Back in 1925, this Model T Ford with a crude set of bright blue skis and chains attached was at the forefront of winter travel.

It was in 1913 that madcap U.S. inventor Virgil D White hit upon the idea of the ‘Snow Flyer’ kits, which - when attached to a Model T - transformed the popular motor car into the world’s first snowmobile.

The inventor sold his kits for around $400 almost a century ago, and now this 1925 example is expected to fetch upwards of £10,000 when it goes under the hammer in Pennsylvania, U.S., next month. - Full article on the Daily Mail

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