Model T Snowmobile Article & Event

Mee-n-Mac · 02-08-2006, 12:56 AM

aaah ... but do they skim well ?

gtxrider · 02-08-2006, 12:09 PM

I skims like a rock, a small rock!. I don't think they have the speed to skim. But hey, give it a try it will give the divers some thing to look for on the bottom.

DRH · 02-09-2006, 11:27 AM

Someone had one these Model T snowmobiles out on the ice at the Rotary Fishing Derby last February. It had been fully restored and looked new. The owner said he had purchased the machine the previous year and that he had spent many, many hours restoring it. He said he had purchased it from someone in Gilford, so we asked him if it could possibly be the same Model T snowmobile that is shown in an old framed photo on the wall at Ames Farm Inn. He said he wasn't sure, but that he thought it could be that same machine.

Tallyho · 06-28-2006, 12:32 AM

When I was a kid growing up in Rye, NH, my best friends father had one of these in his barn. I think he sold it for $400! He also had a Model AA dump truck, and a 1929 Model A pick up which I learned to drive on.

Rattlesnake Gal · 06-14-2009, 08:50 PM

These videos are wonderful!

Beware! YouTube can be addictive!

SteveA · 04-20-2010, 11:56 AM

I just returned late last night from a trip to see my sister and family in Fairbanks, AK.

While in Fairbanks we visited the "Fountainhead Auto Museum' (an all together amazing place for old car buffs). They had a display that included a NH connection and relates to this thread.

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This link is to some video of the snowmobile from this years "Tired Iron" event in Fairbanks.

For you car buffs, here is a link to the museum. Be sure to click on the "see our blogs" links, if you click back to some of the older blogs there are lots of pictures of other historical snow machines.

http://www.fountainheadhotels.com/au...collection.htm

02-08-2006, 12:56 AM	#1
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Enquiring minds want to know ... aaah ... but do they skim well ? __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

02-08-2006, 12:09 PM	#2
gtxrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 1,030 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	Do they skim well? I skims like a rock, a small rock!. I don't think they have the speed to skim. But hey, give it a try it will give the divers some thing to look for on the bottom.

02-09-2006, 11:27 AM	#3
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith Posts: 1,692 Thanks: 1,210 Thanked 677 Times in 179 Posts	Someone had one these Model T snowmobiles out on the ice at the Rotary Fishing Derby last February. It had been fully restored and looked new. The owner said he had purchased the machine the previous year and that he had spent many, many hours restoring it. He said he had purchased it from someone in Gilford, so we asked him if it could possibly be the same Model T snowmobile that is shown in an old framed photo on the wall at Ames Farm Inn. He said he wasn't sure, but that he thought it could be that same machine. __________________ DRH

06-28-2006, 12:32 AM	#4
Tallyho Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 312 Thanks: 439 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Model T snow machines When I was a kid growing up in Rye, NH, my best friends father had one of these in his barn. I think he sold it for $400! He also had a Model AA dump truck, and a 1929 Model A pick up which I learned to drive on.

06-14-2009, 08:50 PM	#5
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,253 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,455 Thanked 1,357 Times in 476 Posts	YouTube Model T Snowmobiles in Meredith These videos are wonderful! Beware! YouTube can be addictive!

04-20-2010, 11:56 AM	#6
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	Alaska - NH connection snowmobiles I just returned late last night from a trip to see my sister and family in Fairbanks, AK. While in Fairbanks we visited the "Fountainhead Auto Museum' (an all together amazing place for old car buffs). They had a display that included a NH connection and relates to this thread. This link is to some video of the snowmobile from this years "Tired Iron" event in Fairbanks. For you car buffs, here is a link to the museum. Be sure to click on the "see our blogs" links, if you click back to some of the older blogs there are lots of pictures of other historical snow machines. http://www.fountainheadhotels.com/au...collection.htm __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown Last edited by SteveA; 04-20-2010 at 12:37 PM.

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