We headed out to the Ranger City Riders clubhouse in Amberg for their second annual antique and classic snowmobile show. That was a great show. There were many old and unique sleds there, along with the snowmobilers and the collectors that work hard to restore and display the sleds. I really enjoyed being there and seeing sleds I used to ride, along with stuff I never knew existed. Any day you can hang out with snowmobilers is a good one, and this was extra good with the great sleds on exhibit.

Now don't expect me to do this with radar run pictures. I will have a few, but not like this. That is business, this show was for fun. Here are about 20 that I thought you might like. You can click through the smaller pictures to get a better look.

Take a good look at this one to the left, clearly a home brew. Check out the steering, made out of pieces of re-rod, and the frame fashioned from angle iron. There is no clutch, but the motor might move to take tension off of the belt. Here is proof that the 4 stroke sled is nothing new. There is one on the old Arctic Cat two seater next to it too.

The Kawasaki snowmobiles were always hot. This one was in prime shape.

An Arctic Cat Mini-Bike? Yup, and it looks like it would be a blast to ride. It had serious gears, a swing arm rear suspension, and if I had to guess, their single cylinder motor back then was a 292. This looked like one fun mini-bike. There is one next to it too.

 

The Merc Trail Twisters like this one along with the Sno Twisters, were always popular.

Here is an old El Tigre. What makes this rare? There just aren't that many of them. If memory serves, it was a tough time in the industry when cat went to the Suzuki motor and the 2000, 5000, 6000 series sleds.

I had never heard of a Yukon King snowmobile. Here it is.

An old Polaris TX 400. If memory serves me, it was a factory racing sled that ran at Winnipeg. A single cylinder 400? That must shake a little.

The Snow Pony! - - This sled had a wheel kit with a single front wheel and intechangable skis. Pretty cool. - - Behind it was a one of a kind Massey Furgeson snowmobile. That's gotta be rare.

Here is an old Ski-Doo in very nice shape.

You say you are the packer fan with everything? I doubt it. Check out these Sno Pack snowmobiles from the Bart Starr era. Very rare, very cool.

This Gehl twin track had just 414 miles on it. You could ride two across. Not many of these around.

The crowd was pretty steady all day. Quite a few people came out to check out the old rides. Like I said above, any day you can spend hanging out with snowmobilers is a good one. The old sleds were frosting on the cake.

This old Polaris Mustang had a 488 motor. Surprise.

This is a pair from memory lane. We used to have a TX like the one on the left, and a friend had a Ski-doo free air like the one on the right.

Check out the grill on this mid sixties (66?) Polaris Colt 140

Here is an 800 TX of the same pedigree as the 400. Never heard about a TX 800. These sleds were restored and in great shape.

The Viking snowmobile. This exhibitor had two, both just cherry. Someone said that they used to make them up in Ashland, WI.

Ahh yes the Raider Twin Tracks. There were several of these at the show, all in nice shape. These were pretty cool, and posh inside.

The little one in front is a Ski Lark with a 4 stroke Techumseh motor. The whole thing weighs about 106 pounds. Behind it is a Trail Tamer, another 4 stroker.