Thread: Fordson Snow Motor
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12-14-2011 06:15 AM #1
Fordson Snow Motor
Here's a concept vehicle built in 1924; pretty cool stuff. I wonder if there are any out there that still operate?
Snow vehicle concept from 1924. [VIDEO]
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12-14-2011 07:53 AM #2
They use the brakes for steering same as my Ford 8N wish I could find parts.Charlie
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12-14-2011 08:15 AM #3
I’ve seen that video on and off for several years and always get a kick out of it.
If I lived back in the mid-west I would probably build a downsized one as a winter project. Kind of thinking something along the line of old water heater tanks, a garden tractor chassis and a V4 Wisconsin engine for power.
Yeah I have way too much time on my hands this morning.I've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved.....
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12-14-2011 11:23 AM #4
That would be fun!
Mike P, I think water pressure tanks would be a better idea than water heater tanks, they're considerably heavier walled, and there would be a lot of tourque on the driven end of those drums.
Heater tanks would too easily distort I would think.johnboy
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12-14-2011 02:09 PM #5
Mike, I think you should build a hemi powered one out of your 37!
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12-14-2011 03:49 PM #6
Falcon it's just a bit early to be hitting the eggnog isn't it.I've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved.....
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12-14-2011 03:57 PM #7
A water heater tank is a pressure tank, designed for around 150psig working pressure, and something like 300psig design pressure. I would think a pair of matched water heater tanks with a pair of strap steel "blades" welded to the outside in a spiral would work just fine. Build it, Mike, build it!! If you get one built and post some pictures of it cruising around in the deep snow I bet we'll have several more following. Build it!!Roger
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12-14-2011 04:19 PM #8
I saw one of those in Butte, Montana.Livin' on Route 66
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12-14-2011 05:08 PM #9
OK so I looked at some pictures and a diagram or 2
And I came to a couple of conclusions:
THIS IS DOABLE!!!!!!!!!
THIS WOULD NOT WORK WITH THE 1” or SO OF SNOW WE GET HERE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARSI've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved.....
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12-14-2011 05:18 PM #10
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12-14-2011 08:53 PM #11
Oops!
Mea culpa!
We're talking at cross purposes here...here in New Zealand water heater tanks are thin-walled copper tanks with a pressure reducing valve between them and the mains system, designed for quite low pressures.
What you call a water heater tank is what we refer to as a water pressure cylinder, a different beast entirely.
I wasn't meaning to denigrate Mike P; the different names for different style things had me fooled.johnboy
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'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
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12-15-2011 05:18 AM #12
Not a problem Johnboy, just a difference in terminology due to what's "normal". Your "water tank" is what we call an on-demand water heater, or a point of use water heater. Most of ours are still the upright tanks surrounded by insulation, etc. I did not intend to generate any bad feelings in my response, either - all in fun.Roger
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