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How to identify a bombardier
B12 man:
hear is some info that some of you may or may not know, the steal snow moble is made so that you can atach weals on it but the a snow moble is not realy built for riding on rodes this desine was put there for caring suplies around saw mill's and shiping yards in winter they wernt intended for long trips acros roads this would where the tracks down far to quick to prove any use. Also the steal snow moble has a coil spring but a wooden snow moble has a saspended bogy spring.
the old trucker:
--- Quote from: grfishmaker on December 10, 2008, 10:16:59 pm ---A bit more info.
"At one time, all of the vehicles sold by L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitee had interchangable sets of wheels and runners to allow travel on soft or rough terrains. This was the case with the snowbus-type vehicles such as the B12 and C16 which, thus modified, became known as the R12 and the R18. The R series has all-steel bodies. However, sales never were spectacular. The R series remained in production until 1979. They were the last large snowmobiles produced by the bombardier plant for mass transpotantion. Their lack of sucess on the market convinced Armand that the days of the large snowmobiles were over."
--- End quote ---
Grfishmaker are you saying that the skis on the b12 are interchangeable to wheels ?? Was there a special bracket made to do this change over ??
the old trucker:
Can anyone give me a rough idea of the year of this bomber ? I have it dated back to 1947. First year for rubber on the pedals.
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Looks like metal on the back ends behind the tracks in the pic below. I thought it was framed with angle & covered with plywood.
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the old trucker:
Maybe their all babies !!!! 11 per side plus 4 across the back !!! AAHHH Haaaa. Only joking kpm. Only joking my friend.
grfishmaker:
Ah yes....the old R26...brings back the memories. The R26 was a special built bombardier in 1955 for the missionarys in New Guinia to hold 26 pigmys. The idea never lasted long as they soon realized that the lack of snow caused too much wear on the machines and the maintanance was eating up the church's budget. They quickly reverted back to the donkey-on-a-rope method of transportation and production of the B26 was ceased. Apparently it was the shortest production of any bombardier model that ever came out of Valcourt. (Isn't Canadian history interesting? I bet not too many people know this.)
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