Shawn Horner and his wife were host to the 1st Annual Live on Skis Vintage Snowmobile Ride on Saturday, Feb.28th The ride was held in Alliston,Ontario and though the snow was mostly absent the cold temps and some quick thinking by Shawn provided everyone with enough snow to ride their vintage iron. I counted 50 sleds in all with a good selection from the Big 4 as well as a number of brands that were popular in the 70's and 60's.
Andy Stubbert from Kingston, Ontario travelled a long way with his dad to show off his 78 Arctic Cat Eltigre 6000. This sled was in mint condition and its been a long time since I have seen one on the snow. Andy did the complete restoration himself. Thanks for making the trip Andy!
Here is a rare site! In 1972 Polaris built only two models of the TX. On the left is a TX 500 Ltd. The first production built three cylinder sled that was not a race sled, and the 72, 335 ATX. The ATX was a limited build 340 Stock racer.
This is 1969 Marshall Wells Snowmobile. They were built by Polaris Industries, Beausejour, Manitoba. Back in the mid to late 60's everyone wanted in on the snowmobile business. Polaris repainted the Colt model sleds and sold them to Eaton's under the "Viking" name, Marshall Wells Hardware Stores, and others. This is a very rare sled.
Jeff Brown brought a 63 Ski-doo Olympique. I took it for a ride and you cannot believe how far snowmobiling has come in 40 plus years. The only similarity is two skis and an endless rubber track and a Rotax Engine.
This is a 1975 Columbia. You could order this sled with your choice of suspension, hood color and other options. This sled sat in a the warehouse of Home Hardware for 20 plus years before it was discovered still in the crate.
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