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Help with old snowcat ID

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Sylvia Tunaskas

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I took a friend for a ride yesterday, and he reminiced about his days in Alaska working on an Air Force Radar Site. It was in the mid 60's. He sent me a picture of the snowcat they used to access the site. He said it went much faster than our LMC 1200, and had narrower tracks. Can anyone identify it by the pictures he sent me? A brief history would be nice too. Thanks.
 

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That would be a Thiokol 601! PM Member MAINER. He is our resident 601 expert and owns more than anyone in the world. Hell he may even own that one thats pictured above or knows where its at.
 
Thank you so much for the quick response and the tip on the restoration thread. I got lost in the process of reading all the work that goes into a quality restoration. Thanks again for the help.
 
I agree with Mike that you have a Thiokol 601, at least that is what appears to be pictured in the bottom picture. The 601 was known to be used by the Air Force for exactly the purpose you describe.

HOWEVER, the window configuration in the first photo is unlike any Thiokol 601 I have ever seen. It might be a 601, or . . .
 
Sylvia Tunaskas said:
I took a friend for a ride yesterday, and he reminiced about his days in Alaska working on an Air Force Radar Site. It was in the mid 60's. He sent me a picture of the snowcat they used to access the site. He said it went much faster than our LMC 1200, and had narrower tracks. Can anyone identify it by the pictures he sent me? A brief history would be nice too. Thanks.
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Yes! More Trackmaster history! :4_11_9: :thumb: :4_11_9: The past few months have been really exciting :rock: in the Trackmaster world! There was that 602 that popped up for sale and then nabbed to be taken to a loving home :17875: ... and then that 603 that was like finding a dodo bird! :notworthy NOW... someone with 4T6 history! :dancing: Does it get any more exciting????

See below another clear photo of it... rather short-bed... obviously this is the bachelor version while the full size 4T10 is the wagon/suburban for the crowded mountain family (either that or ready to carry troups into the Antarctic, patrol missile silos, fetch booster stages, you know...fun stuff). :respect:

Anyway, I haven't been able to find one of these little puppies yet but give it time... the needle will be found! Any hunt that slightly resembles the Holy Grail and I'm there! Just have to keep Boggies little mits of it! (I keep tearing off the scab from missing out on the ghost purchase...see Boggie's phat collection and his white 601). :poke:

Anyway, there's alot of fun history about these so PM me if your friend wants to discuss... get photos, etc... There was a tricked out (or pimped), 4T10 that sold on eBay last year for $25K but that was totally done up... they're usually alot less and if your friend is interested I can keep an eye/ear out for one. He'd surely want to go with the authentic... the original... dual shaft design that controls the tracks that was first seen on the 4VL..last photo. There's a thread on the pimped one but I'm just attached a photo for brevity.
 

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Noooooooo!!!!! (sound made from human falling from tall building after clutching at straw). Well, I'm sure she'll do you well! You guys all snapping up these poor old Trackmasters is making it hard for a feller to expand his collection! I think I need to express 'pre-dibs' on the next find! Surely that's gotta count for somethin'! ;)
Although, if it is a 4T6 I really think that at some point it needs to go into the collection for historical sake as I'm trying to complete a full lineage of years/models!
One of the guys gave me an great lead recently (please ssshhhh you know who you are), that I'm trying to figure out how to pursue. Need a 4T6!
Was this one you guys found at a truck stop in CA? I know a 4T10 sitting there but haven't made it out.
 
Here's two pictures showing a 4T8 and a 4T10. We've got to put new belting on the 4T8 tracks and do some electrical work, however it runs and it's going to be our summer project. The 4T10 has had lots of use the past two winters. Both are 1962's.

Bruce
 

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Beautiful! Where do I send the check?


Did I beat Mainer again? I think so!
 
Kane... I am going to have to take on the role of Kane... walking the earth to find my own T8 (bad me...traveling and away from my documentation... thought it was T6 but thinking about the data, T8 would be correct).

Well, when you're ready to sell (days, weeks, months, years, decades) in the future, let me know! The Mainer will always be seeking... like a good grasshopper.
 
Hold on... printing those out wall size... Sweeeeeeet! Look at the ass :moon: on that T8... waka! waka!
 
I may have found another shorter box version of the 601 The one I found seems smaller not only in length but also in height. I may be wrong since I have only seen one 601 up close but that was a year ago. hos one doesnt seems as big.
 
Get me those pictures! You know I've been after one of these babys for a while now.
 
AHHHhhhhh Sorry BOBP I did forget that you were looking for one! The pics are to big. I will send them one at a time! Stand by.
 
As far as I know the only shorter version is the 602...but who knows, maybe you found a 'one-off' or an experimental version? I used to like Gilligan's Island when I saw it years ago too. ;) I've gone back and forth from 'why is this thing so small' to 'man, talk about roomy!'

PICS!!!!

So you found a 601 AND a 4T10? What, someone throw a Trackmaster party and not send the Mainer an invite? secret handshake? Tat?

But, to your point...it's probably way, way, way too small...too short in length and too short in height... I really see no practical use you'd have for it so you should clearly just pass such a lump of junk my way. ;)
 
Bob doesn't have time for one of these broken down rigs... he's honing in on that sweet Krusti on eBay... going in for a second bite of the apple no doubt! How can a Kristi-aficianado even dabble with a lumpy boxy ol' 600 series blah blah blah?
 
Just got her pin-pointed on GoogleEarth, though it just shows as an orange square. :smileywac
 
Sorry guys my DELL LapTop is Crap! Keeps dying! Hold on will try sending you the pics BobP again!~ Also here is a pic of Google Earth showing the cat!
 
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