Photos that made me say "Damnit!"

found on http://autoholics.com

Snowmobiles can fly. Anything that goes farther than the Wright brothers at Kittyhawk is really flying

On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet.

Three more flights were made that day with Orville's brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm

Levi LaVallee went 361 feet on a snowmobile



From http://autozine.com.br/

C'mon steampunk inventors, the snowmachine of 1914 needs your recreation efforts

from a postcard found featuring St Petersburg in 1914 http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/10/05/unusual-soviet-snowmobile-equipment/#more-18818

House Of Kolor airbrushed art is something to look forward to seeing, every year at their booth at SEMA

last years great airbrushed art: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/wow-works-of-house-of-colors-artists-at.html

Another Turbonique application of crazy... the Boss Cat snowmobile, why did it need 1000 hp? Land speed record of course

images via: http://www.bosscatlegacy.com/bosscat1/bosscat1.htm from the post by http://hooniverse.com/blog/2010/01/27/boss-cat-i-1000hp-of-turbonique-fun-in-the-snow/#more-8054

For more about the unreal bolt on 1000 hp turbonique: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/turbonique

10 dollars, junk laying around, welding and time.

A couple guys who work as snowmobile mechanics took the stuff that had been laying around the shop and made this .... applause! http://www.automotto.org/entry/snowmobile-mechanics-turn-station-junk-into-snowmobile-chopper/

One of these days another ice age might happen and then we will all want these snow machines, I'd rather have the 400HP Subaru

http://www.legendoffroad.com/offroad/ is the above

Get ready before the snow falls, make a snow motor from an old tractor or Model T

above: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229248&showall=1

One of these is at the Heidrick Agriculture Museum and History Center / 1962 Hays Lane / Woodland, California 95776

Images from http://www.personal.psu.edu/jtr16/trips.htm

Watch the video if this in deep snow, and staying on top like it can levitate or something

http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009/10/crazy-friday-snow-vehicle.html This is incredible!

Tucker Snow Cat, the pioneering vehicle of the Trans Antarctic Expedition

Not exactly the same model as the one in the publicity shot below

For a you tube video of some in action in the Antarctic, crossing and getting stuck in the crevass... and how they got out of it, see: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/trans-antarctic-expedition-getting.html

Take a 50cc scooter, get it out into the snow, now bolt on a front ski instead of a front tire

the Slidescooter was dreamt up by RiminiMoto, otherwise purveyors of fine Honda Cub accessories. Their approach really isn't more complicated than the above. The snowboard-like front track uses a ski-like snowboards cut down to fit, to provide some directional stability. It's connected to the front forks by a support that bolts in right where the axle would normally go.

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/01/slidescooter-taking-the-piste.html via an article I read in Men's Journal