Old Sled Sighting: OUCH! 1984(?) Yamaha Enticer 340
These popular Yamaha machines featured some of the industry's leading edge snowmobile technology of the day.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of vintage snowmobiles
It's sometimes unfathomable the changes that have occurred in the snowmobiling industry since the first sleds came out. Snow machines have evolved from pretty basic models to today's highly specialized units carefully designed for particular terrain and purpose. For many sledders, there is great nostalgia in those early snowmobiles, and older riders have fond memories of family time on sleds when they were young. That evocation of times gone by seems to be, at least in part, why we find the value in vintage snowmobiles and love to see them brought back to good-as-new condition.
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Old Sled Sighting: A “most minty” 1970 Ski Doo
According to the Snowmobile Encyclopedia, "The 1970 Ski-Doo Nordic snowmobile was advertised as the sled “for the man who wanted luxury.”
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Old Sled Sighting—Late 1970’s Polaris TXL
"I'm a true blue Polaris guy and was looking for a long time for one of these sleds," says owner Barry Guindon of St. Andrews, Manitoba.
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Old Sled Sighting: Another ‘Rat Sled’—1980’s Ski-Doo Everest 500E (Electro)
Spotted in a backyard, this rat sled recalls the glory days of the Ski-Doo Everest Electro.
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Old Sled Sighting: 1970’s Ski-Doo Elite “The Pony Car” of Sleds
A restored Ski-Doo Elite snowmobile, spotted at the recent Cranbrook Snowmobile Club's Show and Shine.
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Old Sled Sighting: 1970’s Arctic Cat Pantera—a ‘Rat Sled’
This Arctic Cat “rat” sled retains little of the machine’s past glory but Arctic Cat enthusiasts are sure to remember the grand days of these sleds.
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Old Sled Sighting: John Deere Spitfire
The distinctive green John Deere machines are now popular with vintage collectors across the snowbelt.
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Old Sled Sighting—Ray Kelly’s incredible 1965 Snow King restoration
Cranbrook resident and snowmobile enthusiast Ray Kelly shares some photos of his rare 1965 Snow King sled.
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Old Sled Sighting: amazing vintage snowmobile parade at The Canadian Power Toboggan Championships
The Canadian Power Toboggan Championships is the longest-running snowmobile race in the world.
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Old Sled Sighting—1981 Chrysler Sno-Runner (Part 3)
Weighing only 80 pounds, the Sno-Runner could be easily disassembled and fit in the trunk of a car.
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Old Sled Sighting – Raider Double Eagle and Trail Roamer (Part 2)
Jeff Tanach and Rick Rivers of St. Andrew’s Manitoba own an amazing collection of Raider, Manta, and Trail Roamer snowmobiles.
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Old Sled Sighting: 1985 Manta & Trail Roamer snowmobiles (Part 1)
"The sleds," says Jeff Tanach, "are regular fixtures at local vintage sled shows here and they always draw a crowd."
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Old Sled Sighting: 1979 Moto-Ski Futura and Yamaha Enticer Deluxe
Our Old Sled Zone posting last week inspired one of our readers to forward us pictures of his own vintage Yamaha Enticer plus a Moto-Ski Futura.
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Old Sled Sighting—70’s Yamaha Enticer ET Deluxe
The Yamaha ET 340 Deluxe—deluxe because it had electric start—was a machine to be reckoned with on the snowmobile trails in 1970's.
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Old Sled Sighting: “Big Blue” 1970’s Sno-Jet
Sno-Jet was one of the many early snowmobiles that was created and manufactured in Canada.
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Old Sled Sighting: 1970’s Sno Cub by Yardman
A snowmobile designed by a lawnmower company? That's exactly how the Sno Cub sled came about.
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Old Sled Sighting (Yukon)—‘70’s Racin’ Ski-Doo Elan
SnoRiders reader Sue Thomas shares fond memories of her little 12 hp 1970 Ski-Doo Elan.
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Old Sled Sighting (sort of): Snow Machine Toboggan—one forward gear and three reverse…go figure!
Here’s a great old sled story we received from SnoRider reader Cal Carter, who shares his memories of the 'snow machine toboggan' made with his Uncle.
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Old Sled Sighting—1969/70 Ski-Doo 399 Olympic Nordic
In an earlier column, we featured the 1972 Ski-Doo Nordic 440—this week we feature the late 1960's or early 1970's Ski-Doo 399 Olympic Nordic.
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Old Sled Sighting: Grandpa Hap Yaworski tells the story of taking the old Autoboggan camping
Five guys and a load of camping gear was no trouble for the good 'ol Autoboggan sled!
