Old Sled Zone: Inside the restoration project — 1974 John Deere 295/S
As you can see from this series of photos, Samek is well on his way to restoring this old John Deere to its former glory.
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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 Zone: A second 1960’s Snow Cruiser
The Snow Cruiser was built by Outboard Marine Corporation of Peterborough, Ontario.
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Old Sled Zone: Rare 1968 “Sail Master” Snowmobile & Top 10 Photos from the Saskatchewan Vintage Show
Thanks goes out to our go-to-vintage-sled guy, Sid Samek, who attended the Vintage Snowmobile Show held in Regina, Saskatchewan last weekend.
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Old Sled Zone — 1960’s Snow Cruiser
Snow Cruiser exclusively sold snowmobiles in Canada from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s.
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Old Sled Zone: 1970’s John Deere 340
Well-known for their production of agricultural and lawn care equipment, John Deere also ventured into the snowmobile industry in the 1970s and '80s.
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Old Sled Zone: Vegreville Antique Snowmobile Show & Shine
Billed as the Vegreville “Father's Day” event, this show and shine meet attracts a big and enthusiast crowd — from near and far — to view all things motorized.
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Old Sled Zone: 1972 Alouette Brute Junior + Super Brute 295 & 440
Alouette Brute snowmobiles continue to be a popular choice with collectors and sled enthusiasts.
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Old Sled Zone: An original, early concept 1997 custom-built mountain sled
Cam Webber, a Sparwood, B.C. resident, built his own vision of a mountain sled in his shop.
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Old Sled Zone: 1970’s Ski-Whiz and Mercury
Our vintage snowmobiling collecting friend from Kamloops, Murray Willis, has another couple of stories to share with us about his vintage collection.
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Old Sled Zone: 1960 Tin Cab Ski-Doo (A lost and found story)
The 1960 Tin Cab Ski-Doo is a rarity - only 225 models came off the production line.
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Old Sled Zone: 1970’s Mercury Snowmobile & a backyard of vintage sleds
It's not too often you see an urban backyard with such an impressive line-up of old sleds like this one has.
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Old Sled Zone: 1973 Sno-Jet 338
Sno-Jets were produced from 1965 until 1980 by Quebec-based Sno-Jet Industries, eventually becoming a division of Kawasaki Motors.
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Old Sled Zone: OMC Snow Cruiser
Snow Cruiser exclusively sold snowmobiles in Canada from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s.
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Old Sled Zone: 1975 Ski-Doo 340 survives shop torching
A devastating fire leaves a Montana business reeling.
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Old Sled Zone—1968/69? Moto Ski Zephyr
The Moto-Ski company of La Pocatière, Québec, Canada was purchased in 1971 by Bombardier. The last year of production was 1985.
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Old Sled Zone: 1969 “Tear-Drop” Scorpion Mark III – 300 model
At this year’s Cranbrook Snowmobile Club event, Ray and his buddies brought out some of their vintage snowmobiles for the annual Show and Shine.
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Old Sled Zone: 1970’s Double Eagle Raider
The invention and brainchild of Bob Bracey, these innovative snowmobiles were definitely ahead of their time
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Old Sled Zone: 1970’s Skiroule S-400
Skiroule had a short and colourful existence in the snowmobile world, though the machines remain a popular collector’s item with old snowmobile lovers today.
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Vintage Snowmobile: ‘Rube Goldberg’—Moto-Ski GPS model
A record number of old and antique snowmobiles were on display at this year's vintage rally, held by the Cranbrook Snowmobile Club.
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Old Sled Zone: Vintage Yamaha Bravo - back flip
You don’t often think of vintage snowmobiles and backflips in the same sentence, but a rider named Chris from Thompson, Manitoba has changed that
