Track Master Interior color change: Ice Blue to Air Force Blue

In light of a recent acquisition, I have been trying to identify when/why the interior color of the Trackmasters changed from light/ice blue to the Air Force blue. Attached you will find the change notice. I left out the specific number of the unit for obvious reasons but thought it may be interesting to folks.
What's also interesting is that this is focused on the 4T10 but then they also made certain 600's with the same interior ice blue!
Very interesting.

Actually... this would be kind of a fun treasure hunt... who can find the history for the missing number and who can find the actual cat? Wooo-hooo! Snowcat Treasure Hunt Trivia! Professioanls such as Boggie, Snotrans, and Topper... well, probably fair to give the other folks a shot before coming in with the snowcat britanica.

Mainer said:

Actually... this would be kind of a fun treasure hunt... who can find the history for the missing number and who can find the actual cat? Wooo-hooo! Snowcat Treasure Hunt Trivia! Professioanls such as Boggie, Snotrans, and Topper... well, probably fair to give the other folks a shot before coming in with the snowcat britanica.

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Am I close....

need to go back earlier...

ive got that same page in my manual,,,but mine has the serial number in it,,,its a few infront of mine. do you own the cat that began the serial number paint change? ill post the number if no one out there has any complaints about it.

i also have about 6 other change forms for the 4T's in my manual. everything from radiator fluid, break cables, to fuel cans.

i saved a few paint chips from the outer and inner of mine. i think weatherby has the right outer color on his 601 for the dark air force blue.

Go for it unless someone complains by tonight. That's part 1.. the number...part two is actually to locate it! LOL. OK, may not be that totally reasonable but never know!
I thought it would be fun to put some stuff in this thread that is general trivia... so maybe a page every few days...

Mainer said:

need to go back earlier...

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Am I to assume this model is a bit too far "Earlier".....

The one you posted is late model 601 (1968) but the interior color change occurred in a prior year. But, I will also add a point of complexity here... there were custom interior paint orders (where ice-blue was selected) for certain areas. So, to move further along in it... the official change occurred in the 4T line-up while there were still 601's made later with the interior ice-blue as an option after the standard had been changed to Air Force blue. fun-fun!

Were there custom interior colors other than ice-blue available? What have you discovered about exterior colors? Seems like the civilian 600 models with orange exterior still have dark blue chassis and interior. Is this correct?

From what I've found, the only option was ice-blue. There was option in the 'arctic heating' package and also hatch/no-hatch and also in track manufacture (I think that less an option and more a design and/or manufacture variability).
I have found a civialian version with orange interior/exterior from the factory. However, I have also found orange interior/exterior from the factory with airforce blue underneath which is more common! However, the one I found with orange/orange was pristine/low hours and didn't have enough scratching to see blue... if I'd scratched away, maybe it was blue... but everywhere I looked...it was orange.
There seemed more variability in the Trackmaster days... I do have an orange/orange TM but then a blue/orange as well. I've seen two white interiors.
There was also a BLACK exterior Trackmaster with a black interior but that went to Japan!
Again, more TM variability and that was obviously cuz they were starting out and the Air Force was not as involved at that point. Then when they really developed the craving and wanted to drop the poor neglected power divider...thats when standards really hit hard...and the OC-15 entered the picture and almost everything was AF blue.

im out wrapping up the fires in SO-CAL. im sure you have all seen the news footage. it is truly an unbelievable site going from fire to fire.

ill post the actual serial number in question when i get back in a few days.

Mainer,,,,,,do you have all the fix-it paperwork for your manual? i cant believe ive got something you dont!

That's great that you're out there protecting many familes, homes, etc... a very much appreciated job.

I'm certain you have lots of things that I don't have ... and vice-versa but not sure how that came up here... but anyway, yes, I do have all the fix-it paperwork. This post wasn't a request for information... I was just putting out trivia/fun-facts as I thought it may be fun and interesting for folks.

?????? Is there something going on between you two?

Snowcat Operations said:

?????? Is there something going on between you two?

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Why? Still looking for a threesome opportunity? Ya sick freak.