DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
PAGE 20,136
1967
SNOSCOOT SNOWMOBILE POSTCARD
THE
TOP 2 PICTURES ARE OF THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE POSTCARD.
PRODUCED
BY ROBIN NODWELL
EVOLUTION
OF THE SNOSCOOT.
SCROLL
DOWN TO SEE AN EXPLANATION OF
WHY
I THINK THESE ARE 1967 MODELS.
ROBIN
NODWELL MADE BOTH
SNOSCOOT
AND SNOW KING SNOWMOBILES.
1967
SNOSCOOT ( RED AND BLUE
)
1967
SNOSCOOT - NEW UPDATED VERSION.
COMPARE
THIS INFO:
TOP
: 1967 SNOSCOOT SNOWMOBILE POSTCARD WITH RED
& BLUE SNOSCOOT MADE BY ROBIN NODWELL.
BELOW
: 1966 SNOW KING MADE BY ROBIN NODWELL FOR
SIMPSON SEARS.
THIS
IS A 1966 BLUE SNOW KING SNOWMOBILE SOLD AT SIMPSON SEARS.
I
AM NOT 100 % SURE ABOUT THIS INFO BUT HERE IS WHAT I THINK.
THE COLOR PICTURE
ABOVE SHOWS A RED AND BLUE 1967 SNOSCOOT TOGETHER.
I THINK IT WAS
THE REMAINING STOCK FROM THE PREVIOUS 1966 MODEL YEAR THAT WAS RELABELED
AS 1967 SNOSCOOT.
THE RED SNOSCOOT
HAS A ROUND HEADLIGHT
THAT WAS FOUND ON ALL SNOSCOOT SNOWMOBILES.
THE BLUE SNOSCOOT
IN THE SAME PICTURE HAS A RECTANGULAR HEADLIGHT
THAT WAS FOUND ON
THE BLUE 1966
SNOW KING SNOWMOBILE. LOOK CLOSELY AT THE POSTCARD AND SNOW KING
PICTURES.
ALSO, SEE THE
GAS CAPS FOR THE RED AND BLUE SNOSCOOT ON THE POSTCARD.
THE ORIGINAL1966
SNOSCOOT HAD A METAL GAS CAP IN THE CENTER OF THE HOOD.
1967 SNOSCOOT
UPDATED VERSION HAS THE METAL GAS CAP CLOSER TO THE FRONT WITH A BLACK
SEAL.
SINCE THE RED
AND BLUE SNOSCOOT SLEDS IN THE SAME PICTURE STILL HAVE THE GAS CAP IN THE
CENTER OF THE
HOOD, THAT WOULD INDICATE UNSOLD 1966 SNOSCOOT
MODELS RELABELED
AS 1967 MODELS.
THIS MEANS THAT
THE BLUE SNOSCOOT ON THE POSTCARD WAS MOST
LIKELY UNSOLD
1966 SNOW KING
SNOWMOBILES AND ROBIN NODWELL DID THE FOLLOWING
TO SELL THE BLUE SNOWMOBILES.......
1.
SEARS DID NOT SELL ALL OF THEIR 1966 SNOW KING SNOWMOBILES AND RETURNED
SOME
1966 SNOW KING
SLEDS TO ROBIN NODWELL. ROBIN NODWELL THEN TOOK OFF THE SNOW KING
DECALS AND PUT ON
THE SNOSCOOT
LABEL AND SOLD THEM AS 1967 SNOSCOOT SNOWMOBILES.
2.
ROBIN NODWELL MADE TOO MANY BLUE HOODS FOR SIMPSON'S SEARS FOR THE 1966
SNOW KING SNOWMOBILES.
ROBIN NODWELL
TOOK THE REMAINING BLUE HOODS THAT THEY HAD IN STOCK AND PUT ON SNOSCOOT
LABELS TO
SELL THE REMAINING
BLUE HOOD STOCK AS BLUE 1967 SNOSCOOT SNOWMOBILES.
NOTE : THE HOOD
ON THE
NEW VERSION 1967 SNOSCOOT MODEL
WAS REDESIGNED.
SEE
SOME OTHER DIFFERENCES BELOW BETWEEN
THE
1966 AND 1967 SNOSCOOT:
1966
SNOSCOOT
1966
SNOSCOOT
1967
SNOSCOOT - NEW VERSION
1966 SNOSCOOT
HAD NO FRONT BUMPER.
NEW VERSION
1967
SNOSCOOT MODEL
HAD
A FRONT BUMPER.
1966 SNOSCOOT
HAD A HEADLIGHT IN THE COWL THAT HAD A BLACK SEAL AROUND IT.
NEW VERSION
1967
SNOSCOOT MODEL
HAD
A HEADLIGHT THAT HAD A CHROME FIXTURE AROUND IT.
1966 SNOSCOOT
HAD JUST A SMALL FIBRE GLASS REAR BACKREST.
NEW VERSION
1967
SNOSCOOT MODEL
HAD
A BACKREST WITH A TOOL BOX COMPARTMENT.
1966 SNOSCOOT
HAD A SMALL ADDITIONAL PIECE OF METAL WHERE THE SKI LEG MEETS THE LEAFS
ON THE SKI.
NEW VERSION
1967
SNOSCOOT MODEL DID NOT HAVE THE SMALL METAL
PIECE WHERE
THE SKI LEG MEETS
THE LEAFS ON THE SKI. SEE PICTURES.
ALTHOUGH THE PICTURE
SHOWS A BLUE 1967 SNOSCOOT, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE ANYWHERE.
THE BLUE 1967
SNOSCOOT MUST HAVE EXISTED AS I NOW HAVE A PRICE LIST SHOWING THEM AS BEING
AVAILABLE IN
SEPTEMBER 1966 AND FEBRUARY 1967. SEE
NEXT PHOTO PAGE FOR DETAILS.
