Penguin Mkll

[Marc Montgomery]

might be the same.....it was from out west ..maybe someone could check the Convoy back issues ? and if its not the same one...I wonder what became of that one? hate to think such a rare beast might be gone for good.

[Joe Lorenzino]

I finally got around to hauling the Penguin Mk3 home last Sunday.
I had spoken for it a few years ago, and had agreed to a trade deal, but was reluctant to pick it up before completing work on one of the trade items. On May 31, the previous owner came and picked up a Lincoln Zephyr V12 that was part of the deal, and I was going to get the Penguin, fittingly, on Canada Day. It was a little too soggy then, so a recovery mission was mounted last Sunday.

It is a Mk3. serial #77, dated 1949. Not running, but with new track belts. Has a SK licence still attached from 1968. Previous owner got it from a ranch on the edge of the Cypress Hills.

I would really like to get a copy of the parts book, or any other manuals that might be out there.

Have pictures, but haven't got them off the camera yet.

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Joe Lorenzino

It is a Mk3. serial #77, dated 1949. Not running, but with new track belts.
I would really like to get a copy of the parts book, or any other manuals that might be out there.

The data plate in Convoy Magazine issue 29 seems to be of Penguin Mark II, serial #30, built June 1947. That Penguin data plate seems to be showing the maintenance manual as "SNOW-B" possibly followed by a number. It would make sense if it were "SNOW-B3" as that is the manual for the Armoured Snowmobile Mark I and the Penguin seems to have developed from the Armoured Snowmobile. (Maintenance manuals Snow-B1 and Snow-B2 applied to the Bombardier snowmobiles with skis for steering.)
The parts manuals for the Armoured Snowmobile Mark I, B-SNOW-03, and for the Penguin Mk 3, CV-1, list many major parts in common, including engine, transmission and suspension, so it would be believable that the maintenance manual for the Armoured Snowmobile could have also been used for the Penguin although I'm not sure this was the case.
If you can decipher what manuals are listed on the data plate of your Penguin I can provide reproductions of all of the manuals I have mentioned. (If your data plate is not readable my best guess is parts list CV-1, stated to be for the Penguin Mk 3, and maintenance manual SNOW-B3, for the Armoured snowmobile but covers major components as used in the Penguin Mk 3)

[Joe Lorenzino]

New computer.....new operating system.......all designed to better provide the user with an Expanded and Enhanced Experience in Frustration!!

Will see if the "automatically resized" pictures come through in anything other than thumbnails....

Please PM me re: Manuals Thanks