Editing Snowmobile (section)

=== Post-war developments ===
[[file:1951B12a.jpg|thumb|left|Early [[Bombardier Recreational Products|Bombardier]] snowmobile]]

In 1951 Fritz Riemerschmid devised what he called a snow scooter. The machine had a track mounted beneath a [[snowboard]]-like base, on top of which were an enclosed engine with motorcycle like seat and fuel tank. the vehicle was steered via a steering wheel and cables linked to two small skis on outriggers either side of the vehicle.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Thorpe|first=John|date=28 January 1953|title=Continental Report|journal=Motor Cycling|publisher=Temple Press Ltd|location=London|volume=89|issue=2296|pages=407, 424}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/PopularMechanics1951/Popular_Mechanics_03_1951#page/n95/mode/2up/search/Snow-Cycle|title=Snow-Cycle|date=March 1951|work=Popular Mechanics|publisher=Popular Mechanics Company|page=95|access-date=12 September 2017|location=Chicago}}</ref>

In the mid-1950s, a United States firm built a "snowmobile the [[Arctic Alaska|arctic area]] of [[Alaska]] that had the drive train reversed of today's snowmobiles with two front wheels—the larger one behind the smaller one—with tires driving an endless loop track". Little is known about this "snowmobile" meant to haul cargo and trade goods to isolated settlements.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=nNwDAAAAMBAJ&dq=1954+Popular+Mechanics+January&pg=PA114 "American Snowmobile Ends Need for Dogs in Arctic."] ''Popular Mechanics'', March 1954, p. 114</ref>

An odd version of snowmobile is the Swedish ''[[Larven]]'', made by the [[Lenko Company]] of [[Östersund]], from the 1960s until the end of the 1980s. It was a very small and basic design, with just an engine in the rear and a track. The driver sat on it and steered using skis on his feet.<ref name="Larven">{{Cite web| url=http://www.larvenklubben.se| title=Larsen Klubben| access-date=2007-10-08| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016194654/http://larvenklubben.se/| archive-date=2007-10-16}}</ref>