For Sale: Wapiti tracked vehicle

[Bob Carriere]

HI Ed

Behind the Wapiti....... is it towing a white ...light....maybe aluminium trailer ...... possibly on skis....?

Fascinating bit of kit it is....... would be a real big job to restore as I suspect the different metal combinations may have played havoc with the aluminium skin....i.e. dissimilar metal and chemical/electrical reaction.

Bob

[Bob Phillips]

Just a couple of comments about the old snow beast - I recall reading that three were built as protypes. This one has been tarped over for 25 years and I go religously every year and retarp it- consequently the top is all clean polished aluminium, paint all nicely cleaned off - below decks little evidence of serious corrosion except where water dripped through a window and rotted out some of the plywood. It is all aluminium below decks, the only serious piece of steel being the skid plate mounted out front ( sort of a belly pan ) and the two panels with dents are all flat alumimium so even an all thumbs gut should be able to cut and pop rivet new skin on. But yes - it is a big project.