vintage snowmobiles

[lil89ram50]

is any one here into vintage sleds? ive always been into newer sleds and deep snow. But the past few years, we havent had a lot of snow. just very cold.

 

Well this summer i acquired a '75 polaris 440 electra wide-track. FOR FREE!!!!! it does not rus as of now, i just started to work on it last night.

 

History on the sled.

 

 

Man who lives on a farm bought it new in '75. drove it and maintained it till '78.... When the man died. The mans son, moved into the house, shut down the farm and stored the '75 in the barn, over in the corner and threw a tarp over it. The old mans son finally sold the old farmsted in 2000. The owners never moved into the house, they just wanted the farm land that went with it.

 

In 2007, he sold just the farmsted. no other farm land.... to a guy i worked with.

Well this summer, in 2012, the guy i worked with invited me out to go coon hunting as they were killing his live stock. chickens, hens, turkeys, ducks.

Well anyways, me and the fiancé are out there looking for the dam coons, and she walks into this old barn. Huge holes in the walls, doors are laying on the ground, the whole place is leaning over about to cave in! She takes 2 shots with her 243!!! scared the shit out of me as i wasnt paying attention. She shot and missed the coon sitting in the rafters. we chased it out into the trees and we eventually killed it. it had a hole about the size of a softball coming out the other side where i got him with my 30-06. :)

 

We grabbed it and showed joe we finally got it. we decided to go look though all the old buildings he had there. went through all of them and found this sled in the back of the barn with the coon! he told me i could have anything in any of the buildings as he wants them all torn down with in a few years, and dont have time to clean them out!

 

Grabbed the starter cable, yanked over real strong :) good compression still! last registered in '79. cleated track still to. Everything is og. wiring is a little brittle, and the seat has disintegrated. but over all OK for a free barn find. its also quite rusty. My plan is to race it this winter in the vintage oval class.

 

pics later :) after its running.

 

if you have any vintage sleds, post them up!!!

 

i do have a question though. does anyone know of a simplified wiring diagram just to run the engine? theres a shit ton of wires under the hood, and i know there doesnt need to be this many, plus theres a lot of connectors that arent even hooked up.

[metalmonkey47]

I want pics!

 

I love old snowmobiles. Friend has an old 80's sled powered by a single rotor wankle.

[Sealik]

Definitely vintage...yet not a sled 'per say'

Was...is 4-sale locally

 

 

Guy down the street has a larger version...seats 12

426 Hemi...3-5 MPG. Guess it depends if he's going up or down the hill.... :D

He shuttles 'terroists' up the mountain to a lodge of some sorts

[Amerikilla]

I had a Arctic Cat Jag like this. I got it for free from my uncle who picked it up off the road trashed. He worked for the county and was gonna dump it.

 

[datsunwizard]

Is anyone need a vintage Ski Do motor? Think it's a 735cc Rotax, has expansion pipe.

[lil89ram50]

pics!!! of the rotax motor!

[datsunwizard]

pics!!! of the rotax motor!

 

I'll get some and post them up.

[lil89ram50]

got her running yester day! cleaned up carbs quick, fixed wiring and yanked it over and she runs! missing on one cly. have to go through the carbs better.

[baldredhead]

I'll get some and post them up.

 

i don't NEED it, but i'm sure i can find something to do with it... or know someone that will

[lil89ram50]

if it is the motr i think it is... i want it too!!!

[datsunwizard]

Here is the pictures of rotax motor, I was wrong on the size, it's a 635cc;

 

[lil89ram50]

haha yess!! that is a kick ass motor! too bad its so far away to ship!!! any one have an idea what it would cost to ship something like this?