While working Montana, I received
several calls from Mr. Joe Hrudka’s Attorney in which they were checking the
progress of the stock sales and in the final call he required a $20,000 deposit
to continue to hold the deal for me. The Fox Corporation, the party at
Janesville, Wisconsin who already had the tooling, who
made an offer for the parts inventory was putting pressure on. The $20,000
would have given me a list of all the existing dealers throughout The United
States. I could not meet this demand. In hindsight, I should have gone east
instead of west. I could have sold obsolete Rupp parts to Rupp Dealers from
Rupp's inventory and issued them a stock certificate for the purchase price to
bypassed The Securities and Exchange Commissions and also I could have worked
individuals who offered to help. I also should have dealt with Kohler about
possible engines for the new Rupp instead of Kawasaki because there I may have gotten
financial support because they had lost Mercury as an engine supplier and it was
possible to have them as a partner. One other thing, I should have searched out
Mick Rupp for advice on any help he could have given me. And should have left
the new location open.
In 1980 all the assets and
tooling of Rupp was sold by Joe Hrudka to The Fox Corporation at Janesville, Wisconsin
After giving up my pursuit
of acquiring Rupp, I continued with my mail order snowmobile parts business and
went on to expand Superior Sport Sales and later set up a store as SnoCat Shack
and Sport Shack at Black Hawk, South
Dakota where I served snowmobile owners of all makes
with new and used parts and accessories.
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