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CARIBOU SNOWMOBILE HISTORY

PHOTO SENT IN BY MARIO COTE

ALSO I FOUND SOME INFO ON THE INTERNET.

The Caribou

In the epic story of the snowmobile, you can add the name of Eugène Prevost,
founder of Prevost Car (now Volvo). Never one to shy away from a challenge, he
created the Caribou, intended for the development of the Far North, designed
primarily for work. The initial request came from Wilfrid Grenier, owner of a
surveying company. He had a contract with the Canadian government as a
cartographer for the Far North. He had designed an inefficient model himself in 1949.
In 1950, he redesigned the entire design, and it was patented in 1953.

However, he called upon Eugène Prévost and his expertise to greatly improve the
product, resulting in the new version being named Caribou with a much
lighter engine. It used engines from the small Dyna-Panhard car, and the body was
made of aluminum. The tracks were developed by him. According to my information,
22 units were produced at the Prevost workshop in Ste. Claire. According to the
Prevost family, only one example has been recorded as still in existence.
The Prévost family acquired it from a collector in 2024.

It is said that J.A. Bombardier was impressed by the quality of this machine and
Mr. Eugène Prévost's facilities at Ste. Claire during a brief visit.

https://passionautoretro.tv/histoire/caribou

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