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General Discussion / History Channel needs Bombardier for filming

« on: July 21, 2010, 06:30:11 am »

Hey guys, I got an interesting request out of Canada over at my general snowcat forums and thought that you folks here are better equipped to reply since this forum is dedicated to the Bombardier machines.

So here is the deal, a producer who is filming a small film, to be used on the History Channel, needs to use a Bombardier B12 or similar machine of 1950 to 1959 vintage.  He will compensate the owner modestly for the machine use.  

The unit is needed in Canada in the THUNDER BAY and/or NORTH BAY areas.  They will pay for shipping, but obviously someone who has a machine reasonably close would be their first choice. They also need an operator (the owner) to be on site to show them how to use the machine and potentially to operate it during some of the filming.  

Below is some of the correspondence I have had with them:

We are hoping to film a small movie for tv for the History Channel that dramatises the 1959 construction of the first Ice Road from Yellowknife to Echo Bay NWT by John Denison.   We are looking at Thunder Bay and North Bay as potential locations (as we don't want to travel to NWT).
 
Our research indicates that Denison used what he called a Bombardier 'Bug' to scout the potential route of the 'Ice Road'.  It is possible that the actual model was a B-12 (but that's conjecture on my part).
 
We would expect to rent the machine for two weeks of filming - likely late January 2011 - and hopefully the owner would travel with it to ensure correct operation.   We assume that we would need either a flat bed or cube van to transport the vehicle to and from its home.
 
This is NOT a big Hollywood movie but we would expect to pay a reasonable sum for use; owner's time; transportation; accomodation & meals; gas and oil.   The production would insure the vehicle during the rental period.

Sam Jephcott
Toronto

Scott's email = cyclopscorp @ sympatico.ca  (copy & paste the email, but remove the spacing on either side of the "@" to make the email link work properly)

Again, as you folks are far more equipped to deal with this request I'm throwing it over to you.  

Hopefully someone here has a machine that will be the next star of the History Channel  

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General Discussion / Video from Norway, brief shot of Bombardier

« on: February 20, 2008, 01:54:41 pm »

Hey all, this video is from Norway, unless you speak Norwegian you won't understand it, but the pictures are universal.  80% of the video is about Aktiv Snow Tracs, but there are some great shots of some historic snowcats, car conversions with tracks and even a Bombardier mixed into the video too. 

You need a high speed connection :  http://www.snowtrac.no/film/norgerundT2.wmv

Enjoy 

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Lighting / Re: L E D LIGHTS

« on: February 19, 2008, 02:21:21 pm »

MR.B_SKURKA. just out of curiousity, what kind of tow vehicle do you use?  thank you for your tip also.

My main tow vehicle is a 2005 VW Touareg.  It has a 7700# tow capacity, and for such a small vehicle it is very capable.  But it also has all sorts of computer controls and sensors so it is probably more complicated than most.  I've also towed with a Chevy V8 W/T 1/2 ton pick up that had a tow package and a Mercury Mountaineer V8 with an aftermarket hitch.  Of the vehicles, the Touareg tows the best, but is also the most complicated electronically.  It is also the newest of the 3 vehicles and I suspect that many newer vehicles of other brands will also have similar sensors?

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Lighting / Re: L E D LIGHTS

« on: February 17, 2008, 11:27:02 am »

That makes a lot of sense.  I had LED lights on my trailer but replaced them with incandescent bulbs for a totally different reason.  The low current draw on the LEDs would set off the faultly light alarm on my tow vehicle because the LEDs didn't draw enough current.  The tow vehicle's computer system apparently presumed that the trailer had a burnt out light! 

Still, I think it does make sense to consider the fact that the bulbs don't generate heat and on a snow vehicle, where snow builds up on all the surfaces, heat is your friend because it can melt the snow off the lens of the bulb helping to keep the light visible to people coming up on your rear at higher speeds.

Thanks for the tip!

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General Discussion / Hey, what the heck happened?

« on: November 13, 2007, 10:25:13 pm »

We actually started a thread over at my snowcat forums a while back asking what happened to the Northern Tracks forums!   http://www.forumsforums.com/3_9/showthread.php?t=11394

I'm glad to see this site up and running again.  I may own a different brand, but I think I speak for a lot of snowcat owners who have a real love for the machines you guys run.

WE'VE MISSED THIS SITE! 

Its good to see it back!

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General Discussion / Radar Run Bombardier B12 -- WOW or WHOA?!?

« on: July 26, 2007, 05:00:53 am »

I didn't find this one, the credit for finding this goes to 'groomerguyNWO' but I beat him to posting the link!

You guy have to see this, it is highly detailed and modified and clearly done to top standards.

http://www.radar-runs.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=48

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Wooden Bombardiers / Re: Houlio's Pictures

« on: April 12, 2007, 02:13:30 pm »

Wow you guys in Canada have a lot of laws to worry about!

I operate my Snow Trac as an agricultural tractor/vehicle in Indiana (USA) and don't have to have any insurance on it to run in on the roads or the fields.  Insurance is optional for tractors, not required. 

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General Discussion / Hollywood Movies with B12's featured

« on: April 02, 2007, 11:27:04 am »

Quite a while ago I started a thread over at the Snowcat Forums at the ForumsForums where I typically hang out.  The thread was all about SNOWCATS IN MOVIES & ON TV

At the time I started it, I knew about a couple Thiokol snowcats that were used as props, the most notable being the Chariot on the campy Sci-Fi show LOST IN SPACE.  My Snow Trac was on British TV's Salvage Squad show where it was partially restored from a heap to a working machine.  But since then other people have contributed to the thread, and I've also been sent "leads" about other machines that I've tracked down.

I found 2 movies where Bombardier B12's (I think they are B12s) were featured in some scenes.  One is a movie I have never seen, called The Billion Dollar Brain.  The other is a movie that has been made several times but only one version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about the adventures of Professor Challenger was turned into a movie titled THE LOST WORLD that featured a fully loaded down B12.  Some of the posts in the thread have photos clipped out of the movies, some do not.  Fortunately both of the movies that show Bombardier B12s have several images of each machine in action.

Here is a link to the thread:  http://www.forumsforums.com/3_9/showthread.php?t=3101

If you know of any more, please let me know, or better yet, please post the details yourself. 
(PS you must register to see the images and post new materials, but I think there are already many members here who are members of both forums)

 

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General Discussion / Re: Wikipedia Snowcat Pages

« on: March 21, 2007, 11:31:24 am »

Are you still looking for some pictures for your website?  I put some pictures together on a website of the build project we did on a 1949 Bombardier.  If you want to use any of them let me know and I could email them to you.  The site is not real user friendly, but if you click on the pictures or the small icons in the top left you should be able to look around.     

http://www.st.brieux.com/bomb/

Wow you have some great photos.  I used 3 of your photos and stitched them together into one big photo, resized it and then posted it on Wikipedia for you. 

BTW, great looking machine!

Take a look at this link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Recreational_Products#Invention_of_the_Snowmobile_is_a_Snowcat_Size_Vehicle

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For Sale - Vehicles / KT3 for sale

« on: March 17, 2007, 09:37:24 pm »

A friend of mine is selling a Kristi KT3, it is one of 110 made, has hydraulically adjustable tracks.  This is a rare 3 door . Needs a 1600 cc VW Motor . Located in Northern Calif . $4250 OBO .  If anyone is interested you can get in touch with me and I will put you in touch with the seller.  I can also email you some photos if you are serious.

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General Discussion / Re: Wikipedia Snowcat Pages

« on: March 07, 2007, 05:42:10 pm »

Nice work !

I could really use a couple old Ski-Doo photos if some of you have any photos of an older Ski Doo Elan or similar late 60's early 70's sled some of the classic sleds would be great additions to the Wiki pages.

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General Discussion / Re: Wikipedia Snowcat Pages

« on: March 07, 2007, 03:45:21 pm »

Thats pretty crappy of wikipedia to do that.  Oh well at least you tried, thank you for that.

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I figured out a way around it!
Plus there are 2 different Bombardier pages on Wikipedia.   

Both have information that has overlapping information but each center on different areas of the company.  I linked one of the Bombardier pages to the Northern Tracks History page and that page is acceptable to Wikipedia.  Obviously there is a link from the History page to this discussion area.  I also linked the other Bombardier page to the home page of Northern Tracks and that one is acceptable.  So my problem was that I linked directly to the discussion area, which Wikipedia does not allow.


Bombardier Recreational Products Division Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Recreational_Products

Bombardier Corporate Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier

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Trail Talk / Re: Lets see those pictures

« on: March 06, 2007, 03:44:40 pm »

A friend, and also Snow Trac owner, who lives in Norway sent me 2 photos of Bombardier units you guys might be interested in.  He also posted them on the ForumsForums website were I am a moderator.  This is one of 2 Bombardiers that are used/owned by his friend.  They are used at a resort in Norway and he told me they are the only 2 known Bombardier snowmobiles in Norway.  They are used for tourist transport.

He was told one was a 1965 and the other is a 1970.  Both look identical and both have the rectangular windows that I thought were utilized first in 1970 or later?

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/melensdad/Snow%20Trac%20ST4%20Pictures/LateModelBombardier.jpg

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General Discussion / Re: Wikipedia Snowcat Pages

« on: March 03, 2007, 03:59:57 pm »

Thats pretty crappy of wikipedia to do that.  Oh well at least you tried, thank you for that.

I agree it is a crappy policy.

I did put in a link to NorthernTracks.com discussion forum page and they removed that one.  So now I have a link to one of the other NothernTracks.com pages (where people can easily find the discussion pages) and so far that link is still in place.

They seem to be very picky about what they allow and they draw a strange/fine line about what they don't allow.

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General Discussion / Re: Wikipedia Snowcat Pages

« on: March 03, 2007, 11:12:09 am »

Well I have run into a snag.  Wikipedia won't let the photos stay up on their website if they have the URL to NorthernTracks.com on the images    I've got the same problem with several other pages that I built for other brands (Thiokol, LMC, Sno-Cat, Snow Trac & Kristi) so I have been slowly editing out the words, but I'm dragging my feet and only altering a couple images a day so they are up there as long as possible 

Still, there are cross links they do allow and that will raise awareness, and they are helping to preserve the history, so that is all good stuff.  One setback, but still we got some benefit.