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Swamp Dawg:
If Ted could work a computer, he would be setting us straight on the matter, no doubt about that.

the old trucker:
  His wife does it for him. I'm after sending a few emails to him.

LT:
thanks for the responses.   I see I am not the only dumfounded guy trying to figure it out.....so now,...I found a C17...and the invidual tells me that this is a newer version of the B12 narrow.   It apparently has a different suspension in the front allowing it more travel and in trun a better ride.   He has also told me that a C18 is the newer wide gauge....oh well....still confused..

grfishmaker:
 Here is a bit of information I am taking from a book on J.A. Bombardiers life.

 " Most of the vehicle models built at Valcourt were named in a kind of code. But here was no great secret involved. The letters frequently corresponded to English words because most of the jargon associated with mechanics in those days was English rather than French. Moreover, patent applications in Ottawa and in Washington had to be submitted in English."

 "The letter B in the models B5, B7 and B12 stands for the name Bombardier. The numbers refer to the number of passengers  the vehicle could carry. In this particular series, the cabin was built of wood."

 "The letter R in the R12, R15 and R18 means the vehicles had steel cabins. Either wheels or skis could be attached at the fronts."

grfishmaker:
Here's a bit more.

 "A new model of snowmobile, the B12, was put on the market. With its two rumbling exhaust pipes and its rounded silhouette, the B12 looked like a crouching wild animal ready to leap to the attack. Hurtling along a snowbound road, hugging the ground, it roared past, raising impressive clouds of snow in its wake. It was an unforgettable sight, one that fired the imagination and aroused the envy of those who saw it."

 "Another model was put on the market in mid-November 1945. The C18 had been designed as a kind of snow-bus for schools. Larger and wider than the B12, it could seat twenty-five children. School transportation had long been neglected in Canada, and the number of children requiring transportation in the winter was growing rapidly. In Quebec, the first to buy these large snowmobiles were the rural Protestant school boards of Sawyerville, Inverness, and Clarenceville. Interest in the vehicles spread to other parts of Quebec, to Ontario, and to western Canada, and orders for the C18 poured in."

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