Bombardier snowmobiles (was: Identification quizz 2)

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Tony, that's a Canadian Mercury 1942 engine number, and rhd version surely? Similar to a CMP? I wonder if M. Bombardier bought a job lot of components from Ford of Canada from 1937-8 and used them up over the years? Fords always did have the edge at least post-war on supplying components for companies, and still do. In England Fords sold from about 1948 refurbished V-8s that were rebuilt by Lincoln Cars Limited, for all manner of purposes. Then they offered the V-8 Pilot engine, and finally from 1953 the Consul/Zephyr 4 and 6 engines. Business expanded so much that Ford Industrial Engines moved from Dagenham to a 'hole in the wall' at Lincoln Cars.