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Looking like a million bucks Dave.

Wonder how loud it will be?

Looked like the one on the '54 Bel Air I had.


Dave.......................................................



AMAZEBALLS!

That's a thing of beauty Dave!

I always thought those were cool as hell, didn't they used to be used as schools buses in the great white north there? I also thought they had straight 6's in them as well.

The hood ornament was a 56.

Gone now, holes welded shut.

Whisper stealthy, im betting....

Dave;
Good evening and thanks for another update, it looks like you're going to have a much improved restomod when you're done.

While I'm sure some of the folks know about Bombardier as a company, those that don't might be surprised to learn that the company went from building those, to snowmobiles - Ski-Doo and now build all sorts of stuff including jet aircraft.

When I looked it up it said that they've got 49,180 employees as of 2021.

They do get a bunch of Canadian federal tax dollars fairly frequently, that I know too.

Anyways Dave, thanks again for the updates, it's a really unique project.

All the best to you all again.

Dwayne

I hope you are well, friend.

Look for that show I mentioned "ice vikings". I shouldn't assume that you watch tv, but there are a couple short clips in youtube I think?

I love the history behind bombardier, which is incorrectly pronounced "bomb ber deer" in the states. Lol!

"Bom-bar-de-ay" a little further north.

Yes!

Don't you have a 1970s vintage Tucker Snowcat too?

Sold ot to get this.

But yes, ive had 2 different tuckers and 1 skidozer 252.

The "autoneige" is what ive been after for many years.

Bombers, snow bus, snow bug, all nicknames for these rigs.

Dave;
Good evening again and thanks for the reply and the show recommendation.

We've got a sister and sister in law - each I guess now that I type it out - in Winnipeg and lots of nephews and nieces there. Some of them fish up on the south end of Lake Winnipeg for sure, but none of them are in the commercial fishing business.

It's a big lake though for sure, though not as confusing as Lake of the Woods where I believe I recall you all fish sometimes?

One nephew fishes there pretty often on the north side of the line. He says there's enough islands and bays to allow one to get mightily confused if one isn't careful!

I'll see if we get that show on any of the channels we have though Dave. I admit we do have a TV, but I don't watch it much anymore somehow, no....

Again I think the coolest part of the build is your son's involvement and unless I miss my guess, you do as well.

All the best to one and all at Dave's auto and Bombardier restoration works.

Dwayne

I know what you did there.

That looks like the snow machine from a Jonny Quest cartoon.

It's really kool !

https://www.imcdb.org/v245734.html

Great job on that bomber,we dont have many of that style in N.H. Worked on a lot of newer bombardier machines when i worked at the local ski area. Heres a picture of a real early B7 with a ford v8 flathead in it taken at the 2016 national snowmachine show.I think it was a 1938 model pretty much all wood.

We don't see many (if any of this stuff) in the south. I think this is some kind of cool. Reminds me of some of the stuff form a movie "How to Marry a Millionaire".
Think it would be cool just to ride around in one of these things

Its cool that you remember.

It was a road runner, and yes this was the paint i almost used.

Thanks, I see now they were similar.

Still amazed some of those things are still around.

Great thread, keep up the good work
Agree that a site like this should have decent photo hosting