General Information

Serial #

L55132

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; SYNTHETIC SEAT & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

220.0 cm

Width

82.5 cm

Height

76.5 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

POLARIS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Minnesota

City

Roseau

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

USED IN CANADA. In 1956 Harry C. Paul, a Canadian businessman from Saskatchewan, attended the trapper’s festival at The Pas, Manitoba with a snowmobile that he invented. At the festival he met David Johnson and Edgar Hetteen of Polaris Industries in Roseau, MN. As a result of this meeting, it was agreed that Polaris Industries would build snowmobiles and Harry Paul would sell them in Canada under the "Autoboggan". Most of the Autoboggan machines were identical to the Polaris models in design, but they were painted Harvest Gold rather than the pale blue of the early Polaris models. Production of the Autoboggan began in the 56-57 season and continued until 1966, when production was discontinued. It is estimated that somewhere over 1000 machines were manufactured over the 10 year production span.

Function

For travel over snow.

Technical

INTERESTING SINGLE PASSENGER SNOWMOBILE DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY H.C. PAUL LTD., WINNIPEG, MAN. The 'L-55' in the model name and serial number refers to the Lauson 5.5 hp engine installed in this snowmobile. "Powered by a rear track and steered like a motorcycle, the snowmobile has an amazing ability to almost float on top of the snow. It's even weight distribution keeps it from sinking in." (ref.4)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LETTERING ON EITHER SIDE OFFRONT READING 'POLARIS'/ PLATE READING 'LONGYEAR/ SERIAL NO. L55132/ CANADIAN LONGYEAR LTD./ NORTH BAY ONTARIO/ CANADA'/ ENGINE PLATE READING 'LAUSON ENGINE/ DIVISION OF TECUMSHE/ PRODUCTS CO./ NEW [ILLEGIBLE] WIS. USA'/ METAL APPLIQUE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'AUTOBOGGAN'/ WHITE LETTERING ON ENGINE READING '4 CYCLE ENGINES 5-1/2 HP'

Missing

FINAL DRIVE CHAIN & WINDSHIELD

Finish

BODY ORIGINALLY PAINTED RED/ WHITE SEAT COVERING

Decoration

METAL APPLIQUE LOGO CONSISTING OF STAR/ METAL APPLIQUE LETTERING/ YELLOW & RED PATENT DECAL/ RED & BLACK SAFETY DECAL/ YELLOW LINING ON BODY/ WHITE LETTERING/ YELLOW CROWN MOTIF