CHUCK CONNERS PROMOTING 1975 SCORPION SNOWMOBILES

ARCHIE SIMONSON BACK ON THE WINNING TRACK

Center City, Minnesota - Archie Simonson puts to rest some of the winning doubts about his "will to win" on February 13, 1982, with a convincing victory in the Chisago Lakes Classic lake enduro race.

1982 KAWASAKI 440 FAN COOLED INTRUDER

1974 SCORPION SUPER STINGER 400

The Super Stinger 400 is powered by a Rockwell 399 cc engine and has the unique Pararail suspension system. It came in red, gold or blue metal-flecked. The engine is slanted to provide a lower center of gravity.

FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF A 9500 BLIZZRD

February 1982 - The Ski-Doo "Organizer" is four times the size of a normal 9500 Ski-Doo Blizzard.Underneath the hood is a Hammond Organ, complete with amplifier sound a public address system. The giant sled showed up at selected snowmobile events to entertain the crowds with music.

1976 YAMAHA EXCITER

The people at Yamaha claimed "that their new 1976 Exciters reflect Yamaha's racing experience". The EX340 and Ex440 snowmobiles were high performance trail machines developed from Yamaha's racing heritage.

SNOWMOBILING WITH A KAWASAKI AT FINLAND

CHOPPER CITY SPECIAL BREAKS SPEED RECORD

January 31, 1982 - Rice Lake, Wisconsin - Marv Jorgenson streaked to a new world's snowmobile speed record of 142.6 MPH at Rice Lake on his Chopper City Special at The Third Annual Budweiser World Championship Radar Run, out-gunning The Budweiser-Polaris previous record.

FORD MODEL T SNOWMOBILE

This is a Ford Model T snowmobile. It features tank-like track attachments for the rear wheels, ski attachments for the front, and although it predates the rugged ‘Bigfoot’ by a few years, this aged brute ought to keep you fairly unstuck this winter.
The story begins in 1913 when Ford dealer and apparent winter enthusiast Virgil D. White decided that the Model T just wasn’t capable enough to tackle the snowy winters of his hometown, Ossipee, New Hampshire. His solution? Make it capable. White removed the car’s standard rear axle and suspension, replaced it with heavy duty truck running gear, fashioned together the skis and metal tracks, and voila – the world’s first “snowmobile.”
By 1922, with patent in hand, White began selling the attachments at Ford dealerships. Three years later, White sold the manufacturing rights to the Farm Specialty Manufacturing Company, which kept production going until 1929. It’s unclear whether this 1924 Model T was an original conversion or a later adaptation using White’s snowmobile kit, though it is seriously cool nonetheless.Underneath the hood lies the ubiquitous Ford side-valve four-cylinder engine, which is driving a two-speed Ruckstell rear end. Out back there’s plenty of room for all of your friends to be cold, oh joy. While it certainly won’t be fast, it’ll definitely get you there.

1982 SKI-DOO TWIN TRACKED RACER

December, 1981 - Ski-Doo's Twin Tracked sled ready to race.
The redisgned twin tracked Ski-Doo ovalracer was no was no longer in the planning stage. Construction was completed and the sleds were being put through their paces in Northern Canada.
They were expected to debut the machines in Aberdeen, South Dakota on December 12 and 13, 1981. The twin trackers were expected to appear at nine or ten races during the 1981/82 season.