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01-18-2021, 01:17 PM
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Just doing a little cruising in the 1968 sled
Out with the grandkids in the old machine.
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01-18-2021, 01:18 PM
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Very cool. Those are quite the mits! Look like you could carry a little kid in each one
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01-18-2021, 01:24 PM
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Epic mitts!
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01-18-2021, 01:31 PM
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the sled comes with the mitts as it was an accessory back then....
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01-18-2021, 01:34 PM
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Nice looking ride! No need for handlebar warmers with those mitts.
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01-18-2021, 01:39 PM
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Amazing sled! Color me jealous.
Good on you for taking the grandkids out.
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01-18-2021, 01:40 PM
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The mitts are great coyote and moose skin got them from Mad River trapper in Athabasca
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01-18-2021, 01:41 PM
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My son-in-law does renos on Old sleds check out his website Jr sales
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01-18-2021, 01:45 PM
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Jr sales has lots of antique snowmobiles on Facebook
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01-18-2021, 01:49 PM
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Back in the early days of sledding there sure were alot of brands.
Some of the ones I remember were John Deere Liquifire, Rupp, Ski Roule, to name a few.
Skidoo of course was the leader, but there sure were alot of sled manufacturers back in the day. Getting parts for some of the less known brands would be a challenge these days!
Good on you for taking the kids for a ride on an old sled. As they get older, they will appreciate just how far we have come!!
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01-18-2021, 01:54 PM
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Awesome . That was my very first sled , 68 Motoski Capri 292. I had more fun of the machine when I was a kid! Brings back memories seeing those pictures
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01-18-2021, 02:36 PM
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Good to see the old sleds still purring
My Dad bought the family size Snow cruiser around 1968 top speed was about 25 mph lots of good times on that sled
Note the accessory horn
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01-18-2021, 02:54 PM
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Good to see the old sleds still purring
My Dad bought the family size Snow cruiser around 1968 top speed was about 25 mph lots of good times on that sled
Note the accessory horn
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Nice
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01-18-2021, 03:00 PM
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Beauty Whelen...
Wish I could post pics here but the oldest sled I have is an 87 Super Jag in great shape. It’s always an interesting run on the old narrow machines. Kinda like the hum of bogey wheels on a groomed trail.
Cut my eye teeth way back when on a 12/3 ski do.
Thanks for posting that.
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01-18-2021, 03:04 PM
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A few of the other projects
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01-18-2021, 03:07 PM
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We had a 71 motoski (440) when I was growing up.
I destroyed that one, and a few years later found another at a garage sale (for $150).
The last one got carried off in a scrap metal purge after I moved away from home.
Neither looked as nice as yours.
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01-18-2021, 03:20 PM
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I absolutely love seeing old sleds still being used. I spent a lot of time on old Elans growing up in Northern Ontario. I remember a trapper had a Sno Bug that would go just about anywhere. Even those old Elans were nice because even though they were never going to win any races, they would go through some serious slop and were light enough to throw around by hand when they did get hung up when going through thick bush.
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01-18-2021, 03:23 PM
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Nice collection I think the twin track one was called an Alpine, one ski really a bear to steer my uncle used one for trapping not one you wanted to turn around in deep snow.
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01-18-2021, 03:55 PM
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Quote:
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Good to see the old sleds still purring
My Dad bought the family size Snow cruiser around 1968 top speed was about 25 mph lots of good times on that sled
Note the accessory horn
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I grew up running a Snow Crusher (as I called it then) around. They were great until you got them stuck. Then you may as well leave them and come back in spring!
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01-18-2021, 05:57 PM
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Love it. Learned on an old John Deere 500 (really a 440) then graduated to an Evinrude 400 Skimmer that kicked ass, well back then anyway. I think the JD was bogies and the Evinride was slides but dont really recall.
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01-18-2021, 06:58 PM
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Great sled, and the mitts! Could sleep in those!
My dad had an old SkiBee in the 70s, hard to start, but when it did, it sure went like hell!
Wish I knew what became of it.
Looked just like the one in this article. You could get a wheel kit for it but dad didnt have one. Cool sled.
https://snoriderswest.com/article/ol...with_wheel_kit
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01-18-2021, 07:10 PM
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machines
In the 60's and early 70's we had, 2 MODFELS OF SKI DOO'S, Olympic and Elan I think theOlympic was 18 hp, and the Elan's were 12
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01-18-2021, 07:19 PM
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A scout ski bee is the first machine I learned to ride on. Still have it yet. Hasn’t run in a lot of years thought.
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01-18-2021, 07:21 PM
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I bet the backrest comes in handy. No more looking back to see if the kid is still there
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01-18-2021, 07:28 PM
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Nice to see the old sleds. The Alpine sled was a real workhorse on traplines thru the years. I saw my first snowmobile at Pigeon Lake in 1963. A guy unloaded a brand new 1963 Polaris Sno-Traveler like in the pic. Was pretty neat.
With all the sledders in Alberta there has to be a great assortment of vintage sleds hidden away.
When I see these sleds it reminds me of this tune. The vid has some nice older sleds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeBC...ature=emb_logo
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01-18-2021, 07:34 PM
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A scout ski bee is the first machine I learned to ride on. Still have it yet. Hasn’t run in a lot of years thought.
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Could you post pics of it? I always thought it was a great looking Machine.
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01-18-2021, 07:44 PM
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Yup I can take some pictures of it and put on here.
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01-18-2021, 07:49 PM
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Dayuum, this thread brings back a flood of incredible memories as a teenager in the 70's !!! Life was so simple and loads of clean FUN!!
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01-18-2021, 08:22 PM
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Yup I can take some pictures of it and put on here.
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That would be appreciated. I hadn't thought about that machine for years. Good memories. Fetching the christmas tree from community pasture with the sled. Freezing our skinny buts off in our snowsuit....
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When I was a kid a 440 was big
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