General Information

Serial #

324330

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALUMINUM BODY/ FIBREGLASS HOOD & FRONT DASH/ RUBBER TRACK WITH ALUMINUM BARS/ VINYL COVERED SEATS/ STEEL STEERING BAR AND FRONT SKI.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

230.0 cm

Width

71.5 cm

Height

78.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Recreational vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ORIGINAL

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Sudbury

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1966+

Canada

MADE IN CANADA. The Orignial Equipment Manufacturing Company, a Noront's subsidiary which actually built Snowbugs in Sudbury, moved from its Whissel Street location to Clinton Avenue during 1066-67. Noront Steel bought out the old school bus garage owned by the prominent Sudburian businessman Paul Desmarais, and established its Snowbug production in this building. Many changes were about to happen in the manufacturing of the Snowbug, which at this time had proven itself as quite a beast in the snow. The snowmobile industry was growing rapidly and the potential of selling machines was astounding. There was not much to improve on this machine as outlined in 1965 by Weber and his team. This northern Ontario invention remained almost literally unchanged over the years except for the motors, a constant nightmare for its owners. (ref.2)

Function

COMMERCIAL AND PLEASURE.

Technical

EQUIPPED WITH A BRAKE MECHANISM, BOTH FOOT AND HAND ACCELERATOR, AND SINGLE FRONT SKI. In 1968, Original Equipment Manufacturing Company introduced a new generation of Bugs, capable of unmatched power with a fully encased transmission. This Snowbug came with the newly introduced 293 cc, 22 hp Sachs motor and weighed 300 pounds.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MANUFACTURER'S PLATE LOCATED UNDERSTEERING BAR/ DECALS ON FRONT, DASHBOARD AND REAR LEFT SIDE OF MACHINE.

Missing

N/A

Finish

REAR ENGINE COVER AND FRONT DASH PAINTED ORANGE/ ENGINE, STEERING BAR AND FRONT SKI PAINTED BLACK.

Decoration

N/A