Yup the old cheezer was quite the unit. Funny story: I was farting around on the lake in front of the folks cabin one winter and the throttle stuck on the old backwards JLO. Well at full throat I went roaring up the bank forgot about the key, avoided the house and proceeded to mow down a whole pile of 4 inch poplars. An 8 incher finally halted my progress but I continued to dig a goodly sized hole in mother earth. The old man came out of the house and followed my cut line to where me and the cheezer had finished our work for the day, shut the key off shook his head and walked back to the house......never said a word. A slightly dented bumper was the only result.
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nuts, bolts, washers, and beer. forget that, except for beer
I know I have an original 1971 Skidoo brochure around here somewhere. It said "The nineteen seventy one!" and featured all the sleds. I think the TNT went silver for 1973, then largely black for 1974.
There used to be so many snowmobile manufacturers back around the turn of the 1970s. Rupp, Raider, Skiroule, Moto Ski, Boa Ski, Massey Ferguson (cheese whiz LOL), Mercury, Johnson & Evinrude, Chaparral, John Deere, Arctic Cat, Coleman, Snow Jet, Polaris, and Im sure there were a good number more than that. Today there are only a couple that survived.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
I have the bill of sale for my 72 Olympic. It was $677.25 all in. Dad would not let me buy the twin cylinder so I had to settle on the 15 hp single. It was a step up from the Elan. I bought a used 73 Polaris triple 500 with the drag pipes, man did that thing sound sweet till I had it going side ways on a frozen lake at 75mph and hit a crusty spot on the ice. Neither me or the machine faired well.
