- From The Collection Of
- Ingenium
- Accession Number
- 2015.0002
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Classification
- Motorized Ground Transportation, Recreational vehicles
- Artist / Manufacturer
- Featherweight Corp., Featherweight (manufacturer)
- Date
- 1971 (creation date)
- 2015 (collection date)
- Place
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada (creation)
- Canada, Quebec (use)
- Brand / Model
- Big Al (model)
- Description
- Du-Pont acrylic laquer in overlays of 30 coats of transparent snow burst colouring dye in white to yellow to amber to gold to orange to red.
- History of Use
- Adds downforce / drag to the front of the snowmobile
- Narrative
- Motorized snow vehicles have a long history in Canada and many other northern countries beginning in the early 20th century. These vehicles, which date from 1968-1993, represent a variety of themes in the history of the snowmobile in Canada.
In 1971 the USSA decided to try to settle once and for all the competing claims relating to the speed record for a snowmobile. Various companies entered the competition with their specially designed high-speed machines. The only prize awarded would be bragging rights to engineering superiority. Many of the machines built for the race did not look much like conventional snowmobiles; one was a dragster with a track replacing the rear wheels. Featherweight Corporation initiated the project of building a speed trial snowmobile and recruited George Barris, the custom vehicle designer who created the bat mobile, to design the body. They built the body around two standard Alouette chassis and a 12 cylinder engine. In the end, Big Al did not take part in the race which was won by Bombardier SkiDoo clocked at 129.2mph.
Motorized snow vehicles have a long history in Canada and many other northern countries beginning in the early 20th century. These vehicles, which date from 1968-1993, represent a variety of themes in the history of the snowmobile in Canada. In 1971 the USSA decided to try to settle once and for all the competing claims relating to the speed record for a snowmobile. Various companies entered the competition with their specially designed high-speed machines. The only prize awarded would be bragging rights to engineering superiority. Many of the machines built for the race did not look much like conventional snowmobiles; one was a dragster with a track replacing the rear wheels. Featherweight Corporation initiated the project of building a speed trial snowmobile and recruited George Barris, the custom vehicle designer who created the bat mobile, to design the body. They built the body around two standard Alouette chassis and a 12 cylinder engine. In the end, Big Al did not take part in the race which was won by Bombardier SkiDoo clocked at 129.2mph. - See Elsewhere
- ingenium.ca
- Record Rights
- © Ingenium
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