UGH! How do we get rid of this perpetual lie about Bombardier "inventing" the snowmobile in 1934? The Snowmobile was invented by Virgil D. White in Ossipee, New Hampshire in 1913, receiving a patent in 1917, as he converted Ford Model T's to operate on the unplowed winter country roads of the time. Mr. White coined and held the copywrite on the name "Snowmobile". Incorporating as the Snowmobile Company, Inc. in West Ossipee, NH, kits to convert your T to a "snowmobile" were sold from 1922 thru 1929. A version replacing the front skis with wheels, known as the "sandmobile" (the original "dune-buggy"?), was used in the deserts of Africa, as well as in the Florida Everglades. Bombardier's only "first" was to build a complete machine in-house. White only sold kits to convert the owner's Model T. Popular across the northern tier of the US and in Canada (where a 38 inch gauge narrow track version, to match sleigh runners, was popular), Bombardier was likely familiar with Whites' Model T conversions. In 2000 owners of Ford Model T snowmobiles formed the "Model T Ford Snowmobile Club" dedicated to the history, documentation, preservation and use of Ford Model T snowmobiles.