December 1969: In December, Argosy Magazine publishes a fascinating article highlighting the amazing adaptability of Scorpion snowmobiles. Titled ‘Bighorn Sheep by Snowmobile,’ the story featured California State Fish and Game Department experts along with Scorpion executives engaged in a time-critical mission to track and study the elusive desert bighorn sheep in the hostile Mojave Desert. Long before the availability of ATVs, Scorpions like the wide-track Mark III 400 featured here provided an otherwise impossible means of transportation within the barren sand slopes of “Devil’s Playground” and “Old Dad Mountain.” When supplemented by a Skat Trak wheel conversion kit, the Scorpion’s patented rubber track proved amazingly effective in navigating the soft sands of the Mojave. A special air cleaner and extra-heavy lubricants were all that remained to complete the conversion from snow machine to desert dynamo. Bob Grant, the article’s author claimed that, “Scorpions proved nearly as sure-footed as the mountain sheep we pursued.” Scorpion snowmobiles supplied by Western Scorpion Snowmobile Corporation, Sparks, Nevada. Courtesy Wayne & April Small - Argosy Magazine. See Terms of use. Link to Home.