DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
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30,000
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30,000
WOW,
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I HIT 30,000 PHOTO PAGES.
THAT
DOES NOT INCLUDE MANY OF THE BROCHURE PAGES
OR SLED'S WORTH PAGES OR SNO GIRL PAGES.
I
HAD TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL TO MAKE THIS MILESTONE SPECIAL.
TOP
PICTURE IS OF ME AT THE COTTAGE BACK IN THE 70'S. PICTURE IS FROM
LATE MARCH. THERE WAS ALWAYS
A
LOT OF SNOW THERE IN MARCH AND APRIL AND ONE
YEAR I RODE ON MAY 1ST.
THIS
IS THE SLED THAT STARTED MY PASSION FOR SNOWMOBILES.
A
1970 SKI DOO OLYMPIQUE 335 THAT WE GOT IN DEC 1969.
WE
BOUGHT IT IN ST LIN, VILLE DES LAURENTIDES, QUÉBEC.
YEARS
LATER, I PAINTED IT BLACK.
THAT'S
MY WIFE AND I ON THE SLED.
I
BOUGHT THE 1972 SKI DOO VALMONT 440 ON THE LEFT FROM THE
SKI
DOO DISTRIBUTER IN BOUCHERVILLE, QUÉBEC.
MY
BROTHER BOUGHT THE 1976 SKI DOO OLYMPIQUE PLUS 440 FROM MONETTE SPORT IN
LAVAL, QUÉBEC
HERE
I AM ON MY 1972 SKI DOO VALMONT 440.
MY
FRIEND JEAN BÉRARD OF CHARLEMANGE QUÉBEC HAD A
1971
SKI DOO ALPINE 640 CC AND
I
LOVED HOW IT WENT THROUGH DEEP SNOW SO I BOUGHT THIS ONE.
THIS
PICTURE WAS TAKEN LATE APRIL ONE YEAR.
IT
SHOWS HOW MUCH SNOW WE STILL HAD. MY BROTHER IN HIS SILVER SUIT.
WE
HAD MANY VALMONTS AND ALPINES IN OUR DAY.
WE
USED TO HAUL 40 CORDS OF WOOD TO THE COTTAGE EVERY YEAR SO OUR GRANDPARENTS
COULD HEAT THE HOUSE.
WE
HAD 600 ACRES OF LAND SO THERE WERE LOTS OF TREES JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
THAT
IS MY BROTHER PREPARING FOR THE OLYMPICS.
I
BOUGHT MY 1974 SKI DOO T'NT 400 ( F/A )
FREE AIR SNOWMOBILE FROM THE
SKI
DOO DISTRIBUTOR IN BOUCHERVILLE, QUÉBEC.
THIS
IS FUNNY SO I WILL SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
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THE
SKI DOO DISTRIBUTOR IN BOUCHERVILLE QUÉBEC HAD (
P. R. ) PUBLIC RELATION SKI DOOS THERE.
THEY
WERE SLEDS THAT THEY GAVE OUT TO SPECIAL PEOPLE FOR A WEEKEND AND
IN
RETURN THEY HAD TO WRITE UP HOW THEY LIKED THE SLED.
I
WAS PLANNING ON GOING THERE TO BUY A SLED.
I
WAITED TOO LONG AND THE DAY I WENT TO LOOK OVER THEIR INVENTORY OF SLEDS
AVAILABLE FOR SALE,
ALL
THEY HAD LEFT WERE A DOZEN SKI DOO ELANS AND THIS 1974 SKI DOO TNT 400
FREE AIR.
I
WENT TO BUY AN OLYMPIQUE BUT I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE OLYMPIQUES
WERE SOLD.
I
DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF CASH WITH ME SO I WAS STANDING THERE LOOKING AT THE
ELANS.
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THE
GUY WHO WAS SHOWING ME THE SLEDS WAS LOOKING
AT ME LIKE I WAS AN IDIOT.
HE
WAS SMILING AND BEWILDERED.
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I
SAID WHAT'S UP.
HE
SAYS I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE ELANS WHEN THIS T'NT
IS HERE.
I
SAID I CANNOT AFFORD THAT T'NT. HE SAID IT WAS JUST OVER $ 600.00.
I
SAID SOLD AS FAST AS I COULD GET THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH !!!!!!!
I
ONLY HAVE 2 PICTURES OF MY 1974 SKI DOO T'NT 400 F/A
MY
BROTHER IS ON THE SLED.
I
HID THIS SLED FROM MY RIDING BUDDY ( JEAN BÉRARD ) ALL SUMMER IN
THE GARAGE WITH A TARP ON IT.
ONE
DAY, IN DECEMBER, WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR THE FIRST RIDE OF THE SEASON, I
DROVE THIS SLED
OUT
OF THE GARAGE AND IT GAVE ME THE BEST WINTER OF RIDING I EVERY HAD.
JEAN
BÉRARD HAD A 1974 ARCTIC CAT PANTHER VIP WHICH HE TRADED IN THE
NEXT WEEK AND HE BOUGHT AN
ARCTIC
CAT EL TIGRE. WE RACED ALL WINTER LONG. WHAT A TIME I HAD !!!
MY
1976 SKI DOO EVEREST 440E WAS AN INCREDIBLE SLED.
I
BOUGHT IT FROM PIGEON MARINE IN MONTREAL, QUÉBEC.
OIL
AND GAS AND NEVER A PROBLEM. I USED TO RIDE UNTIL 2 AM MOST WEEKENDS.
I
NEVER THOUGHT TWICE IF I WOULD MAKE IT HOME. IT WAS SO RELIABLE.
I
JOINED THE LOCAL SNOWMOBILE CLUB PATROL FOR 1 WINTER.
MY
BROTHERR ON MY 1976 SKI DOO EVEREST 440E
IF
I WAS NOT ON A SNOWMOBILE, I WAS ON OUR HOCKEY RINK THAT MY BROTHERS AND
I BUILT.
SPRING
TIME WAS MAPLE SYRUP TIME FOR US.
YES,
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
MY
SON AND DAUGHTER ON THEIR FIRST SNOWMOBILE RIDE.
