ITASKA DRIFTSKIPPERS TRAILS

1974 - Grand Rapids, Minnesota -
When the Itaska Driftskippers wanted better trails, they added their labor to some state money and built them.
A mile per member.  That's just about it worked out when the 30 people in the Itaska Driftskippers snowmobile club constructed a 35-mile trail system near Grand Rapids, Minnesota

1982 JOHN DEERE SNOWFIRE

The introduction of the 1983 Snowfire and Sprintfire, a small pilot built of machines went into full production in mid-1982.
John Deere made a sworn goal to build the lightest lines of snowmobiles in the industry.
The snowfire weighs just 312 pounds, "dry".

RUPP NITRO'S WIN RACE

The 1972 Rupp Nitro snowmobiles - were a winner on the track as well on the trail.
The 440 Rupp Nitro snowmobiles won the 440cc modified class at the"World Series of Snowmobiling" at Ironwood, Michigan, in March, 1972

1980 ARCTIC CAT JAG

In 1980, Arctic Cat Jags were available in three different models - from the economy model series 2000 to the spirited 3000 (Available with free air or with fan cooled and oil injection)
The Jags featured Shock dampened skis; aluminum chassis; hexagon drive clutch; 6.5 gallon fuel capacity; studded 2/3 cleated track with rubber logo grippers and Dupont Fibre B (Kevlar) track belts; short stroke Mikuni butterfly carb; Arctictron exhaust system; parking brake and the price was right.

1976 FUTURA

The 1976 Futura by Moto-Ski featured a Bombardier-Rotax 440cc fan cooled engine and had torque reaction slide suspension with a . one-piece, molded rubber track with an exclusive Moto-Ski V-Shaped profile.  Standard features included, self adjusting disc brakes, speedometer and tachometer, and double walled tuned muffler.

1975 JOHNSON JX SNOWMOBILE

For the 1975 Johnson model year, they advertized that they had an amazing devise that delivered up to 58% better gas mileage than the 1974 models. - It had a new Johnson-engineered accelerator pump carburetor that "leans down the fuel mixture to make your JX run smoother, gutzier and more economical than ever before. They also offered both a bogie and slide suspension for their 1975 JX models.

1976 ALOUETTE

In 1976 Alouette was back after a year's absence and was then in A Rupp mold, after the purchase by Rupp Industries
Alouette was marketed mostly in Canada although some were available in The United States.
The models were retained as Sno-Duster, Sno-Brute, Brute and Super Brute. The engines, track,suspension and other features were virtually the same as The Rupp machines.

1977 RUPP NITRO

Rupp was in business for the 1977 snowmobile business and was riding on the 440 Nitro liquid cooled for the comeback.  Rupp was banking on appealing to the segment of the market that drooled over the big powerfull performers and the new Nitro offered much to capture their fancy. In the power department, the Nitro got the job done, not only on the straightaways (where it was best in the eight mile top end by only The Polaris TX-L) but also on the hill, which it climbed without braking a sweat.
The 1977 Rupp snowmobiles were assembled at the Arctic Cat assembly lines.

1981 POLARIS CENTURION

RUPP ADULT TOYS

Here are two of the adult fun machines that were designed and sold by Mick Rupp of Rupp Industries in it's early existence.
It's these kinds of adult toys and many more that made Rupp as it was in it's glory days.