VW Beetle TANK Snow Trac ST4 barn find! will it run?
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2023
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We've had a restored Snow Trac ST4 for 12 years now. We have put over 600 hours on the meter. Most fun you can have on snow!
I saw this video , And I have to say that I was shocked and amazed . I thought Matchbox toys were the only one of these ever made . You learn some thing new every day.
I’m looking for the matchbox toy now lol 😝 Thanks for the comment and I think the vehicle is great fun.
all matchbox from the beginning to the early 71 or so were all modeled after real cars and trucks...i have a bunch of snow tracs matchboxes...very cool little toy!
Me too I collect matchbox toys I have two of these snow tracks in my collection I was amazed to see the real thing in this video I never knew that it was powered by a Volkswagen engine somehow I always thought it would be a straight Flathead 6. I wonder how much he paid for that thing in its present condition I sure would like to go out and find one and buy one.😊
Exactly what I thought. When I first saw it, I immediately lost about 50yrs and there I was with my Matchbox version. All red with grey or black tracks.
Yup I had one.
Sad really.
I firmly believe all German stuff should be melted down. They are still on the march.
Buying factory's and making weapons.
Scrap it
That thing is in fantastic condition (not including the horrible amount of dirt and dust). Very little rust, body damage looks minimal and the fact you got the engine started is great. Very nice find.
That is so cool! Never knew there was such a thing, what a find, I want one!
I had heard of them but never seen one
So, I'm 64, going on 65, and this has just bought back a long forgotten memory of one of my favourite matchbox cars.... I'd totally forgotten about it, and this was it.. Thanks for the memory..👍
Glad you enjoyed it😁🤙🏼
My grandfather worked in the factory in Sweden as a welder. he had one of the prototypes at home, we had a lot of fun with it when i was young :-)
He could have worked on this one 🙂🤙🏼
@@VWFarm yes, probably :-)
turns over really fast I wonder if it's a 6volt system old VW's were.
Yes.
Cracking find and video. I had a model toy one in Red (Matchbox I think?) back in the 60's. A very unique and versatile vehicle. Looking forward to seeing you getting it restored to its former self. 👍
That's what I came here to say as well. In the early 70s I had two of them, completely forgot until I saw the thumbnail. Now I know what they represented! They were red.
Still got mine somewhere upstairs! There were two of these (real ones!) in a field near Aberfeldy, Scotland just down the road from me up until a year or so ago. Wonder what the owner did with them?
I had one also in the mid 60's
I owe a 1961Snow Trac with 864 miles on it. Live in the Yukon in Canada and it was used by phone company to get to their towers in the mountains. It is 6 volt .
Wow!!! Great find. I learned something. I’m a air cooled VW Owner and love them
Glad to see its having some work on it!! Cant wait to see the final product
Yes can’t wait to get it done
Just need to see how it drives and what it needs
Nice, I love those 40 horse engines .
These gobs don't know diddly about awakening a long dormant engine if any typ but at least it's not seized .
-Nate
As a child I had a Matchbox model of this, so did all the other kids, it was a popular toy. Great find.
This is the first time I've ever seen one of these. Thank you.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Point of correction: Variators aren't particularly unique. They are used in a vast number of applications; as drive units for hydraulic garden tractors, and as steering units in Zero-turn mowers (both hydraulic and mechanical variators are used). This may be one of the earliest examples of using a variator in a winter vehicle though. Point of advice: invest in a set of left-twist drills. They will almost always remove a stuck machine screw without having to resort to using a chisel.
Nice one thanks, The snow Trac was designed in 1954 not sure how many vehicles were using that type of mechanism to turn back then. It does really work well. tracked vehicles i am use to mini diggers etc use two sticks to control the tracks. Great that these ideas are used today for zero-turn mowers etc 🤙🏼😁
Perhaps it would be better to say that until recently variators were fairly unique however in recent years they have become more common place and are often now used in zero-turn mowers and similar types of equipment/vehicles.
That does sound better 🤙🏼
What a great find! Liked and subbed👍🏻
I saw one of these hidden away in the woods in the Kootenays decades ago...
Wish I could remember where it was...I was just a passenger on a trip into the woods....been kicking my ass for years for not paying enough attention.
Outstanding love this machine
Very cool find 😎
What a great find. I would love to have one. Cool that you got it running.
Thanks 👍
This snow cat was also made into an iconic Matchbox car…. It was always my favorite as a child ! ❤
Yes it was I’ll have to get one aswell lol
Brilliant design, nice and light easy to work on and maintain. nothing complicated. how it should be. Cannot get any better than a VW engine.😁
That is awesome
early one 6v starter. look on forums forums, for info on these. I have a1971 ex military. VW gearbox is back to front, so is shift pattern. try not to brake anything as spares are hard to come by. have fun with your new toy.
WICKED COOL FIND. WHEN I WAS A BOY, I HAD A MATCHBOX VERSION OF THIS VEHICLE... I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST KILLER-LOOKING' SNOW-TRACK VEHICLE EVER... HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOU FIXIN' THIS OLE GIRL UP... STAY COOL... PEACE FROM CREEL CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO...
That is so cool!!!!!
Thank you for sharing this. I want one!
Our pleasure!
Now that is an amazing machine! Can't wait to see this little beast driving! Brilliant use of a VW engine!
Has a great shape to it. The front i like alot. Side on it has a landrover kinda look , Nice
Awsome, for some reason Im absolutely facinated by things with tracks.
Glad you enjoy it!😁🤙🏼
This is a really cool vehicle. Looking forward to next video.
we have got a short video of it running, now up :)
My dad had an old Crosley pickup he used to run around in the woods back in the early 50's. It smelled of oil, dust, and old upholstery. He would have absolutely loved this little vehicle. Great find, great video. Have fun and thank you.
Thanks for your comment, this snow track probably smells the same as your dad,s pickup use to, sounds like he had fun in his vehicle driving around in the woods.
@@VWFarm He certainly did. His brother was always afraid to ride with him, because Dad ripped and tore. Once, Dad promised to go slow and Uncle Chuck gave in. Dad got it stuck between two trees in about 10 minutes. He sold that truck and it ended up being made into a mini firetruck by a local manufacturer.
Ey up ! As soon as it snows I’m coming over to yours…. Gotta have a go in this !! Love it !!
Haha think I will need some new tyres first. Hopefully have it driving for when the snow comes, to have some fun in it . ⛄️
This thing is very cool. 👍👍
Looks like fun.
How cool is that! Runs and idles after all these years. Volkswagen reliability.
Runs great 😁🤙🏼
That is a very nice find 😀👍…
Can i give 1 advice…
If a engine didn’t run for such a long time , first take out the spark plugs and squirt some oil in the cilinders…
Turn it over by hand….
This way you avoid engine damage and huge costs.
Thanks for the great advice, and yes it was a great find . Thanks for your support.
You may like our other video “VW Beetle scrapyard find Break up Will it run? “.
Nice one Darren - get it ready just in time for Winter !
Yes 100%
I owned one, all be it a Matchbox model. Loved it.
Super cool!
Thanks 🤙🏼😁
It was my favorite Matchbox toy when I was kid .
Those were cool! Always wanted one. 🤔 Rebuilt those engines in high school.
I have only ever heard of these , i just have never seen one until now, and i would love to get my hands on one of these living here in central Canada i could use this in our winters, and have a friend who comes from a family of 3rd generation VW specialists who would get as much a good kick out of this was i would and all the powertrain parts i would ever need except when it comes to some of the unique items, those boogey wheels on the tracks can be retrofitted nowadays i'd think with so many track conversions on the market nowadays, I look forward to the next video on the BETTLE TANK, new sub 👍
Thanks we will keep you posted and there are a few snow trac vehicles in Canada 🇨🇦🤙🏼
Nice find!
This was a fascinating video.
Thanks 🤙🏼🚗
It’s adorable what you consider a “big boy" trailer. 😂😉
Haha thanks it was compared to mine 😁🤙🏼
It has a hand crank to start this thing
I NEED that!!! Just Subbed!!
Wow !!!!
so cute. The bigger the treads are compared to overall vehicle size, the cuter they are, and this thing has a lot of track area for a beetle-based thingy.
They are quite wide it’s amazing the engine actually powers it. 😁🤙🏼
my mothers fathers best pal had one of these and we would be bobbin with excitement when we would visit at Christmas just to have a ride in it , he would come up and pick us up at the station and let me drive it home , that was of course in the seventies so Finland was a lot nicer then and a bit laid back
That’s great to here 🤙🏼😁
first time ever seeing one yea i must say that is cool i like it 👍👍
Nice one thanks we like it too 🤙
Awesome vehicle. I want one for Yellowstone winters.
Very cool ..
🤙🏼 thanks
Great little vehicle. Would love to have one, preferably the 85 model. Those battery cables look like shiesta.
Quite the barn find ))
Yes I had a Matchbox example of this little beast back in the 60’s.
I was my favorite Matchbox. I might try to find mine. But it take a month of Sundays to locate it!
I was flabbergasted to see it had an aircooled motor!!!
Thanks for featuring an old friend from my childhood 😃
Nice one hope it brought back some good memories of when you had your matchbox car 🚗 😁🤙🏼
I was a car & truck mechanic before I retired. I have worked on many air cooled VW’s and all other cars & trucks in America.
Front wheel , rear wheel and four wheel drives, tractors,snow mobiles etc.
But never have I seen a beetle motor in the front of any vehicle!!
That is VERY COOL!!As your camera moved around I saw many more unconventional stand alone
designs!
The torque converter looking pulleys on top behind the engine, The leaf springs and the balance point where they were mounted on the frame.
The idlers, the steering wheel for skid steer steering!?!?
OMG I would love to own one of those.
I could tinker on that for years!!
Problem is, I am on a retiree’s income.
So I will never own one.
But I can afford UA-cam!
I hope you post many vids on this little beast…. 🤓
Your right, I’m not sure I can think of another vw Aircooled engine in the front which was in production. I’m sure someone will have made a kit car 🚗 with it in the front.
Hope your retirement is relaxing 😁🤙🏼
@@VWFarm Yea until I get my property tax bill in mid December 🤮. lol
Great find!
Thanks
There is a snowtrac in the reme museum at RAF lyneham mainly used by rm units in Norway I believe 👍
Looking forward to seeing it when you’ve done the restoration.
Restoration videos coming soon
Nos brasileiros que crescemos andando de wv.nunca imaginava um veículo desses,achei muito top.
parabéns pela relíquia!
Thank you
Good to hear the fox mentioned as a importer must be a few still round creiff area
Very unique vehicle, I like it.
Glad you like it!
Hermosa máquina. Felicitaciones.
Thankyou appreciate it 😁🤙🏼
I had a Lesney toy of that vehicle back in the day (1960s).
That Snow-Trac ST4 is so cool I can't believe I never even heard about it. Then again, I live in the U.S. and a state that doesn't get snow. Nevertheless it is downright amazing.
Very cool. I had a Beetle decades ago, so I find this to be very interesting. I wonder if this engine has 6 volt components (and vehicle lighting) or 12 volts. The cars changed to 12 volts for the '67 model year.
I'm surprised that the rubber tracks haven't degraded so much that they would break. Replacements available?
It turns like a 6v on 12v.
And it has a 12 volt generator and regulator.......
-Nate
@@lifuranph.d.9440
The battery @ 1:45 looks like a 12 volt…..
That was fun seeing the beast come alive and run.
That thing is so cool when you think about it very low maintenance easy to work on I wish I had something like that on my farm for the winter time :-)
It sure is! Should be easy to work on 🤙🏼😁
Perisher Valley in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains in Australia had a few of these in the early 70's they were reliable and economical snow cats. Well worth restoration. Good luck with it.
Thankyou 😁🤙🏼 we’re really enjoying it 😁
That will make a great project !
Thanks 🤙🏼
Never known a flat 4 be engine not want to run. Use love
One of these
My favorite Match Box vehicle ever 😎
She runs like a champ 🏆
Love it
Nice one thanks, hope your splitty is running well 🤙🏼
Nice one thanks, hope your splitty is running well 🤙🏼
Waaww amazing
Thanks 🤗🤙🏼😁
Its been awhile since I had the chance to be around one of these units but if I remember right they were French built units they were fairly comfortable riding inside and the rubber track was heads and tails above my Snowcat I was running an older Tucker with 4 tracks on it and my tracks were steel and extremely noisy and high maintenance. I was very outclassed by both the newer Tuckers and these french units and there were others very good units out there. I Would certainly consider one of these as a replacement to my Tucker!
Nice one yes these are a good machine this one needs a bit of work first 🤙🏼
I have this as a matchbox toy. I think it featured in a James Bond film in the 1960s.
I had this as a matchbox growing up
All I think is Jack tampering with one just like that in the Shinning.
Awesome find! I want one too!
I love it! 🤙🏼
Ahhh. I see my Snow-trac a few times in your video 👌
Some shots of it in Antarctica and some at my house. The footage from NFSA is my vehicle also.
Very cool! We are glad you have seen our video especially as your snow-trac is in it. 😁🤙🏼
There was a show on TV years ago who restored one
Can't mind o the programe
They reversed the cogs so it would drive
Cool beast
👍👍👍😜🏴🦕🦄😁🤞✌️
Air cooled engine is perfect for Arctic conditions.
I know it's a snow vehicle but I would go Rommeling through North Africa in that thing.
Nice exhaust note on that Range Rover, it sounds mint.
Great find and purchase 👍
Seen you got a nice Karmann Ghia.
@@VWFarm yeah just pulled it out after 6 years stuck in back of workshop , lots of filler to deal with but glad I did pull it . Cheers
Very cool vehicle.
we are loving it so happy we could get it running.
Now this is a real Barn find!
Thanks for the comment yes it defo is a real barn find lol 😁🤙🏼
Magic hands!
Thanks for the cool comment 🤙🏼
Shows just how tough the old VW engines are.
This one has worked out well for us 🤙🏼😃.
Watch "The Shining", it features in the classic movie.
Lesney (Matchbox) also made a beautiful little red with white tracks model of it.
There used to be one of these at Port Penrhyn, Bangor in the late 80s/Early 90s. I had the job of changing the engine after it had been used in the ‘mud’ filled dock! …. It was that red colour. It belonged to the Harbour master, the late Ian Metcalf.
I wonder if it is still going 🤙🏼😁
I’m pretty certain that it’s not anywhere in the area, but, it could be out there somewhere 😊
Fun
Thanks it defo is 😊🤙🏼🚗
wow, unreal!
Thanks nice one 🤙
That is one cool machine.
Thanks we love it 🤙🏼
Thanks we love it 🤙🏼
Nice one 💪🏼
Just need to see how it drives now🤙🏼
I got one that’s like new, what a blast it is to drive
Can’t wait to have this one looking good
id love one of those toys
I appreciate the English subtitles 🙂
It was only driven by a little old Eskimo lady to church on Sunday😂😂😂❤❤❤
I had the Matchbox model of this as a kid
This vehicle looks awsome 😮
Thanks for the comment
@@VWFarm very welcome
Seriously reminds me of the snow vehicle from the shining (1980)