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houlio:
Nice pictures, always interesting to look at items and photos like that.

grfishmaker:
Yes, I enjoy the great history of these machines also. The one in the bottom picture sure allows easy access to the front suspension. It's like todays ski-doos', everything out in the open. The engineering has come in full circle. lol

grfishmaker:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/Bus7.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/Bus1.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/Bus10.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/Bus5.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/Bus2.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/Bus3.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/Bus4.jpg
Blast from the past. Nice old machine, great shape. Deserves a post on the site for everyone that enjoys a well kept machine.

grfishmaker:
The following are a couple quotes from a book on Joseph Armand Bombardiers life.
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/capture1019200483604_am.jpg
"By1930 he had built close to a dozen vehicles, using old Fords and Dodges and anything else he could lay his hands on."
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/capture1019200483118_am.jpg
"Armand worked persistently to improve the B7, adding three large wheels to each side in 1939. During the second World War, he produced the B7, which could only be sold to special permit holders. Production of the B7 ceased in 1944."

grfishmaker:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/grfishmaker/20070526103409.jpg
Although this has nothing to do with Bombardier, I had to add it as there where probably a few people trying various ideas.
This has to be a pretty original attempt to get around in the winter. I like his plywood fender he has installed. I would imagine that it took him approx. 20 feet to decide to add that feature.
I think we would have arms and legs like Popeye if we drove this around for a week or so. Hopefully he had a throttle control on the handles and not just on the motor; otherwise if you ever fell down, there goes your machine.

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