DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING
THE SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
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LEFT
TO RIGHT - ALLAN TAYLOR, ANDY TAYLOR - PAUL
CRANE - DAVE TAYLOR.
PICTURES
BY DAVE AND ANDY TAYLOR
Good
Morning David
I
want to share some photos of the "Taylor Gangs" trip to " Paul T Crane's
Snowmobile Museum located
in
Lancaster New Hampshire. Paul greeted us personally and told us of his
past history of working for
Timberland
a local distributer of industrial logging equipment in the late 50's.
He
and his boss were invited to Valcourt Quebec to see a
new
invention that J Armand Bombardier was working on.
Paul
in his 20's took the little machine down the main street in Valcourt making
him
the first American to ride a Ski Doo (called Ski Dog at that time).
Timberland
bought the 10th Ski Dog built by Bombardier and claims that this was the
first Ski Doo in the U.S.
Over
the years Paul had many different Sporting Good stores and sold many different
brands,
Ski
Doo, Skiroule, Rupp,Johnson,and Polaris to name a few.
Paul
has a collection of 80 some machines including a tracked 1926 Model T Ford
and each one has a special
story,
Paul says he prefers the "oddballs" and is always on the lookout for new
additions to his collection.
Paul
is a wealth of past snowmobile history and eager to share . Dave
taylor
PAUL
CRANE
THANKS
DAVE AND ANDY FOR THE GREAT PICTURES !
