This brings back memories, we had a 1972 moto ski, back when there was snow all winter long. Fingerlakes area of NYS. It would snow in November, stay till spring, that doesn't happen anymore.
I began sledding at 18 in 1969. All through the 70’s with a number of sleds. Those were the days before groomed trails, permits, police checks and trail maps. First guy blasted through the bush made the trail for the year. Get stuck; lift it out. If you made 20 miles it was a long ride. But took half a day with breakdowns if there was a bunch of you. Just sold my sled, winters are done here. Six weeks of riding at best last season, trails closed the entire winter here. Miss the early days.
Really surprised there wasn't any Rupps. Growing up the first sled my dad had was a Skidadler, and as years went by a Sno-Sport by Rupp, a 440 widetrack Rupp and a Whisper Jet made Sno-Jet, it was like riding a Cadillac.
I have never seen a 'Police Special' snowmobile in my life. The Evinrude's and Johnson's were built at Outboard Marine in the town where I grew-up. The employees of that factory must have received huge discounts on those machines because they were everywhere. 70s Arctic Cats were seen as the Cadillac of snowmobiles back-in-the-day, and their price reflected that. One thing I've noticed is modern 21st century sleds have a much higher centre of gravity and are more sloped towards the cowling. Obviously a condition of sled owners seeking out deeper natural snow at higher elevations. Great video, thanks ADS.
I did'nt see one Alluette. Ski-Doo bought them out in the 70's or early 80's. We begged Dad to buy us a snow mobile because we worked hard on the farm. What does he do, he brings home a 340 Alluette, "Eliminator" model. We were the laughing stock of the community.
The Kawasaki at 8:35 was my hearts desire. Someone on our lake had one and it flew past now and then. Crazy how fast it was compared to so much else at the time. I ended up with a KLT250 3wheeler. Never seemed to be enough snow to justify a sled at the time
That is what we had the green Arctic Cat like the one with them (Montana Pipes???) going around the front end. Ours I think I had a 4cyl engine it was potent. I believe that snow mobile is still in its spot in our barn... My uncle paid to have the body fixed we broke the hood right off the hinges on that machine... Some body shop in Allentown repaired the hood and twisted stuff.
Where is the TX340's my first sled ! Followed by a XCR600 then a Artic cat ZRT800 followed by Thundercat 1000. Now the only thing I ride is my chair or couch
I remember my uncle pissed off my aunt big time. He worked at the Bethlehem Steel plant Bethlehem Pa.circa 1960s & 70's. Christmas of 1970, He worked an overnight weekend shift at the plant became good friends with one his bosses. Usually on weekends he worked at our family owned speed shop in Allentown Pa. Well this boss over time turned my uncle onto Snow Mobiles & before we knew it he bought and paid for 2brand new SkiDoo's & 2 Arctic Cats. The Large green Arctic cat he ripped it down. To this day I believe it had a really large 4cyl Briggs motor in it or something of the such. He spent hours creating headers for it and putting the pipes out the back not to mention whatever he did to the thing it flew like lightning. It came the weekend he had to work again the following year & me and my two cousins well we jumped on it and went for the ride of a life time we burned 4 tanks of gas as I remember all day long. Our farm had some horrendously steep hills and when my cousin Tim at the end of the day as it was getting dark he tried to go up a hill sideways the damn thing rolled with all 3 of us on it. He ended up with broken collar bone I had a broken arm & wrist. My cousin Keith's goggles gouged his left eye really bad he needed surgery. Needless to say it took half the other farmers in that valley to get that thing flipped back upright and even getting a truck down into that gulley where we landed was an act of god. My dad got his 69 Chevy back there in 3ft of snow cursing worse than I could remember about boogering up his new truck. My uncle he did open the cow path back there with his Allis tractor. As for My well uncle he got clobbered with a frying pan not that long after me & cousins were back at home & his crashed Arctic Cat was back safe in the barn. My aunt was super mad with the 3 of us all at the hospital all at one time. My cousin Tim well I don't think he was able to sit down on his butt until spring thats how bad my uncle laid into him with the leather strap. Me I never touched another snow mobile again...
when we were growing up we had 440 TNT 70 75 and an Olympic my dad traded them off for motor skis 79 and 80 future 500-long track too Mirage 2 my sister bought a Mirage 300 79 I bought my uncle's Arctic cat from him and Panera 5000 for what the miles said on it 500 miles he forgot the was broken lol was a heavy machine for a 15-year-old to have and powerful too i had NO trouble keeping up with the John Deers or the other performant slides we had we trail ride on the week ends too
A little John Deere history correction. JD was the first production sled to put the chain case to the right side and use a jackshaft to put the power over there. The 340S as the sled and this arrangement put the engine in front of and lower than the track tunnel. This design became the industry standard and it started with the JD 340S and that was the sled to beat.
Didn’t see an Alouette which I had growing up. Plus an Auto Ski, Rupp, and a Scorpion Stinger. I currently have matching 78 John Deere 440’s I’m hoping to restore. Anyone out there with NOS parts or info on acquiring them please reply. I’m disabled but currently move around pretty well
The Socalled Herters at 3:16 most definitely isn't obnoxiously ∆§×÷gin§∆ , even in covered storage the paint would have discoloration & fading and mold,plus the cheaper material of the seat definitely wouldn't look like that, this thing is obviously restored with a hell of a lot of lies & a huge amount of super neglect Dry rot everywhere Period
This brings back memories, we had a 1972 moto ski, back when there was snow all winter long. Fingerlakes area of NYS. It would snow in November, stay till spring, that doesn't happen anymore.
I began sledding at 18 in 1969. All through the 70’s with a number of sleds. Those were the days before groomed trails, permits, police checks and trail maps. First guy blasted through the bush made the trail for the year. Get stuck; lift it out. If you made 20 miles it was a long ride. But took half a day with breakdowns if there was a bunch of you. Just sold my sled, winters are done here. Six weeks of riding at best last season, trails closed the entire winter here. Miss the early days.
Really surprised there wasn't any Rupps. Growing up the first sled my dad had was a Skidadler, and as years went by a Sno-Sport by Rupp, a 440 widetrack Rupp and a Whisper Jet made Sno-Jet, it was like riding a Cadillac.
great video, dealing on a69 or 70 rupp sprint that has less than 200 miles on it always stored indoors and I have no idea what it's worth !
Very nice thank you for taking me to the show
I have never seen a 'Police Special' snowmobile in my life. The Evinrude's and Johnson's were built at Outboard Marine in the town where I grew-up. The employees of that factory must have received huge discounts on those machines because they were everywhere. 70s Arctic Cats were seen as the Cadillac of snowmobiles back-in-the-day, and their price reflected that. One thing I've noticed is modern 21st century sleds have a much higher centre of gravity and are more sloped towards the cowling. Obviously a condition of sled owners seeking out deeper natural snow at higher elevations. Great video, thanks ADS.
I did'nt see one Alluette. Ski-Doo bought them out in the 70's or early 80's. We begged Dad to buy us a snow mobile because we worked hard on the farm. What does he do, he brings home a 340 Alluette, "Eliminator" model. We were the laughing stock of the community.
I had an Alouette silver cloud with a Wankel rotary engine, I was laughed at until I started smoking 440's like nothing. I wish I had kept it
You ungrateful brat..........maybe that was all he could afford.
The Kawasaki at 8:35 was my hearts desire. Someone on our lake had one and it flew past now and then. Crazy how fast it was compared to so much else at the time. I ended up with a KLT250 3wheeler. Never seemed to be enough snow to justify a sled at the time
Memories of being a kid on the farm and thinking we were Evil Kenevil. The my friend got a 440 TNT.
I had few of those older sleds. I just picked up RXL Indy 91 tripple 650. And Harley Davidson 1972
Nice score on the '72 AMF Harley, a real rarity here in central Ontario Canada.
I had a Massey Ferguson 300 in 1970 and a Massey 350 in 71 . One cylinder JLO engine. Wish I still had them! Great video. Thank you 👍👍
Had a MF Ski Whiz, 1972, JLO 340 single. Sounded like a ww2 Bomber. Went everywhere except uphill. Just about any hill.
A lot of memories of a sore back right here!!
Where was this filmed? Very nice old machines.
Stetsonville, WI
My uncle sold Ski doo and Yamaha in the 70s as a side business on his diary farm in Monson ma great memories
That Sno Jet at the very beginning was my first sled SST295 pulled out of a horse barn for 50 bucks with a stuck motor.
That is what we had the green Arctic Cat like the one with them (Montana Pipes???) going around the front end. Ours I think I had a 4cyl engine it was potent. I believe that snow mobile is still in its spot in our barn... My uncle paid to have the body fixed we broke the hood right off the hinges on that machine... Some body shop in Allentown repaired the hood and twisted stuff.
Thanks. Great info
Yo I'm having flash back to an easier time for sledding ❤and I haven't done acid since the 70s 😂
I had a scorpion. I remember finding a couple of Chapparal behind a barn years ago.
Where is the TX340's my first sled ! Followed by a XCR600 then a Artic cat ZRT800 followed by Thundercat 1000. Now the only thing I ride is my chair or couch
Awesome video, didn't see Any Rupps , Aloutte or Scorpions.
I spotted a super stinger.
@11:42 that red rocket is sweet!
I think we know each other lol I am a polaris guy from Rochester mn
I never knew jet skis went back so far they were so old. 👍👌
Too cool alot of memories right there
I remember my uncle pissed off my aunt big time. He worked at the Bethlehem Steel plant Bethlehem Pa.circa 1960s & 70's. Christmas of 1970, He worked an overnight weekend shift at the plant became good friends with one his bosses. Usually on weekends he worked at our family owned speed shop in Allentown Pa. Well this boss over time turned my uncle onto Snow Mobiles & before we knew it he bought and paid for 2brand new SkiDoo's & 2 Arctic Cats. The Large green Arctic cat he ripped it down. To this day I believe it had a really large 4cyl Briggs motor in it or something of the such. He spent hours creating headers for it and putting the pipes out the back not to mention whatever he did to the thing it flew like lightning. It came the weekend he had to work again the following year & me and my two cousins well we jumped on it and went for the ride of a life time we burned 4 tanks of gas as I remember all day long. Our farm had some horrendously steep hills and when my cousin Tim at the end of the day as it was getting dark he tried to go up a hill sideways the damn thing rolled with all 3 of us on it. He ended up with broken collar bone I had a broken arm & wrist. My cousin Keith's goggles gouged his left eye really bad he needed surgery. Needless to say it took half the other farmers in that valley to get that thing flipped back upright and even getting a truck down into that gulley where we landed was an act of god. My dad got his 69 Chevy back there in 3ft of snow cursing worse than I could remember about boogering up his new truck. My uncle he did open the cow path back there with his Allis tractor. As for My well uncle he got clobbered with a frying pan not that long after me & cousins were back at home & his crashed Arctic Cat was back safe in the barn. My aunt was super mad with the 3 of us all at the hospital all at one time. My cousin Tim well I don't think he was able to sit down on his butt until spring thats how bad my uncle laid into him with the leather strap. Me I never touched another snow mobile again...
when we were growing up we had 440 TNT 70 75 and an Olympic my dad traded them off for motor skis 79 and 80 future 500-long track too Mirage 2 my sister bought a Mirage 300 79 I bought my uncle's Arctic cat from him and Panera 5000 for what the miles said on it 500 miles he forgot the was broken lol was a heavy machine for a 15-year-old to have and powerful too
i had NO trouble keeping up with the John Deers or the other performant slides we had we trail ride on the week ends too
Cool histody trip..
Didn’t see any Alaska Skis , sold new in the buffalo ny area , new for 550.00 in the 70s
A little John Deere history correction. JD was the first production sled to put the chain case to the right side and use a jackshaft to put the power over there. The 340S as the sled
and this arrangement put the engine in front of and lower than the track tunnel. This design became the industry standard and it started with the JD 340S and that was the sled to beat.
Arctic Cat had Jack shaft sleds in 1970. Just saying….i like jd too.
Didn’t see an Alouette which I had growing up. Plus an Auto Ski, Rupp, and a Scorpion Stinger. I currently have matching 78 John Deere 440’s I’m hoping to restore. Anyone out there with NOS parts or info on acquiring them please reply. I’m disabled but currently move around pretty well
Sure was a lot of different makes we had a ski doo Rupp moto ski and a John deer when I was a kid
Had a kittycat, 6yrs old 1972
I owned a 77 440 free air snow jet that thing was fast .
Princess, Massey Ferguson. Giving prizes to non club members will keep bring sleds to show.
Just sold my Silver Bullet!
I actually had a one cylinder Skidaddeler. I think it was a 1966 model.
Didn't see any OMC Johnson snowmobiles. My uncle used to have 3 of them.
Cool old stuff.
We had a SnoBug and a Speedway
Where was this show?
Stetsonville, WI
And not one Rupp???
I still have a J D 440 trail fire. Any one interested in it. Not run I 10-15 years. Stored inside up on wood
No Rupps !!!
☹ Nope. Weird huh?
Very cool
I didn’t notice a Mercury Hurricane I think it was called?
You do any car Shows ?
Wow no polaris tx free air oh one old on but dam.
I saw a twin track Raider in there that you skipped over.
Skipped over lots of nice sleds. The vid panning was way to fast
Brother, the c in Arctic is not silent.
It's silent in the midwest ;)
WHERE IS THIS?
Exlent old fyn timesmachines areA-1
This is in Wisconsin
Yes, Stetsonville.
Hi we have a inventory of older snowmobile parts email and we will if we have it
What???... No Rupps?
No Rupp sleds
The Socalled Herters at 3:16 most definitely isn't obnoxiously ∆§×÷gin§∆ , even in covered storage the paint would have discoloration & fading and mold,plus the cheaper material of the seat definitely wouldn't look like that, this thing is obviously restored with a hell of a lot of lies & a huge amount of super neglect Dry rot everywhere Period
120 sleds and not one Scorpion sled!
4.00 min mark there is a 400 Stinger.
Watch again. Saw one.
Scorpions were actually made from Arctic Cat chassis. I was a dealer. They were OK, about par with the rest of the FORDs.
(Fix or repair daily).
I was a mechanic for a scorpion dealer and we sold John Deere sleds too.@@tomrogers9467
Where are the Coleman Ski Roule?
No snow
Can't believe you by passed the Raider 😮 other than that it was good 👍
Where was this show?
Stetsonville, WI