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who was the first owner of your cat?

JimVT

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mine started out as a "radar cat" and serviced the radar at Prince Rupert airport ,BC for the Dept of Transport number 185 st4 it was featured in hemmings and hot vw magazine
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Lets see yours.
 
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wesley

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U.S. Air Force. Most likely on the dew line. I wish I knew exactly where.
 

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PJL

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US Navy, east of Arlington Washington. From 1989 till 2015. They accrued a whopping 281 hours on it.
 

Mill666er

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Arizona State Department of Highways
1962 Tucker 443

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Aspen Skiing Corporation
1981 Tucker 542A HD

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Blackfoot Tucker

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1.) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: 1980 Tucker 1644

2.) Pacific Gas and Electric Company: 1980 Tucker 1643

(I'd post photos if I knew how.)

Edit: The 1980 1644 is on the left. I'm using my ipad tonight. I'll add the pic of the 1643 in the morning :)
 

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Track Addict

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1. Allegedly Okemo Mountain VT 1968 442A
2. WMTW Channel 8 Mt. Washington Mountain Top 1953 443
3. Allegedly Pat's Peak 1969 442
4. ?
5. ?
 

Snowtrac Nome

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my snow trac has usaf numbers under the hood so a good bet it was airforce I have no clue about my Thiokol but would love to know.
 

hansoni

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State of Maine bought two matching machines to access radar towers as I was told by the fella that I bought mine from.
 

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DAVENET

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Pat's Peak Ski Area '69 442. Possibly mine or Track Addict's in the photo.
 

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PJL

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I tried to edit and add a photo but no luck. So here is a new post.
 

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Snowtrac Nome

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I tried to edit and add a photo but no luck. So here is a new post.
that one has the urethane front wheel with oversized berings I just scored 2 of those today I'm going to get them out to steve at cac in Wasilla have him make a mold so I can have my old aluminum rims redone
 

nikos

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As i Know from my research there are 3 or 4 Snow Tracs in Hellas.
I don't Know if that ST4 in the Foto is mine, but i remember well, when i was a kid back in late of 70s and early of 80s, that the Electricity Company had to used one of them in my town especially in the winter. The central office of the Electricity Company was to close to my neighborhood, and i remember well this ST4 in the foto, inside the garage.
Recently i had to make some interviews from some persons when they worked in the Electricity company back in 70s and 80s and are still alive and they used the ST4 in the winter. The stories with the ST4 in the heavy winter in the past, are very interesting. Maybe i have to write an article about the ST4 in the foto.
This is the only foto that i have, and it was given to me by the son of the driver

Nikos.
 

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nikos

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13th of September 2011.
Somewhere in a yard in the central Macedonia in Hellas.
The previous owner was a Truck dealer, and the ST4 was sitting in his yard with some other truck equipments.

Nikos
 

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aksnocat

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'77 Model 1742 originally owned by Wright Schuart/Alaska General Construction in the oilfields on the North Slope of Alaska. I'm the second owner, since fall '83.
 

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KT3survivor

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Our '65 Kristi #65163 was 13 units from the last KT-3 ever built. Originally purchased by the colorado state patrol, got a respray of cdot orange, then changed hands and wound up sitting on a ranch near craig colorado from 1984 till 2005. then family friends George and Mark bought it, got it running and sold it to me a couple years later. 51 years old it has 439hrs on the still working clock and is in very original condition including the numbers matching VW singleport engine. It has a few factory installed options like the search light, rear facing seat, roof rack and rear tool box along with the original tilt trailer. Unlike many of the government owned kristi's this one was never returned to the kristi plant for refurbishing. it is the second highest serial number KT3 on the kristi registry still known to exist. these are some of the reasons why I consider it a "survivor" despite the color change.

 
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iceberg210

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Delivered to Cannon in New Hampshire in November of 1987. Sometime after ended up at Burke in Vermont, and then Discovery Basin in Montana, then to me and Blizzard Ski Area in 2021.
Pretty well traveled cat especially for such a big one.
 

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Bennyboy1337

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1962 Southern Pacific Railroad company. Below picture isn't actually my cat, but I'm working with some people from some SP fan groups to track down the exact service location of my 443a and hopefully find an actual picture :)
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UberBastid

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Lets see yours.
Not sure who she owned before me.
She just adopted me one day ... moved in and made herself right to home.

She's always had the attitude of "If you don't act right - I will move out. Done it once, I'll do it again .... "
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Rover’n

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KRISTI, Broomfield, Colorado, December 1963, #0141, sold to Mtn Bell Telephone & Telegraph, Missoula, Montana.
 

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iceberg210

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State of Maine bought two matching machines to access radar towers as I was told by the fella that I bought mine from.
If you get a hold of Snowcat services they can tell you for sure, they have build sheets on all the Thiokol/DMC/LMC cats
 
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