Penguin Mkll

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Last year Sean (Snowtractor on this board) offered me the the chance to acquire the mkll Penguin he had recovered from BC a number of years ago. Realizing he had too many projects lined up, along with a young family, he wanted to see something done with it. I also have a fairly long line-up of vehicles, and initially turned him down. But after mulling it over a few weeks I decided I had to have it. Sean only asked for right of first refusal if one day I decided it had to go.

These were converted from mk1 armoured Snowmobiles, although there is very little left armoured on it. After ex Eskimo, it was decided that while the mk1 was about as good an all terrain snowmobile as could be hoped for, it lacked in the creature comfort of a cab. So the snowmobiles ended up being modified either at the end of the war, or just afterwards, by the removal of the armour and the installation of an airplane type aluminum cab. They were renamed the Penguin Mk2. A number of photos on the internet show these as mk3s, including one at the Cdn War Museum, and a photo of one at the Bombardier museum. The true mk3s that I have seen photos of were quite a bit different. I'll post some photos from various DND pubs later today with DND photos of the mk2.

Below are some photos of it as it arrived: