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Hello Andy, sorry I didn't see your message before now.  Please forgive me
if others have already answered your query.
The Manitoba Museum has both a large Bombardier (essentially a school bus on
tracks) and a single person Ski-Doo snowmobile on display.  Both were early
vintage machines (1960's) and were simply to look at, across guard rails
that keep visitors back.

Bombardier builds snowmobiles, personal watercraft, trains, aircraft, etc.
There is a J. Armand Bombardier Museum in Valcourt, Quebec, Canada (see
www.fjab.qc.ca/entrance.htm) that has a wide variety of displays, including
interactive sit-on and drive (simulated) snowmobiles.  Bombardier was
rationalizing the expense of running a museum, the last time I spoke to my
contact, the curator.

The Canada Museum of Science and Technology has/had a ride-on snowmobile
simulator, I think that originated from the J. Armand Bombardier Museum.
You could check with them.  Last time I spoke to their staff, the exhibit
was very, very popular.  The snowmobile tilts side to side and up and down
according to the projected image of driving through the forest on a twisty
snowmobile trail.  Fun!

Hope it helps,
George Wurtak
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Date:    Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:01:28 -0700
From:    Andy Lloyd <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Arctic circle science

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Hi

I have a query for colleagues in the US or Canada.  Does anyone have a real
snowmobile in their exhibition?  As part of a new exhibition on
environmental adaptation we would like to have a real snowmobile that
visitors can sit on while they do other activities.  One of our options is
to import a vehicle from North America.  If anyone over there already
displays a snowmobile, presumably you have worked with a supplier to secure
loose/moving parts (we don't necessarily want a working unit).  Would anyone
be able to offer any advice or suggest people we should contact?

Many thanks

Andy Lloyd
Life Science Centre
Newcastle, UK

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