Snow Sleds - then and now

[1Fury1]

My son in law left his new mountain sled here at our place over Christmas. Last night I went to get a drink of milk and caught a glimpse of this thing outside the kitchen window in the dark, it looked like some kind of alien creature. Couldn't help thinking how far these things have come since I was a kid.

 

[Big_John]

These always looked like fun. I've never seen one though.

 

[CanCritter]

all l need is a excuse......

 

[1Fury1]

These always looked like fun. I've never seen one though.

Interesting that Chrysler would want to be in that business back then. Last year my son converted his Honda CRF450 to a Timber Sled like this one.

 

[1Fury1]

all l need is a excuse......
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Nice machine critter. Looks like it needs to be used more.

 

[65sporty]

These always looked like fun. I've never seen one though.

I have seen only one, a guy brought it into our shop to repair the throttle cable. Another customer of mine saw it and said he has seen them on ski slopes in the 80's.

 

[65sporty]

all l need is a excuse......
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I need to get a newer machine, very nice Critter.

 

[Big_John]

Interesting that Chrysler would want to be in that business back then. Last year my son converted his Honda CRF450 to a Timber Sled like this one.

I read once that it originally was meant for military use. It was supposed to be able to break down and strap to a soldier's back. I've never seen anything else that confirms that.

Chrysler had a pretty successful line of boats for a while, so venturing into the snowmobile market might have just come naturally. A lot of the boat companies were doing it back then.

 

[MrMoparCHP]

These always looked like fun. I've never seen one though.

My friend has one...

Alan

 

[300rag]

 

[mr. fix it]

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She is not dressed for snowmobiling....

 

[300rag]

She is not dressed for snowmobiling....

And your point would be??????????????

 

[mr. fix it]

And your point would be??????????????

If she went our dressed like that she would not be smiling anymore... she would be freezing her assets off! LOL!!

And it's another case of using a women's body to sell something totally unrelated to the product....

 

[300rag]

 

[1970cat]