That wasn't the question I asked. I've already posted about it, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/antarctic-sno-cruiser-was-driven-to.html a couple of times... this was a new photo, and a good time to ask a question... about the place it was made. Not about the fate of the cruiser, but about the fate of the manufacturing plant that made such a huge vehicle
Right, I forgot I posted that! The 1st line in http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/05/there-were-some-mighty-big-goodyears-on.html Then let me rephrase, what became of the Chicago Military Vehicle Research Institute and the Research Foundation of Armour Institute of Technology?
They took it to Antarctica, found that it didn't work too well on snow. Abandoned.
ReplyDeleteThat wasn't the question I asked. I've already posted about it, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/antarctic-sno-cruiser-was-driven-to.html a couple of times... this was a new photo, and a good time to ask a question... about the place it was made. Not about the fate of the cruiser, but about the fate of the manufacturing plant that made such a huge vehicle
DeleteMade at the Pullman Car Works in Chicago.
DeleteRight, I forgot I posted that! The 1st line in http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/05/there-were-some-mighty-big-goodyears-on.html
DeleteThen let me rephrase, what became of the Chicago Military Vehicle Research Institute and the Research Foundation of Armour Institute of Technology?
Both evolved into this:
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIT_Research_Institute