DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
PAGE
31,489
I
DO NOT KNOW THE YEAR OF THIS MOTORCYCLE. PICTURE IS JUST TO SHOW
THE PRODUCT.
1975
BOA SKI SNOWMOBILE COMPANY HISTORY.
1975
BOA SKI SNOWMOBILE / 1974 / 1975 ALSPORT TRI SPORT ATV
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
TO
DIVERSIFY AND STABILIZE THEIR PRODUCTION, BOA SKI / ALSPORT LTD LAST YEAR
ADDED
A 3 WHEEL TRIKE / ATV CALLED THE TRI SPORT WHICH CAN GO UP TO 90 MPH.
BOA
SKI ALSPORT WAS SOLD IN 1974 FOR MORE THAN 20 MILLION DOLLARS.
AFTER
HAVING SUCCESS DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS TO STABILIZE THE PRODUCTION,
BOA
SKI / ALSPORT IS NOW LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM ESPECIALLY
AFTER ELECTING THE PRESIDENT.
THE
PRESIDENT OF OF ALSPORT INC - WHICH IS LOCATED
IN NORWALK, OHIO, USA,
IS
FROM THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS OF QUÉBEC.
THE
PLANT IN LA GAUDELOUPE ADDED THE FABRICATION OF BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES AND
A
SMALL 3 WHEEL VEHICLES NOW PROVIDING CONSTANT WORK ALL YEAR LONG.
THIS
PLANT NOW IN LA GUADELOUPE IS AS BIG AS THE HEAD COMPANY IN THE USA.
IN
EFFECT, IN 1974, BOA SKI ALSPORT ADJUSTED THEIR BUSINESS NUMBERS BY 10
% FOR
THE
1973 YEAR WHICH WAS OVER $ 20,000,000.
THE
FIXED ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE 14 MILLION DOLLARS.
IN
FACT, BOA SKI IS ONE OF THE RARE COMPANIES THAT HAS HAD SUCCESS
IN
STABILIZING THEIR PRODUCTION WITH A SECOND PRODUCT.
IN
THE LAST 4 YEARS, THE NUMBERS OF SNOWMOBILE COMPANIES HAS FALLEN FROM 90
DOWN
TO ABOUT 15 AND BOA SKI PLANS TO PROFIT FROM THIS SITUATION.
BOA
SKI PRODUCED 4000
( 1975 BOA SKI SNOWMOBILES
).
THE
PREVIOUS YEAR.....
BOA
SKI PRODUCED 6000
( 1974 BOA SKI SNOWMOBILES
).
THEY
HAD THE CAPACITY TO BUILD 30,000 BOA SKI SNOWMOBILES BUT DUE TO
POOR
ECONOMIC TIMES THEY DECIDED TO LIMIT PRODUCTION.
THEIR
MARKET IS CANADA AND THE USA & THEY DO NOT WANT TO CARRY INVENTORY.
AT
THE PLANT SINCE DECEMBER 20, 1974, THEY HAD ONLY 50 EMPLOYEES.
MAINLY
THEY ARE WORKING ON CALCULATING INVENTORY.
WITHIN
A WEEK ANOTHER 100 WORKERS WILL BE RECALLED TO START PRODUCTION OF
BICYCLES,
MOTORCYCLES AND THE TRI SPORT 3 WHEEL ATV & AN ALL PURPOSE TRUCK.
THIS
PRODUCTION USUALLY LASTS UNTIL SEPTEMBER SO IT IS NECESSARY TO
REHIRE
ABOUT 25 TO 75 WORKERS FOR BOA SKI SNOWMOBILE PRODUCTION.
FROM
JANUARY 30TH TO FEBRUARY 2, 1975, THIS COMPANY WAS AT THE SPORTS SHOW IN
MONTREAL,
QUÉBEC AT PLACE BONAVENTURE TO JUDGE TRENDS BUT THE DECISION WAS
ALREADY
MADE TO PRODUCE IN 1975
THE
1976 BOA SKI SNOWMOBILE LINE.
10,000
BICYCLES WERE ASSEMBLED TO DISTRIBUTE IN CANADA.
ALSO,
6000 ALSPORT STEEN MOTORCYCLES WERE PRODUCED.
A
FEW THOUSAND ALSPORT TRI SPORT ATV'S WERE PRODUCED AS WELL.
