Virgil D. White was a clever inventor who sold and serviced Model T Fords, becoming an authorized Ford dealer in West Ossipee, New Hampshire (USA).

By 1913 he had patented a Snowmobile conversion kit for Model T Fords, which he sold for $400, and complete vehicles were sold for $750.

1923 seems to be the first year that he actively marketed the newly-invented “Snowmobile.”

The first year they sold only 75. Once people saw them in action, sales quickly jumped to as many as 2,500 a year. Typical Snowmobile customers were doctors and rural mail carriers.

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