Motor Vehicle

By UnofficialNetworks · January 23, 2013 · 5 Comments

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This thing is crazy. Part car, part giant screw, the 1926 Armstead Snow Motor Vehicle is an oddity in snow transportation. While similar to modern snow cats with track steering, the Armstead rides on two grooved cylinders that propels the machine through snow. Although the video portrays the machine as more of a work horse than a recreational vehicle, we’d like to think it could have been used for some quick laps.  Where’d this thing go? We want one!

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5 Comments

1. Harkin Banks says:

   January 23, 2013 at 11:11 am

   I drove that bad boy back in the day

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2. Lawless says:

   January 23, 2013 at 12:07 pm

   The Russians made something similar.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afJ18eJeNgU

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3. Minnesota says:

   January 24, 2013 at 12:24 am

   If that had a vagina I would marry it! “hi Polaris….”

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4. +1 Flounder says:

   January 26, 2013 at 4:29 am

   Skiing and screwing have always gone together well.

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