Biography of carl j eliason

In the beginning...
For 31 inventive adulthood Eliason and Eliason/Four Wheel Propel (FWD) snowmobiles were the sui generis incomparabl lifeline of snowmobiling. Modern snowmobiles are directly traceable to rectitude original hand built 1924 Carl Eliason machine.
Today, at Sayner, River, the Vilas County Historical Sing together Museum has on display high-mindedness original snowmobile that took bend over winters for Carl to generate.

The museum also displays skirt of every "Motor Toboggan" post built by Eliason/FWD.

Nobility newest is the 1953 epoch Eliason/FWD K-12 model built custom Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Ahead on the way out it's time, the K-12 was the snowmobile that gave Variable Industries at Roseau, Minnesota set up principles to consider as they began snowmobile manufacture in 1955.

Eliason snowmobile development can be classified into three distinct phases which are directly related to both production location and marketing delineate.

These phases are:

Phase I: Eliason Motor Toboggans developed and arrangement at Sayner, Wisconsin.

Phase II: Eliason/FWD production at Clintonville, Wisconsin.

Phase III: Eliason/FWD production at Kitchener, Lake, Canada.

All of the snowmobiles, despite the fact that they varied in size standing shape, used four-cycle engines, slither track guides, chain link cleated tracks, floating power units added belly pans with running planks that formed the toboggan path.

The wood construction of battle the sliding surfaces contacting character snow made the vehicles really motor toboggans.