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SKI
BEC / SKE BEC
SNOWMOBILE
HISTORY BELOW
1971
SKI BEC SNOWMOBILE COMPANY HISTORY
SKI
BEC SNOWMOBILES WERE MADE BY SKE BEC INC.
IN
WARWICK, QUÉBEC, CANADA
THE PICTURE SAYS THE FOLLOWING
THE
NEW SNOWMOBILE PLANT AT WARWICK PLANS TO BUILD 750 SNOWMOBILE THIS
FIRST YEAR.
JULES
COURNOYER ( PRESIDENT OF SKI BEC INC ) IS
ON THE SNOWMOBILE.
THE TEXT IN THE NEWSPAPER
SAYS THE FOLLOWING.........
A
NEW INDUSTRY WILL PRODUCE SKI BEC SNOWMOBILES IN THE CITY OF WARWICK.
21
SHAREHOLDERS FORMED THIS COMPANY AND IT LEAVES NO DOUBT THAT A RAPID
EXPANSION
OF THE COMPANY WILL HAPPEN.
ON
A CONFERENCE CALL FRIDAY, JULES COURNOYER ( PRESIDENT OF SKI BEC INC )
SAID
A
DECISION WAS MADE TO LAUNCH A NEW SNOWMOBILE COMPANY IN WARWICK, QUÉBEC.
A
STUDY SHOWED THAT THE SNOWMOBILE INDUSTRY WILL BE STRONG FOR 6 OR 7 MORE
YEARS.
THE
QUEBEC GOVT IS GOING TO LEND $ 187,300.00 FOR 46 MONTHS.
THE
SNOWMOBILE PLANT WHICH IS 200 ' X 60 ' COSTS $ 55,000.00.
THE
INVENTOR OF THE SKI BEC SNOWMOBILE IS ROGER CHARLAND, SEEN IN PHOTO.
SKI
BEC IS TO BE A LUXURY SNOWMOBILE WITH GREAT APPEARANCE AND SECURITY FOR
THE
SAME PRICE AS ORDINARY SNOWMOBILES ON THE MARKET.
THE
MOTOR IS INSTALLED LOWER IN THE CHASSIS RATHER THAN ORDINARY SNOWMOBILES
WHICH
HAVE
THE MOTOR FRONT MOUNTED OVER THE TUNNEL.
IT
IS LIGHTWEIGHT DUE TO THE ALUMINUM CHASSIS.
THEY
WILL HAVE CCW MOTORS AND GOODYEAR TRACKS.
THEY
WILL USE PRECICO CLUTCHES.
THEY
WILL HAVE TINTED WINDSHIELDS.
THE
HOODS ARE FIBERGLASS AND THE WINDSHIELDS ARE TINTED.
SKI
BEC SNOWMOBILES WILL BE RED WITH BLACK.
FOR
THE FIRST YEAR, THEY WANT TO PRODUCE 750 SNOWMOBILES.
25
- 30 PERMANENT JOBS WILL BE CREATED BUILDING THE FIRST
MODEL
YEAR ( 1971 ) SKI BEC SNOWMOBILES AND
5
- 6 JOBS WILL BE CREATED IN THE FIBERGLASS PRODUCTION BUILDING.
SKE
BEC INC IS PRODUCING THEIR OWN ALUMINUM CHASSIS AND FIBERGLASS HOODS.
SKI
BEC WILL DISTRIBUTE THEIR SNOWMOBILES TO DEALERS DIRECTLY AT
THE
FACTORY. THEY WANT TO ENSURE A STRONG FOOTING IN QUÉBEC BEFORE
THINKING
OF EXPORTING TO THE USA.
FOR
THE FOLLOWING MODEL YEAR, 1972,
THEY WANT TO
PRODUCE
A TOTAL OF 6000 SKI BEC SNOWMOBILES.
A
CEREMONY WAS HELD FOR THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE PLANT WITH
GOVT
OFFICIALS AND TOP EMPLOYEES OF SKE BEC INC.
CLICK
HERE
TO
SEE THE 1971 SKI BEC BROCHURE.
CLICK
HERE
TO
SEE A SKI BEC HISTORY VIDEO
BY
DAVID TAYLOR.
