With some credit extensions, Polaris was able to get back on track with their Mustang and Colt models. After a successful test in Alaska (that nearly cost two employees their lives), they started selling the sled-and nearly bankrupt the company when components of the sleds failed and they failed to maintain traction on the snow in the lower 48 states. In 1963, Polaris built their first front-engined snowmobile, designed more for recreation, called the Comet. They envisioned selling the machines to trappers, utility companies, and others who needed access to remote areas during winter. After selling the first model to make payroll, they continued to build what they called Sno-Travelers, which were larger than modern snowmobiles and could carry several people.
In the winter of 1955, several men at a farm equipment shop in Roseau, Minnesota, took a grain elevator belt and some pieces of an old Chevy and built their first snowmobile.
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