Original Posted By: "K5YAC"
Not really Piet related.but Mr. Pietenpol was probably building a Piet atthis time, and it is sorta' related to you Ford powered guys..and Idefinitely thought of all you good people in the cold, far North.Gary BootheCool, CAPietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, Fuselage on gear16 ribs done 1926 Snow Tractor You're not gonna believe this..............Talk about ingenuity! This is a 1926 silent film (on video) of a tractor-snow-machine invented by Henry Ford, who is shown driving it. Watch the whole thing. Note the "hat." And tie! http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/ ... n..htmlOur modern snowmobiles are far betterbut Henry's machine is pretty clever for the time.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: 1926 Snow Tractor - rare original video of an inventionby