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RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
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ALASKA
SKI HISTORY BELOW.
SCROLL
DOWN BELOW THE
9
PICTURES FOR INFORMATION.
1971
ALASKA SKI SNOWMOBILE ???
1972
ALASKA SKI SNOWMOBILE ???
NOTE:
ALASKA
SKI IS A BRAND THAT IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT.
THE
ORIGINS CAME FROM MOLEBA SKI.
I
WILL DO A SPECIAL ON MOLEBA SKI SOON.
HERE
IS AN AD FROM NOVEMBER 1969 SHOWING A 1970 MOLEBA SKI SNOWMOBILE.
HERE
IS A PICTURE OF AN ALASKA SKI.
YOU
CAN SEE IT IS THE SAME SNOWMOBILE USING A DIFFERENT NAME.
MOLEBA AUTO-NEIGE LTEE WAS
CREATED IN NOVEMBER 1966.
THEY
CHANGED THEIR NAME TO S.M.T MANUFACTURERS COMPANY LTD IN AUGUST 1970.
IT
APPEARS AT THAT TIME, THAT THE SNOWMOBILE
BRAND WAS CHANGED FROM MOLEBA SKI TO ALASKA SKI.
MOLEBA
AUTO-NEIGE LTEE WAS CREATED IN NOVEMBER 1966.
THEY
CHANGED THEIR NAME TO S.M.T MANUFACTURERS COMPANY LTD IN AUGUST 1970.
IT
APPEARS AT THAT TIME, THAT THE SNOWMOBILE
BRAND WAS CHANGED FROM MOLEBA SKI TO ALASKA SKI.
THIS
AD IS FROM SEPTEMBER 21,1970 FOR
1971
ALASKA SKI SNOWMOBILE - DEALERS WANTED AD.
ALASKA
SKI IS A BRAND THAT IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT.
THE
ORIGINS CAME FROM MOLEBA SKI.
I
WILL DO A SPECIAL ON MOLEBA SKI SOON.
YOU
FIND DEALER ADS FOR ALASKA SKI FROM THE FALL OF 1970 ALL THE WAY TO JANUARY
1976.
ALASKA
SKI WENT BANKRUPT IN EARLY 1971.
THE
BANKRUPTCY SALE WAS ON APRIL 27, 1971.
THERE WERE OVER 1000
ALASKA SKI SNOWMOBILES FOR SALE AT THE AUCTION.
SOME
OF THE ALASKA SKI SNOWMOBILES THAT WERE FOR SALE WERE
FULLY
ASSEMBLED AND OTHERS
WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT.
YOU CAN SEE THE AD FOR THE
BANKRUPTCY SALE ON PHOTO PAGES THAT WILL FOLLOW.
AFTER MARCH 0F 1971, WHEN
THEY WENT BANKRUPT, A LOT OF THE ADS WERE SELLING ALASKA SKI IN CRATES,
READY
TO ASSEMBLE AND USUALLY AT HALF PRICE.
AT FIRST, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT ONLY 1971 ALASKA SKI MODELS
WERE MADE BUT IT APPEARS
THAT
A 1972 ALASKA SKI BROCHURE WAS MADE WITH A DIFFERENT LOOKING MODEL.
A QUESTION REMAINS THAT AFTER THE COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT,
DID THE
DEALERS
SELL THESE ALASKA SKI SNOWMOBILE AS 1971 MODELS OR DID THEY
CONTINUE
TO SELL THEM IN 1972, 1973, 1973, 1975, 1976 AS CURRENT MODELS MEANING
THEY
SOLD THEM AS 1972 / 1973 / 1974 / 1975 / 1976 ALASKA SKI SNOWMOBILES MODELS.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE CANNOT GO BACK IN TIME AND SEE
WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED.
ALL I CAN DO IS PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT I FIND AND WE
CAN
MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS THE TRUTH.
FOR THE 1971 ALASKA SKI SNOWMOBILE THEY OFFERED MANY MODELS
INCLUDING
THE
BRONCCO AND HORNET.