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Michael Soldan
11-18-2003 17:16:37
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Re: Massey Fergeson SNOWMOBILE in reply to nmjohn, 11-15-2003 19:47:11
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NM John, I have a number of them and extra parts but one thing I don't have is a manual for them. I have 1972's 1973's and two that may be 70's but am not sure. I have JLO engines, extra hood, grills etc and one machine that is for parts. I bought kits for Tilotson carbs recently so they are still available through small engine dealers and the carbs are fairly easy to rebuild. The Ski Whiz was as one snowmobiler wrote a long narrow machine and it handled differently but the early machines were far different than todays machines. I was at a tractor show in Mount Gilead Ohio a few years ago and someone had a Ski Whiz at the Massey display and everyone was google eyed over it and when I announced I had some a bidding war broke out, every one wanted to know how much I would want for one....the best one I got I bought at a farm auction for $25, no one bid on it because it was siezed, I loaded it on the truck and brought it home, got the oil can and a spark plug wrench and in about 15 minutes I was pulling it over with the start rope..all there and in fine restorable condition. I get arond to a lot of places and I know where there are lots of snowmobiles from the past setting in a hay mow or an old shed..how about RUPP, ALLOUETTE, MOTOSKI,BOASKI, SNOW JET, OMC,KAWASAKI, YAMAHA, HARLEY DAVISON(Yes they made a snowmobile) SNOW CRUISER, COLEMAN,..and a few more that I can't remember the names of, I could bring home a dozen SKI-DOO's of various eras. My best machine is my 1974 Skidoo TNT 440 that I bought new..it still looks and drives like new..some of the area snowmobile clubs have held antique days and for that meet you can run the trails with your antiques without a trail permit on route to the meet...and lots of them crawl out of the barns to make it...what fun. That last new machine I bought was in 1995 a Skidoo Formula and I only have about 1800 kilometers on it so its like new yet too...what fun...Somewhere I will run across the manuals I need for the Ski Whizes....take care ...Mike in Exeter Ontario
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