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1910 Wolseley Motor Sledge Replica Class: Others, Tracked vehicle — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2015-11-27 14:18 |
![[Image: katak1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/katak1.jpg) |
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◊ 2015-11-27 16:15 |
something custom made? has a home made look -- Last edit: 2015-11-27 16:16:08 |
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◊ 2016-01-04 17:51 |
This must be one of the British Antarctic motorized sledges. -- Last edit: 2016-01-04 18:14:00 |
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◊ 2016-01-04 17:55 |
hmm indeed  and they are Custom made according to the article http://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/resources/transport/3 |
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◊ 2016-01-04 18:03 |
Custom Made "Terra Nova Snow Motor", then? .gif ";)") -- Last edit: 2016-01-04 18:03:15 |
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◊ 2016-01-04 18:50 |
1912: Wolseley Motor sledges, designed and patented by Major B. T. Hamilton, were constructed for Scott's expedition to the South Pole; they were field tested in Norway with the help of Engineer Commander R. Skelton http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Wolseley -- Last edit: 2016-01-04 18:51:14 |
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◊ 2016-01-04 19:12 |
"Wolseley Motor Sledges. Following the purchase of Wolseley motor sledges for Captain Scott's South-polar Expedition, which we reported and illustrated in our issue of the 7th April last, it will interest many readers of this journal to know that the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., Ltd., of Adderley Park, Birmingham, has received an order for three motor sledges for the use of the German Antarctic Expedition. They will in principle be the same as those which were supplied for Captain Scott's expedition,..." http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/22nd-december-1910/8/news-and-comment http://archive.commercialmotor.com/page/7th-april-1910/16 ![[Image: wolseleypic.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/wolseleypic.jpg) In April, 1910, the Wolseley Co. favoured us with photographs and scilie constructional particulars cf the famous sleighs, or sledges as we should prefer to call them, which were perhaps the most striking part of the equipment of the whole expedition. We told at a later period of the mishap whereby one of these chain-track tractors fell through the ice into untold Polar depths, and, of course, was irrecoverable. Read more at Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com" -- Last edit: 2016-01-05 13:06:19 |
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◊ 2017-10-01 23:13 |
They were a complete disaster. The engines did not work properly and kept stopping. The sprockets and tracks were made of wood and split in the cold. They each cost 1K£ worth over a 100K£ in today's money. Where is the money? In 1910 you could buy a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost for a bit less depending on the body. They could have bought one of them and adapted it for snow and driven to the Pole at 60mph. This was early days for motorized transport but look what RR were making. |
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◊ 2018-08-18 20:06 |
Its probable this was a replica built for the 'Scott of the Antarctica' Movie, the outdoor scenes were shot in Norway (also Switzerland) before its release in 1948.![[Image: 45-55.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/45-55.jpg) Appearance in the movie here /vehicle.php?id=1170083#Comment2369630 The actual 1910 Wolseley Motor Sledge filmed during the Antarctic Expedition in the documentary '90° South' here... /vehicle_1170516-Wolseley-Motor-Sledge-1910.html -- Last edit: 2018-08-19 22:01:24 |
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