POLARIS COMET

Polaris had been in the sled making business for a number of years, building the big, articulate-chassis "Iron Dogs" for the industrial and northwoods markets, when the industry began its first moves toward snowmobiling as a sport.  Polaris then moved toward smaller machines.  Then in 1964, Polaris made a front-engine sled. A cute little number, powered by an 8 horsepower Kohler 4-stroke called the Comet. The Comet was built in relative small quantities and had all but disappeared after 20 years, except for a handful in antique clubs.

1975 ARCTIC CAT PANTERA

In 1975, like other years, there was something new in the Cat lineup - A brand new model,and a completely redesigned familiar one, with several engineering refinements.  The new model was The Pantera, with its brand new orange accent color on the familiar Arctic Cat Black.

1975 SKI-DOO 245 RV

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.