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DRIVE PAGE 170
THIS PAGE IS COVERING DAUPHIN
SNOWMOBILES.
DAUPHIN
SNOWMOBILES
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
BUY
THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE MADE IN QUEBEC.
THE
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE COMPANY WILL SOON BE CALLED ON TO TRIPLE THEIR PRODUCTION
AND MULTIPLY THEIR
SALES
THANKS TO NEW INVESTORS SAID MR CLAUDE LAVERGNE
PRESIDENT
OF DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE COMPANY.
NOTE:
HE
ALSO SAID THAT HE WAS DISAPPOINTED
WITH HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO SHUNNED THE
YOUNG
LEADERSHIP OF THIS YOUNG COMPANY BY BUYING ONLY 8
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILES IN GRAND MERE.
WHY
ARE PEOPLE ACTING LIKE THIS ?
1.
IS IT BECAUSE OF A HIGHER COST ? I DON'T THINK SO.
2.
IS IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SPREADING RUMORS ?
3.
IF IS BECAUSE OF INDIFFERENCE WHEN BUYING A SNOWMOBILE ?
4.
IT IS BECAUSE THE LEADERS OF THIS COMPANY ARE FRENCH CANADIANS ?
I
AM SURE THAT 300 OR 400 SNOWMOBILES WERE SOLD IN GRAND MERE IN 1970.
IF
ONLY 200 DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILES WERE SOLD IN GRAND MERE THAT WOULD HAVE CREATED
EMPLOYMENT TO
THE
CITIZENS WHO WORK HERE AND HELP WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
CITY.
THE
FEW THOUSANDS DOLLARS PAID IN SALARY WOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT IN OUR TOWN.
YOU
CAN TELL ME THAT A PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO BUY WHATEVER SNOWMOBILE THEY
WANT BUT WE HAVE A PROVEN
BRAND
OF SNOWMOBILE AND THAT PERSON SHOULD HELP THEIR COMMUNITY THAT BUILDS SNOWMOBILES
LOCALLY.
SO
IN 1971 LETS HAVE THE SAYING THAT WE WILL BUY SNOWMOBILES FROM QUEBEC AND
HELP YOUNG FRENCH CANADIANS LEADERS.
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
IT
WAS WITH JOY THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF DAUPHIN YESTERDAY COULD EXAMINE FOR
THE FIRST TIME THEIR NEW
MINI
SNOWMOBILE FLIPPER. THE NAME SNOWMOBILE WILL THE SAME NAME OF THE DOLPHIN
FLIPPER WHICH IS A TV SERIES.
THIS
DAUPHIN FLIPPER MINI WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS WINTER ( MAKING
IT A 1971 MODEL ).
NOTE:
MY 2 CENTS.
SINCE
THIS WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER ON JANUARY 9, 1971......
IT
SAYS THAT THE PICTURES WAS TAKEN YESTERDAY. JANUARY 8, 1971
IT
IS UNCERTAIN HOW MANY OF THESE FLIPPER WERE MADE.
IT
IS A PROTOTYPE OR A SMALL NUMBER OF PRODUCTION DAUPHIN FLIPPERS SNOWMOBILES
THAT WERE PRODUCED.
THESE
WERE ACTUALLY CHIMO SNOWMOBILES WITH SMALL MODIFICATIONS AND PAINTED THE
DAUPHIN COLOR.
IT
WAS COMMON TO HAVE LIMITED BUILD SNOWMOBILES PRODUCED BY
MANY SNOWMOBILE COMPANIES IN LATE FALL OR
EARLY
WINTER TO TEST PUBLIC REACTION TO A CERTAIN MODEL. A SMALL NUMBER
OF SLEDS WERE OFTEN BUILT AND GIVEN TO
DEALERS
TO GAUGE PUBLIC REACTION. I WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS A 1971 MODEL.
DAVID
S.
NOW
LET'S GET TO THE REST OF THE ARTICLE.
IT
WILL GO ON SALE THIS WINTER.
DAUPHIN
COMPLETES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR NEW MINI SNOWMOBILE.
DAUPHIN
LIMITED GOES FROM SUCCESS TO SUCCESS.
MR
CLAUDE LAVERGNE PRESIDENT OF DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE COMPANY SUMMONS A
REPORTER
FROM THIS NEWSPAPER TO SHARE 3 EXCELLENT PIECES OF NEW INFORMATION WITH
HIM.
THE
FLIPPER SNOWMOBILE
FIRST
OF ALL, DAUPHIN HAS COMPLETED THE DEVELOPMENTS AND FIRST TEST OF THEIR
ALL NEW MINI SNOWMOBILE THE FLIPPER.
TESTING
THE SLEDS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, IT PASS ALL THE TESTS THAT THE SLED WAS
GIVEN TO IT.
IT
WILL BE THEREFORE LAUNCHED ON THE MARKET THIS WINTER IN LIMITED NUMBERS
THIS FIRST YEAR.
ALL
DEALERS IN CANADA AND THE USA WILL SOON RECEIVE THEIR SAMPLE SLED.
IT
IS 154 LBS, 62 INCHES LONG, 27 INCHES WIDE AND 30 INCHES HIGH.
YOU
CAN PUT IT IN A TRUNK OF A CAR.
THE
HOOD IF FIBERGLASS AND THE FRAME IS STEEL. IT WILL HAVE A 9 HP MOTOR
WITH A SPEED OF 40 MPH.
THE
PRICE WILL BE AROUND $ 500.00 MAKING IT LESS THAT THE SKI DOO ELAN.
A
REGULAR SNOWMOBILE COST ABOUT $ 800.00 TO $ 900.00 GIVING IT AN ADVANTAGE
POINT.
NOW
TO ANOTHER POINT OF INTEREST. A DAUPHIN DISTRIBUTOR IN THE USA HAS
A SPECIAL MENTION OF
DISTRIBUTOR
OF THE MONTH AS FERNWOOD INDUSTRIES HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN SNO MOBILE TIMES
MAGAZINE.
LASTLY,
SINCE IT WAS REPORTED A WHILE BACK THAT DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILES SALE WERE SLOW
IN
GRAND
MERE WHERE THE DAUPHIN COMPANY IS LOCATED. IT IS REPORTED THAT SALES OF
DAUPHIN SLEDS IN CERTAIN
LOCAL
CITIES HAVE PICKED UP. MR CLAUDE LAVERGNE
WOULD
LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
PRODUCTION
SUSPENDED AT DAUPHIN.
125
EMPLOYEES LAID OFF.
THE
PRODUCTION HAS BEEN TEMPORARY SUSPENDED AT DAUPHIN HOWEVER MANAGEMENT THINKS
THAT PRODUCTION CAN
START
AGAIN PERHAPS WITHIN A WEEK AFTER A NEW CONTRACT IS SIGNED TO BUILD RED
AND BLACK SNOWMOBILES MODELS.
ON
THE OTHER HAND DAUPHIN WILL BE MEETING WITH
J C PENNEY TO SIGN A NEW 71 CONTRACT FOR THE
SALE OF SIMILAR PRODUCTS.
THIS
CONTACT MAY BE NEEDED TO REPLACE A 70 CONTRACT THAT THEY HAD WITH J C PENNEY
TO BUILD MANHANDLER SNOWMOBILES.
FINALLY
THE FIRM IS RENEGOTIATING A NEW BANK LOAN TO PRODUCE THE 1972 MODELS.
THE
125 EMPLOYEES OF DAUPHIN WHO LEFT WORK ON FRIDAY WILL NOT BE RETURNING
TO WORK THIS MORNING.
THE
COMPANY DECIDED TO SUSPEND WORK FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL THEY SIGN A NEW CONTRACT.
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
A
TRIP TO NEW YORK BY REJEAN PERRON AND YVES DUHAIME WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.
THE
AMERICAN CLIENTS OF DAUPHIN INDUSTRIES - J C PENNEY - WILL BE IN
TOWN ON MARCH 8 TO SIGN A
NEW
CONTRACT OF THE 1971 MANHANDLER SNOWMOBILES DAUPHIN INDUSTRIES WILL BE
FOR THEM.
ON
REPRESENTATIVE OF J C PENNEY WILL BE ON HAND TO SING THE NEW CONTRACT.
IT
IS LIKELY THAT J C PENNEY WILL AGREED TO BUY THE NEW MINI SNOWMOBILE CALLED
THE FLIPPER.
ON
THE OTHER HAND THE EMPLOYEES OF DAUPHIN WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK
AS SOON AS THE NEW CONTRACT IS SIGNED.
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
FLASH
CLEARANCE
DAUPHIN
INDUSTRIES HAS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE 1972 DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE INCLUDING THE
FLIPPER MODEL.
1972
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILES THAT WOULD NEVER BE PRODUCED.
IT
LISTS THE FLIPPER MODEL.
IF
YOU BOUGHT A 1972 DAUPHIN, IT WAS A 1971 MODEL THAT WAS UNSOLD.
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
DAUPHIN
IS IN A BAD FINANCIAL SITUATION.
A
WIND OF PANIC IS SWEEPING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DAUPHIN AND MOST OF
THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY WHO
PRODUCES
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILES. THE FIRM IS ON THE SLIDE AND THE SHAREHOLDERS MAY
LOSE THEIR INVESTMENTS.
THE
DAYS THAT WILL FOLLOW MAY CONFIRM IF THE RUMMERS ARE TRUE.
DAUPHIN
WOULD BE BOUGHT OUT BY GEORGE DUFRANE
WHO WAS A
MOTO
SKI DISTRIBUTOR AND SOLD SNOWMOBILES UNDER THE NAME OF SNO CHIEF.
