Where did you find that here in UK ? It's not as if we ever get enough snow to use oneJourney one of two completed. What else are you going to do on a sunny day in the UK?
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Apparently they belonged to a film company, not sure which or where. I'll find out more when I pick the other one up next week. If it turns out a Bond girl was on it the seat will be worth a fortune. "This time next year Rodney ..."Where did you find that here in UK ? It's not as if we ever get enough snow to use one
I make it 33 years since I last worked on a Ski-Doo.
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I'd say...a fan cooled one, must be late 1970's ?
Rotax are probably the most common choice today.They used air cooled (fan) two stroke Rotax engines well in to the 1990's. Mainly I guess because they were very reliable and pretty pokey engines, but also because unlike bikes they went from air cooled to liquid cooled and skipped the oil cooling that bikes used from the late '80s through to late '90s.
Air cooled Rotax engines were also used for light air craft and hovercraft during that period.
I thought in the sled world (where I do not play) liquid cooled came in sooner.They used air cooled (fan) two stroke Rotax engines well in to the 1990's. Mainly I guess because they were very reliable and pretty pokey engines, but also because unlike bikes they went from air cooled to liquid cooled and skipped the oil cooling that bikes used from the late '80s through to late '90s.
Air cooled Rotax engines were also used for light air craft and hovercraft during that period.
Hirth seem to be making inroads....but some old sled guys laugh.Rotax are probably the most common choice today.
I think it was around that time in the lat '80s when the snowmobile market started to split into fun/sport and work stuff. So the early liquid cooled engines being a bit temperamental didn't really bother those who wanted to wring as much power out of them as possible for fun. Those who wanted them for working purposes wanted reliability and simplicity of repair when they were out and about in the arsend of nowhere.I thought in the sled world (where I do not play) liquid cooled came in sooner.
As far as air-o-planes, yes, I own a 337.
Poeple started hanging sled motors on airplanes during the ultralight aircraft initial wave, and
most all engine manufs went "Do not use our engines in aircraft".
Rotax stepped up, and developed both engines & gearboxes for the aircraft world.
I think that must have been part of the film work set up. The other one has a pole or mast front and back about a metre or so high. The front one has a mounting plate for something and the rear still have a speaker fitted to it. It might be the tea wagon, or maybe they just played Ride of the Valkyries very loud.Yup ^^^ seen a few welltenders around with them, but not the front basket.
a rear basket filled with large pipe wrenches and stuff.
Mentioned this to a mate, he replied "You'll be laughing the other side of your face if it turn out Jimmy Saville used it."If it turns out a Bond girl was on it the seat will be worth a fortune. "This time next year Rodney ..."
Rotax,JLO,Sachs,Suzuki,Yamaha,Hirth,Kioritz and Kohler, Were all ones I worked on , at one time or another.They used air cooled (fan) two stroke Rotax engines well in to the 1990's. Mainly I guess because they were very reliable and pretty pokey engines, but also because unlike bikes they went from air cooled to liquid cooled and skipped the oil cooling that bikes used from the late '80s through to late '90s.
Air cooled Rotax engines were also used for light air craft and hovercraft during that period.
Qty (2) very nice cargo containers for a shop, and is that a mobile home in the background ?Well that's a 100%increase in the Ski-doo population of Birmingham.
This one will be off to the workshop at the weekend for a dig in and look see. I'll need to get a bogey made so that I can move one around easier too.
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