01mxz800 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 21 minutes ago, XCR INDY said: Is it a bad sign when pics from a vintage sled show become vintage themselves. My son and I on my ‘76 at the Whiteout vintage sled show in Weedsport NY almost 20 years ago now. I used to go to that, is that what became the Great Whiteout in Fulton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry 976 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, sleepybrew said: we must be close in age. we had the same, plus sand casting, welding, automotive, sheet metal, ceramics Casting/foundry, welding, sheet metal and machinist stuff, lathe, milling machines, grinders..etc.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Jerry 976 said: Who remembers installing Steel Wear Rods on their steel skis?? Then Wear Rods that had a hardened surface on them, someone welded a bead on the wear rod?? Then the game changer....Carbides on the Skags 90* & then 60* carbides?? Gas caps that had a dip stick on the cap? Mark the dip stick so you could guess how many gallons of gas and how much oil to mix........ My dad said back in the day, they'd take the steel wear rods, grind a flat spot on them, and braze a smallish triangular file onto them and grind off the teeth a bit for ice racing and whatnot. Hell, even my first couple sleds I got to put plastic ski skins on them. Thought it was pretty tits when I put pink ski skins on that 77 Lynx and the pink matched the decals! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member XCR INDY Posted February 23, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted February 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: I used to go to that, is that what became the Great Whiteout in Fulton? Yes I think it was called that even then. It was at Rolling wheels speedway outside of Syracuse, they just moved it up to Fulton NY. I had an awful addiction to old Polaris sleds over 20 years ago. Still have the family sleds, but sold everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, XCR INDY said: Yes I think it was called that even then. It was at Rolling wheels speedway outside of Syracuse, they just moved it up to Fulton NY. I had an awful addiction to old Polaris sleds over 20 years ago. Still have the family sleds, but sold everything else. my sister lived down the road from Rolling Wheels, we went for few years, I try to make the Fulton one every year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member XCR INDY Posted February 23, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted February 23, 2023 16 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: my sister lived down the road from Rolling Wheels, we went for few years, I try to make the Fulton one every year Wife and I went in ‘22. They just had the show a couple weeks ago. We thought about going because of low snow to ride in NY. We ended up trucking up to Pittsburg NH to ride. Either direction would be about 4 hours for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Jerry 976 said: Casting/foundry, welding, sheet metal and machinist stuff, lathe, milling machines, grinders..etc.... i use most of those skills today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 hours ago, XCR INDY said: We even had an auto body/ custom painting class at our school . It was dropped just before I got up there. My older brother took it. I remember him taking in our ‘72 Polaris atx 335 hood, it was supposed to be a custom flame job but looked more like a bunch of bent up pitch forks. Wish I had a picture. My first attempt at flames!!! That little sled ripped, it was very competitive back in the day. Lot of fun out in the lake with my dad. Got it back out in the 90’s and got it going again. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted February 23, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) Project waiting to be finished. Something my dad and I started long time ago. Too bad we never got to finish it together Edited February 23, 2023 by Skidooski 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Skidooski said: Project waiting to happen. Something my dad and I started long time ago. Too bad we never got to finish it together Nice. going all out? That would stress me the fuck out. I can’t leave things apart like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted February 23, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, Cold War said: Nice. going all out? That would stress me the fuck out. I can’t leave things apart like that. In his honor I think I will go all out....On this Phazer II LE When I moved out west for a number of years the project went idol and then he started misplacing parts. So I have to acquire a bunch of stuff yet. Will end up being way more money put into this then it's worth 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1jkw Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Cold War said: My first attempt at flames!!! That little sled ripped, it was very competitive back in the day. Lot of fun out in the lake with my dad. Got it back out in the 90’s and got it going again. Sabrina Blanchet races ovals on a sled similar to that, she is super fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, 1jkw said: Sabrina Blanchet races ovals on a sled similar to that, she is super fast. It is a aluminum EXT chassis. running a couple hundred ram sets in track for picks. 440 had everything done it. It would turn every head on the ice when it started up. Good, clean ice and it would leave the line like a rocket. Once the ice got tore up it was hard to launch it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled_Hed Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) Not an old pic but it does have old sleds. The one on the far left is what I rode as a kid. My dad and brother restored it in 07ish. Edited February 24, 2023 by Sled_Hed 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jkw Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 56 minutes ago, Cold War said: It is a aluminum EXT chassis. running a couple hundred ram sets in track for picks. 440 had everything done it. It would turn every head on the ice when it started up. Good, clean ice and it would leave the line like a rocket. Once the ice got tore up it was hard to launch it. I see that it looks like a cat now that you mention it, her sled is a Ski-Doo snopro clone I think. Her 440 free air is 130 hp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 4 hours ago, Jerry 976 said: i grew up riding one of those. friend's dad had it and we ran the shit out of it. what a feeling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Marv was the king of hot rods on ice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 10 minutes ago, Sleepr2 said: Marv was the king of hot rods on ice I was a dealer for Marv, Chopper City, I used to sit in his office and shoot the bull with him, saw that sled run in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 minute ago, XCR1250 said: I was a dealer for Marv, Chopper City, I used to sit in his office and shoot the bull with him, saw that sled run in person. Yup , known him since 76, bought sleds and had burgers with back when he was still on Lowry . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DriftBusta Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 with my uncle on his Rupp and me on the 72Tnt 340, then on dads 73 Fa400. What a rocket that thing was 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted February 27, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 27, 2023 My work in progress ‘79 SRX, just like dad had. I also have a ‘79 ET 300 just like my mom had. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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