Any Vintage Sled Heads Here???

I know Jerry (twintracks) is one, hence the name...

I like these and am getting close to 1st purchase...

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I have taken a couple rides on them bad boys, and its a flippin Blast!! But not much use for one in my neck of the woods. A few toy cars are gonna get ya into that. Thats awsome.

I'm guessing..a '75 Blizzard 7500. That's the old RV chassis.
Those things fly..She's a beauty C....but I don't see any snow..lol.

F.

Oh yeah sleddin' is fun.I tested a couple new machines last week including the 4 stroke Phazer.Its like a motorcycle on snow.These new rockets deserve respect as well as the old school sleds.

Eric

Now that is a site for sore eye's....that thing is awesome:ohmy:

Colin,it's look's like it just came from the show room,that machine brings back many memories!


Rick

Love them, but cant usem here in the sun:(

As a kid in northern Ohio I used to want one bad. Not enough snow around here. Not that if I got a killer deal that I wouldn't buy one still. That ones great looking.

Man, the strangest weather today. Last night or yesterday there was about 5 or 6 inches of snow everywhere. Woke up in the morning and nothing, just a few of the deep spots residing...60 degrees today. Couldn't believe it.... Unreal! Anyway, I had a Yamaha 440 Exciter...I think it was the first model year...can't remember what the year was. It was fun...and in great condition, as it was about 15 years old when i got it... Got it in around 92 or 93. It was a blast... I usually couldn't wait until the snow, so I would drive it on the frosty grass and tear up the yard :)

Those old black hood 77-78 440 Exciters were darn good machines too. My neighbour had one,and it was a rocket. Lots of 340 and 300 Intruders around here as the dealer was just behind me. They were great sleds.
Guy up the road had a 440 Kawi (intruder?) It was a decent sled. 2 older local guys had Mercs..Sno-twister and Trail-twister, they were light,and faaaast! I still have my ol 3000 F/A Jag. Old reliable..still going 30+ years later.

And my dad still has his 69 335 Olympic stashed away up in the barn. We'd come off that thing reeking of gas fumes,as the carb was stuck there in your chest...lol.

Old school is cool, but I'd opt for modern technology!!

My dad had a beast similar to this one, it was a MONSTER, nobody could get near this thing, left everyone behind...
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We also had a Colt 340, a Yamaha 440 (I think), and two others that I don't remember what they were, didn't like riding them, made mom and my sister ride those two...
Fun stuff, great memories!!!

I'm glad to say that where I live, I don't have the need for one. Yeah I would have a blast with it, but where I live I would get to use it maybe twice a year. Hence the reason that after 50 years I just got a snowblower,use it a couple of times then store it all year.

C'mon Colin..let's see a picture of you riding that sucker!

[QUOTE=rdln66;400542]We'd come off that thing reeking of gas fumes,as the carb was stuck there in your chest...lol.[/QUOTE]
LOL, the old two stroke fumes all over..:) I have a couple yamaha enduros, and after a days riding, its the same way. Not as bad as the exhaust coming out near the legs though.

Frank,

If you wanna see me on one then you have to buy some of my Camaros! As I stated I'm close to buying one but still have not...getting close! Looked at one Blizzard here locally, but the pan had a softball size hole and too many rivets missing, li'l too much work to bite into!




Colin

Colin....great topic & best of luck getting that awesome Ski-Doo! I love vintage sleds & have always wanted a 76 or 77 Yamaha 440 SRX as well as a 76 or 77 Mercury 440 Sno Twister. When I get lucky enough to find even a beater, the prices are through the roof so the search continues. Here are a few pics of my two fav sleds.
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My father had two nice vintage sleds, a pair of nice Yamahas, GP 292 & GP 433, what I wouldn't give to turn back the clock 15 years. I think he sold the pair for $400...those Merc Snow-Twisters are pretty cool as well!

Colin

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Love the old El Tigres.


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Here's an old Olympic in action


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Early 80s? 5500 Blizzard Ad.
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These are cool,
70 and 71 TNTs. The 70 on the left with the pop up head light ROCKS.
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Fun stuff~

Blizzard Ad sporting the Selleck 'Stache...

"Give up Magnum, you can't win!"

Nice pics Frankster

Gotta give the guys at Massey credit for being resourceful.
Take the hood of one of thier tractors...
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And cut it down for the hood of their CHEEZE Whiz!
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OK..so maybe it isn't..but they certainly rode like a tractor..lol.

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LOL THE SKI WHIZ...thats funny! More like, Ski Weeeezzz, from pullin' on the cord all day trying to get it to run.

[INDENT]The parent's place is built on a large V shaped plateau between 2 gulleys. I remember in the old sledding hey days, we'd be asleep,then hear the humm,and see the lights of some of Dad's buddys coming out to play on the hills. So out he'd go, fire up the old Olympique,and we'd try and get back to sleep with the sleds buzzing all around us..lol.

Some of the hills there are pretty steep,and like that Cheese Whiz, more than a few guys went home with their windshields cleaned off. :cursing: [/INDENT]

Frank,

Those Masseys look like they weigh 800 pounds and no suspension at all, broken back special! Ouch!!!

I had one of those bumble bee 399 Olympics when I was younger and boy did I get my money's worth out of it! I spent just as much time fixing it as I did riding it...bogey springs, broken skis, multiple windshields, you name it. My buddy had one of those blizzards and it was one bad machine! Those were the days...

Justin

[QUOTE=beauzoe;401940]My father had two nice vintage sleds, a pair of nice Yamahas, GP 292 & GP 433, what I wouldn't give to turn back the clock 15 years. I think he sold the pair for $400...those Merc Snow-Twisters are pretty cool as well!

Colin

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Love that Blizzard as well the TNT's.....sleds back then were so cool & each had their very own personality. The Sno-Jets were another one of my favs as well.....what were there.....about 120-150 different manufactures back in the day? What got me hooked on the SRX's & Sno Twisters was after seeing them both dominate all the stock & mod stock classes on the oval at a pro sponsored race back in '76. The factory pro teams were also there with their colorful rigs which I remember so clearly.....loved the look of the Sno Pro sleds of the Cat & Ski-Doo teams......memories man. Here's some cool images I found web searching....priceless!

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Around the mid 70's my uncle had a 650 Speedway Triple called the Blue Max...I saw it running once because of the triple carbs it was really difficult to get dialed in.

C

From our own [I]Twintracks[/I] - Jerry.

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I have some great memmories sleddin'! We started with an old AMF. We then upgraded to a John Deere 340 and and Polaris 440. This was in the early to mid '80's. I fondly remember going to a friends cabin and riding the sleds in a snow storm and there all of a sudden was this big clap of thunder. I said what was that? He said "thunder snow" It can thunder while its snowing...wow! what an experience.

[B][I]More vintage sleds (web search) for your viewing pleasure:[/I][/B]


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The Bull Whip...love it, reason I like these sleds is just the fact that if you go back to the mid 70's to say 83 the lines/aerodynamics/liquid cooled, and basically all the new technology that was coming out seemed to find their way into these machines. So many different makes and styles just made them seem so far ahead of their time. I can't even pick out a favorite! We had 4 John Deeres than my uncles scored of an insurance liquidator. One of them was 440 Liquifire and I remember that was the first sled I took down an old country rode that easily pushed 100 MPH stock. There was a Kawasaki dealer in town so plenty of those around, Cats/Ski-Doos as well. The Kawi dealer also sponsored pond races that were held the first Saturday of every May...mostly just a beer fest and a reason to get your sled out one last time. Great times and even fonder memories!

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So lets go technology...compare the styling between an Alouette Super Brute from 1974 and then nothing again like it til 1990 Yamaha Phazer...also a pic of the BLUE MAX 650 Speedway...I was 10 or 11 when I laid my eyes on that, it looked like a Blue Demon Death machine...better stick to the old Artic Cat 399 Panther.

More pics...1st the 74 then 90 Phazer and 3rd pic the Devil's Triplets as my Uncle John called them!

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Great pics & so true about the style/lines of those mid to late 70's sleds influencing the future ones. The Phazer really revolutionized the industry with it's styling, reliability, & performance......I couldn't believe how fast & light they were when I first rode my friends back in '85.....what a sled! I have always loved the Yamaha's as it was the very first sled I ever rode (GP) & my first sled purchased (SRV). My last was a '97 Ski-Doo 670 MXZ which my brother bought 5 yrs ago. I want to get another, maybe Ski-Doo or Yamaha 4-stroke & always looking for any cool vintage sled.

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Just read a cool story about a John Deere Prototype that was being built and tested before the sled division was sold to Polaris. The prototype included the first ever independent front suspension and it was installed on one sled only! Whereabouts of that sled to this day are still not public! Pics available, but no sled. Also saw a barn find in Iowa that had 5 crated AMF Ski-Daddlers form 69-70...never even had the skis put on them. Cool stuff keep it coming!

C

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Looks like that Phaser and the Super Brute were seperated at birth.

I think it would have been a blast to drive THIS baby!

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F

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Eric

Saw those ^ on the pegs the other day & was very tempted.

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Sure miss my old '74 TNT 440 Everest from waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when! Should never have sold that!

A better pic of the Blue MAX Speedway 650 and a very rare Northway as well.

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