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I picked this up off of CBC news site; thought it might interest a number of people for a wide range or reasons...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/model-t-snowmobile-rides-again-1.4473120
I know of one not-too-far from here that is in really nice shape. He too said that he had/has this conversion kit for his Model T, but I have never seen the car/truck with it on.
My grandfather used to tell us stories about using them. They could go through an amazing amount of mud (the narrow tires) and over terrifically rough "roads" if you'd call them that back in the day. He said that they always had a spare coil or two wrapped in oil-cloth (the brown wooden box that the spark plugs are connected to in the picture of the engine bay), because they tended to get wet, causing the engine to quit. They would take the wet boxes home and put them by the wood stove to dry out, then next trip, they'd be back in service if needed.
It's always a bit of a surprise how many kids that car will attract whenever he takes it out for a Sunday drive with an eventual stop at the ice cream bar... and there never seems to be a time when he doesn't trick a kid to look deep into the mouth of the horn before he gives it an abrupt squeeze...
B'nut, you can delete this thread when you think it's run it's course... I'll be back in a year or so. See ya!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/model-t-snowmobile-rides-again-1.4473120
I know of one not-too-far from here that is in really nice shape. He too said that he had/has this conversion kit for his Model T, but I have never seen the car/truck with it on.
My grandfather used to tell us stories about using them. They could go through an amazing amount of mud (the narrow tires) and over terrifically rough "roads" if you'd call them that back in the day. He said that they always had a spare coil or two wrapped in oil-cloth (the brown wooden box that the spark plugs are connected to in the picture of the engine bay), because they tended to get wet, causing the engine to quit. They would take the wet boxes home and put them by the wood stove to dry out, then next trip, they'd be back in service if needed.
It's always a bit of a surprise how many kids that car will attract whenever he takes it out for a Sunday drive with an eventual stop at the ice cream bar... and there never seems to be a time when he doesn't trick a kid to look deep into the mouth of the horn before he gives it an abrupt squeeze...
B'nut, you can delete this thread when you think it's run it's course... I'll be back in a year or so. See ya!
