Prototypes - The first year
This is an early experimental - from the photo collection of engineer
Ed Kruel, 1971:
At this point in the year, this high elevation lake was the only
good place place to test.
As a side note, Ed recently returned to the spot where it started,
37 years after the original picture.
Location: N44 56.445 W109 30.384
Getting ready for a trip with two
experimentals. One with a 15" track, one with an 18".
Out with some competing brands for comparison:
The following are from an early brochure:
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