Gentlemen maybe this bit of info I got today may help clear things up a little.
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B Series
Wooden and steel body
Type : B7
7 passengers
The first snowmobile marketed by L'Auto-Neige Bombardier is a B7 in 1937 ; it is the first patent - spocket & track - of J. Armand Bombardier.
Body : Wooden and steel body
Engine : V8 Ford
Production years : 1937 to 1944
Number of total production : approx. 152 units
Overall Width : 48.8 in.
Total weight : 2500 lbs.
Wooden Body
Type : B12
12 passengers
It is the real marketed success
Body : All B12 produced only with a wooden body. The all steel body snowmobile comes after with a R Series. Your snowmobile it is B12... it belongs to R Series
Engine : Chrysler Ind. 251, 6cyl.
Production years : 1942 to 1951
Number of total production : 2817 units
Overall Width : 60 in.
Total weight : 3400 lbs.
C Series
Wooden Body
Type : C18
18 at 25 passengers
An enlarged version of B12, It produced as a snowmobile school bus
Engine : Chrysler Ind. 251, 6cyl.
Production years : 1945 to 1958
Number of total production : 606 units
Overall Width : 76 in.
Total weight : 3600 lbs
R Series
Totally Steel Body
Interchangeable wheels and skis
Type : R12
12 passengers
First steel body
Engine : Chrysler Ind. 251, 6cyl.
Production years : 1951 to 1954
Number of total production : 382 units
Overall Width : 59 in.
Total weight : 4500 lbs
Type : R18
15 passengers
Engine : Chrysler Ind. 251, 6cyl.
Production years : 1951 to 1954
Number of total production : 394 units
Overall Width : 74 in.
Total weight : 4600 lbs
After Type R
15 passengers
Engine : Chrysler Ind. 251, 6cyl. before c.1960 and after Chrysler Ind. V8 313,318...etc.
Production years : 1954 to 1981
Number of total production : 1227 units
Overall Width : 74 in.
Total weight : 5000 lbs
