Just wanted to see how many of you guy's have old sleds. I have a 1972 Sears Sportster with a 335 twin carb Polaris engine. It was built by Polaris for Sears. Man have sleds come along ways in the last 30 years!!!

1977 Arctic Cat Lynx 2000-T/292cc Twin!

It was my first sled. I will never sell it! I have never had a single problem with the sled other than changing the track on it. I have plans of restoring it someday.....

I Have a 1971 MERC. Rocket, 339 Canadian Curtis Wright engine single carb. 1974 MERC Sno Twister with a 339 Koler free air engine with twin carbs. 1981 Polaris TXL Indy with a 339 Fugi liquid coold twin carb engine. It has 19,000 plus miles on it now. Would be more but I didn't ride any thing for over ten years do to the wifes health.
I would still be riding it as my main sled if I hadn't decided that oil injection is what takes the hassle out of all day trail riding.
Al

I've got a 75 Mercury Sno-Twister 440, 76 340 Sno-Twister, enough parts to build 2-3 75-76 Trail-Twisters, 1973 Ski-Doo Elite, 1977 Ski-Doo 340RV and enough parts to build 2-3 more, 79 Ski-Doo Blizzard 7500Plus, 1980 Arctic Cat Trail Cat. Most of these are "works in progress".

4- 44TT Raider twin tracks. Nothing else like them!!!!!!

80 el tigre 6000, my first sled and now my kids drive it :div20: as I get a new one every few years, I'll never sell it cause I still love going for rips on it every so often!

I have a 1971 Alovette 440. I got her last year from a barn. I did a roof job for the owner and she told me just take it!!! It was her fathers sled that past away many years ago. When I got the sled to my house I found she had 200 miles on it with a broken Axel. She even had the original cover, no holes or faded! Not even a rip in the seat! So I took apart the carbs changed the gas and she started right up! She runs beautiful all the tacks work all the lights work. Just can't find a Axel Assembly So I made a little Arctic cat jimmy rig. Seems to work fine untill I can find some original parts. I took her out a few times last year put on 22 MILES :div20:

Another Picture :beerchug:

Sweet!!!

Just bought a real nice 69 Merc 250E picking it up Sunday I will post pictures, I'm also picking up a 72 Panther from my brother it's going to need work.

I just picked up this '75 El Tigre 440 after Hay Days from the original owner. It has 1145 miles and all it needs is the 440 decals.

MOD

Check out the dash....it has the optional head temp guages.

Just sold a 68 Polaris Colt, still have a 72 Colt 295. Probably will never sell it as my kids learned on it, now maybe grand kids can.

She's a beauty I always liked the dash on that sled :div20:

my old sleds that run great are
69 scorpion 300
71 scorpion stinger 300

2 years ago picked up beat up 78 panther. it runs great, but is pretty beat up

this spring i picked up a 71 scorpion stinger widetrack that looks just like my other stinger, but it's wide. it has a twin cylinder CCW engine with electric start. it is either 340 or 440 i believe. i am doing a complete restoration except for an engine rebuild.

One '80 ElTigre 6000 and two '81 ElTigre 6000's. I'm gonna race an '81 in the WSA Midwest Hillcross Vintage class this winter. :div20:

76 ski-doo rv 250 anyone interested in buying it ?

(2) '76 440 Merc Trail Twisters, (2) '76 Sno Twisters (250 & 440) and plenty of parts to go along.

just picked up a 71 lynx, seat is off but i have.

anyone ever see a trailer like this, its called a Tow Boggan, made by lenmar industries ltd in moosejaw sask. u put your sled on trailer, go to wherever u going, unload trailer, pull a couple pins, take the wheels out from under it , hook to snowmobile and go.

I have a '66 Model 100 Arctic Cat w/8 hp 4-Stroker, '69 Panther w/297cc JLO Single & a '71 Johnson Skee-Horse w/437cc opposed twin. All run great!

any pictures zr440man. would love to see them.

'71 Panther-399 Kohler needs work
'73 Panther-400 Kawasaki mint

Shawn

Got the 69 Merc, passed on my brothers 72 Panther, and instead picked up a 76 Pantera a few weeks ago which I have stripped down now. I would like to post pics but I do a lousy job at it, I have a good Nikon digital that takes these 1+ meg pictures, but when I try and shrink them down they look lame, I will have to ask Rob how to upload decent pics or if anyone else knows how let me know.

Vince

'71 puma-440 sachs,'70 panther-399 kohler,70 lynx-292 kaw,75-440z

We gotta get this vintage forum goin'!!

Vintage sleds I have:
1980 Kawasaki Drifter 440
1978 Ski-Doo Blizzard 6500+ (fast sled)
1975 Ski-Doo Olympique 340
1972 Skiroule 300e
1968 Larson Eagle?, 292 JLO

Used to have and probably should have kept :banghead: :
1979 Kawasaki Invader 440
1974 Arctic Cat Cheetah 440
1970 Rupp WT 440e (my first sled)

Always interested in aquiring old sleds in the WNY, NW PA area. Let me know if you want to get rid of any or know of someone who does. Thanks!!

Switta, still want to sell the RV? Too bad u are so far away, I'd love to have one.

1- 76 RV 340 FA running condition
1-77 RV 340 cross country needs work
1-72 440 TNT runs good those are what I have running right now have a bunch more that need lots of work I ride a 87 Formula Plus with 37,000 +++ miles on it

My new Kitty. Picked her up today. 74 Cheetah 340 in fantastic condition. I started her up and drove her on the trailer. Other than a cracked windshield this sled is in fantastic shape. Not a mark on the seat.
Funny thing is it has the lunch box on the back like my soon to arrive Sabercat.

Oh, by the way $400.00 Canadian and she was mine.

Utopia

I want to get a 86 cougar, eltigre', a king cat 4 cyl. gotta have one of those. my next door neighbour at the cabin has an old 80 eltigre im going to try to get as well to fix to original....looks like a fun sled!.....oh and my old 99 ZR700!....ha ha!

Just finished up my '75 El Tigre'

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Nice sled 69, where did you get the chrome shocks? I'm looking for two of them for my 76 Pantera.

Vince

Thanks Vince

I'll PM you with my guy's #, I had an original set on it that were chrome but 1 was screwed up so I got a second set from him. He has 2 sets that will go with your sled, I saw them when I was in his garage.

MOD

I've got a '65 Ski-Doo Chalet that I restored last year and a '72 399 Oly. Did a few trail rides on the Oly last season including a 75 miler from Bethel, ME around Rumford. As long as the trails were good the ride was great. Rough stuff, however, made for a miserable day

-Couch

Too cool Couch!

Makes you wonder how the sport survived after riding that many miles eh? and there were no such thing as groomed trails back then, I remember riding bush trails in the 70's with my dad, just pick a path in the woods and go.

MOD

Yep, thats the way we used to ride as kids up in VT as well. Just go through the woods. Of course, half you're "ride time" was spent digging the machine out after you got it stuck. Those old Bomb'ers were light though, which was a very good thing.

-Couch

i have 74 Johnson 400,keeps up the modern 440's and 650's air cooled electric start,.also have a couple old yamahas 338 292 all running plus couple of exciter II 's .hate to tell ya ,we got over a foot of snow the last couple days here in ontonagon,been riding for a week now! :div20: ride em like they're stolen!

76 el tirgre 440 liquid with 600 miles in mint i bought it from my grandma for $80 grampa went nuts when he heard i had to pay for it and gave me a xmas card with $50 and told me not to tell them crazy old people

first snowmobile was a 79 enticer 340 dad bought it in 82 in a crate for $560 stored it intell 96 i got it in 97 the throttle got stuck open once and i count start it so i took the plugs out and pulled it over and gas shot up all over the hole motor and hood second time i pulled it over and it was all over dad wasnt to happy from then on i had to by my own snowmobiles! damn enticer ruined it for me

I SOLD MY 73 PANTHER 10 YEARS AGO FOR 300 DOLLARS. I JUST BOUGHT IT BACK FOR 75 DOLLARS. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING IT. IF ANYONE HAS PARTS FOR A 73 PANTHER 440 LET ME KNOW.

old sleds love em hate pulling the rope.. I have a bunch, My boy he rideds a 1974 SS 294 Elan I figure if he can stay on that he can stay on anything. My little girl is riding a 1971 polarus playmate 175cc, myself I ride a 1991 formula 500 guess its going to be vintage soon. lately its been raining cats here. I have just picked up 7 panthers of them all indoor stored some running some not, bodies and tunnels in great shape, quite an assortment of motors too. 292 kawi, 303 sachs, 340 hirth, 399 kawi, I guess all I need is the 440 to fill out the panther line, have a couple of snow cruisers too (snowpigs), cool reverse though, will be updating motors this summer to try to make them a little less piggish....email me if you have an interest in old sleds or to share tech or info. farnorth@lycos.com

I have a 76 Merc Trial twister in my storage shed. It's suprising how many people can't beleve it's a 440 on the lake.

Polaris Colt SS 340 1977, and Polaris Galaxy 340 1981 with electric starter!!

69mod ,any interest in selling that el tigre you have ? the 75 model that is!! By the way there's a huge vintage show in my home town the last week of january on the lake. drag races, swap meet , show ,food ,refreshments and a huge ride around the lake and trail if we have snow!! this years feature sled is cross country race sleds. it takes place in waconia mn, 30 miles wast of the twin cities

OMC finally got it right! Then they quit the sled business. I hated to see them go.

My old iron includes a 72 250 ElTigre and a 71 335 Oly. The Cat is fine except the for the dash and the fact that it loses spark when warm. I think its the CDI box but just try to find one. The Oly is fine but who really cares.

I have a 1971 Panther almost fully restored and a 1965 Snow Ghia. Both sleds run but the snow ghia needs a track. ANTF7.....I have a 73 Cheetah parts sled if that is any help for your panther.

I picked up a 66 Colt this last summer, but the guy I bought it from said that if I wanted that one (stored in a shed), I had to take all his snowmobile parts laying around. That left me with a 72 TX500 tunnel, 2-71 tunnels with 440cc Polaris engines (frozen), a 69 Mustang (no motor but good hood), misc. engines, skis, etc. I was going to sell all except the 66 at Waconia but, when I got home, traded it all for some other parts.

The 66 was to be added to the others I have, all Polaris': 2-69 Chargers (one excellent shape), 2-69 Mustangs (one runs real good, minor body work needed), 1-69 Colt (first sled, mom bought for dad from local priest in 71), 1-71 Mustang (great shape for the $5 it cost me, no go yet). Still looking for that 69 Voyager with the 700cc, big, big sled!

MELLGY mentioned the Waconia MN Vintage show, billed as the worlds largest Vintage show. Great place to find parts, advice, decals, you name it, if it is from an old sled, it is there, every make imaginable! Main swap meet is January 31, big show is February 1 (Superbowl Sunday) with Yamaha as the featured sled. Races and trail ride around the lake on Sat. too. All located on HY 5, at the Lakeside Ballroom. I'm not associated with it, just like going.

Another great show is in Pequot Lakes MN Jan. 23 & 24. Not as big as Waconia, which has it's advantages. Very friendly folks there and well run event.

That was a lot of writing! By the way, WHERE IS THE SNOW!

Any pictures of Rupps or Allouettes

I've had a lot of them over the years, but here is what I have now and plan on keeping for a very long time.

70 Blizzard 440 (first year for the blizzards)
73 Blizzard 298 (last year for the F/A in a blizzard)
73 TNT 400 F/A (had a 74 400 F/A as a kid, but liked the 73 a little more)
75 RV 245 (serial number 1, first sled off the line)
75 RV 245 mod (gotta have something to race)
77 Blizzard 440 Super Stocker (1st year for a liquid blizzard and last year of
a leaf spring front end)
77 Moto-Ski 440 Super Sonic (same as the 77 Blizzard 440 SS, but this one is a
Michigan version, has headlight and taillight)

Here's a picture of my 70 Blizzard 440 before I started restoring it. The restoration was basicly adding the correct seat, pan and rear suspension. Did take it completely down and replaced bearings, slides and many other wear items. Oh and get rid of the ski spreaders.

1974 aloutte junior brute in mint shape i keep it on a shelf in my garage for show.
still has the orginal runners 5 HP 4-stroke , equipted with headlight tail/break light
and windshield . 30 years ahead of its time now with ZR 120 , MINI Z & XCR 120
on the market.

Hi All:
I love vintage Yamahas but have others as well! Had everyone from 76' to 81' at one time or another! currently have 78' srx 440, 80 srx 440, 76 rupp nitro, 72' jac trac sno bunny, 76 merc trail 440, 75 merc trail 440, 78 exciter 340, and a 78' rotax sno pro 340 looking for a good rv or blizzard chassis ot call home!! Any out there!? Let me know if your interested in any of them.