In 1971 and 1972 Rupp Industries had
its banner years with over 31,000 snowmobiles manufactured
and sold in 1971, and over 40,000 sleds manufactured and sold in 1972.
Pictured on the right side of this page, you will see the complete line of the 1971 Rupp Magnum sleds. The 400, 440, 600 and 800 Magnums.
I was a Rupp dealer in those days, in which I sold one of each of The 400 Magnum, 440 Magnum and a 800 Magnum. These were beautiful sleds and hard to beat at the races.
On a spring-slushy day at the local fairgrounds, I
remember the 800 Magnum racing against four other
sleds. This sled was a half a lap ahead of the other four
at the end of the race. As the crowd was cheering and the driver cracked the throttle in front of the Grandstand, at
the final lap, there was a fishtail of slush about ten or fifteen
feet high.
The 400 and 440 had a twin cylinder high performance fan cooled Rupp/Tohatsu engines, the 600 had a three cylinder Free Air Rupp/Tohatsu engine and the 800 had a three cylinder Free Air Hirth engine.
All the 1971 Magnums had a slide suspension.
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