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Offline ironglows

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..And perhaps you thought off-roading began with the ATV !
« on: January 13, 2021, 04:01:08 AM »
  Not quite so..  It apparently started earlier... ;)  ;D

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYVp-ltOIM

  Anybody from the area on GBO?  How about updating us as to the present status of Chevrolet, KY ..
  I did find this much... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet,_Kentucky
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Re: ..And perhaps you thought off-roading began with the ATV !
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2021, 02:11:24 AM »
remember when i was a kid. We had an old army jeep at camp my dad bought at an auction at the air force base. We drive it all over and had a ball with it. I still remember dad saying it wouldnt do anything the model t they had when he was a kid. skinny tall tires were the reason. Even back in my lifted 4x4 days we found out quick that the giant wide tires were a joke. A tall narrow tire was the real answer in the bad stuff. Another cool memory is the first thing i remember that could be called snowmobile. We got the first real one in town. A 62 skidoo. before even that a guy who owned a resort on one of the local lakes had a model A with tracks on the back and skis on the front.
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Re: ..And perhaps you thought off-roading began with the ATV !
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2021, 03:13:04 PM »
remember when i was a kid. We had an old army jeep at camp my dad bought at an auction at the air force base. We drive it all over and had a ball with it. I still remember dad saying it wouldnt do anything the model t they had when he was a kid. skinny tall tires were the reason. Even back in my lifted 4x4 days we found out quick that the giant wide tires were a joke. A tall narrow tire was the real answer in the bad stuff. Another cool memory is the first thing i remember that could be called snowmobile. We got the first real one in town. A 62 skidoo. before even that a guy who owned a resort on one of the local lakes had a model A with tracks on the back and skis on the front.

I live near where what was considered the first snowmobile was invented. It was a 1913 model T with tracks and skis.

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