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1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THIS
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
WE
ARE FABRICATING SNOWMOBILES IN STE MARIE.
A
NEW INDUSTRY HAS OPENED THEIR DOORS IN SAINTE MARIE DE BEAUCE, QUÉBEC.
THIS
COMPANY IS CALLED G. L. B. 200 INC SPECIALIZING IN THE FABRICATION OF
SNOWMOBILES
WITH THE BRAND IDENTIFIED AS MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES.
WE
LEARNED LAST NIGHT THAT THIS PROJECT WILL REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT OF
$
75,000 AND THAT SHAREHOLDERS ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE BEAUCE AREA OF QUÉBEC.
THE
MANAGER OF THE PLANT, PAUL-EUGENE GAGNON OF STE MARIE, TELLS US THAT
ITS
BEGINNING WILL PROVIDE JOBS FOR A DOZEN PEOPLE AND WILL CREATE 50 JOBS
IN THE FUTURE.
IN
THE FIRST YEAR WE PREDICT A PRODUCTION OF 400
-
1971
MOTO
LOO SNOWMOBILES AND WE
WILL
TRIPLE THAT NUMBER NEXT YEAR FOR THE 1972 MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE MODEL LINE.
1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
HERE
IS A MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILE BEING ASSEMBLED AT THE PLANT.
1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
THE
INDUSTRIES G.L. B. 200 INC, A CORPORATION COMPOSED OF
A
NUMBER OF BUSINESSMEN FROM THE REGION WILL PRODUCE WITHIN A
WEEK
A SNOWMOBILE BRAND NAMED MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES.
THE
FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY, PAUL-EUGENE GAGNON REVEALED THAT
HE
PLANS TO BUILD 400
-
1971 MOTO
LOO SNOWMOBILES THIS YEAR AND WILL
TRIPLE
THAT NUMBER NEXT YEAR FOR THE 1972 MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE MODEL SEASON.
THE
CURRENT LOCATION IS AN ASSEMBLY PLANT.
THE
PARTS NEEDED TO BUILD THIS 1971 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILE COME FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
THERE
WILL BE 5 - 1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE MODELS.
3
MODELS WILL HAVE A SPORT APPEARANCE.
THESE
1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES WILL HAVE CCW MOTORS
RANGING
FROM
19.5 HP TO 49 HP.
THEIR
ROBUSTNESS WAS PROVEN LAST WINTER WHEN THE PROTOTYPES WERE TESTED.
AN
INVESTMENT OF $ 75,000 WAS NEEDED.
THE
PLANT IS SITUATED IN THE GARAGE OF M. P. E. GAGNON WHERE THE
WORKFORCE
OF THE CURRENT STAFF OF 3 PEOPLE WILL BE
INCREASED
TO 10 PEOPLE WITHIN A WEEK. THE PRODUCTION OF
1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES IS AIMED AT THE QUÉBEC
MARKET THIS YEAR.
1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
FABRICATION
OF SNOWMOBILES IN STE MARIE, QUÉBEC, CANADA.
THIS
PHOTO SHOWS THE NEW 1971 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILE WHICH IS
FABRICATED
IN STE MARIE, QUÉBEC BY THE COMPANY OF G.L.B. 200 INC.
LIKE
WE MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS EDITION. THEY FORECAST THAT THEY WILL
PRODUCE
400
- 1971 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES IN THIS FIRST MODEL YEAR.
1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
THE
INDUSTRIES G.L. B. 200 INC OF STE MARIE, QUÉBEC, CANADA, WILL
PRODUCE
THIS YEAR, 200
- 1971 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES.
SINCE
THE BEGINING OF DECEMBER 1970, THE INDUSTRIES G. L. B. 200 INC OF
STE
MARIE DE BEAUCE, A CORPORATION CONSISTING OF BUSINESSMEN FROM THIS AREA,
HAVE
BEEN FABRICATING SNOWMOBILES UNDER THE BRAND NAME OF MOTO
LOO.
PAUL
EUGENE GAGNON, THE MANAGER OF PRODUCTION HAS REVEALED THEY WILL
BUILD
200
- 1971 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES THIS YEAR AND THAT NUMBER WILL CLIMB TO
AT
LEAST 1000 TO 2000
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES A YEAR IN
THE FOLLOWING YEARS TO COME.
AT
THIS TIME WE HAVE AN ASSEMBLY PLANT THAT ASSEMBLES PARTS COMING IN FROM
MANY SUPPLIERS.
THERE
WILL BE 5 - 1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE MODELS.
3
MODELS WILL HAVE A SPORT APPEARANCE.
THESE
1971
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES WILL HAVE CCW MOTORS
RANGING FROM 19.5 HP TO 49 HP.
THEIR
ROBUSTNESS WAS PROVEN LAST WINTER WHEN THE PROTOTYPES WERE TESTED.
AN
INVESTMENT OF $ 75,000 WAS NEEDED.
THE
PLANT IS SITUATED IN THE GARAGE OF M. P. E. GAGNON WHERE THE WORKFORCE
OF THE
CURRENT
STAFF OF 10 PEOPLE
WILL BE INCREASED IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THE
PRODUCTION OF 1971 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES IS AIMED AT THE QUÉBEC & USA MARKET.
1972
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
EXPANSION
OF THE MANUFACTURING FROM G.LB. 200 INC IN STE MARIE, QUÉBEC, CANADA.
A
MANUFACTURING PLANT FROM QUEBEC CALLED G.L.B. INC, IN SAINTE MARIE DE BEAUCE,
WHICH
FABRICATES MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES WILL EXPORT TO THE USA IN THIS CURRENT YEAR OF
PRODUCTION,
5000
- 1972 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES WHICH REPRESENTS 80 %
OF TOTAL PRODUCTION.
THIS
NEWS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY LEONARD SPEER, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE COMPANY
AND
AT
THE SAME TIME ANNOUNCED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PLANT FOR
FABRICATING
SNOWMOBILES
BY THE NAME OF MOTO LOO
AND MOTO TRAIL.
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OK,
WE NOW HAVE SOMETHING STRANGE HERE.
THEY
SAY 2 BRANDS
OF SNOWMOBILES, NOT ONE BRAND.
MOTO
LOO & MOTO TRAIL.
SINCE
THIS ARTICLE WAS FROM JUNE 16, 1971,
YOU WOULD HAVE TO THINK THESE 2 BRANDS OF
SNOWMOBILES
WERE ALREADY BEING PRODUCED??? PERHAPS THEY MADE A MISTAKE AND MEANT THAT
THEY
WERE GOING TO PRODUCE SNOWMOBILES
AND MINI BIKES
WHICH WERE VERY POPULAR IN THAT ERA.
I
HAVE LOOKED HIGH AND LOW AND CANNOT FIND ANY REFERENCE TO MOTO
TRAIL PRODUCED BY G.L.B. 200 INC.
IF
YOU KNOW OF A SNOWMOBILE OR MINI BIKE PRODUCED BY GLB INC CALLED MOTO
TRAIL, PLEASE EMAIL
ME.
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THE
INSTALLATION OF THIS INDUSTRY IN STE MARIE DE BEAUCE REQUIRED AN INVESTMENT
LAST YEAR OF
$
100,000 FROM QUEBEC INVESTORS AND THIS NEW EXPANSION WILL REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT
OF $ 350,000.
OUR
INFORMANT HAS TOLD US THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PLANT OF 16,000
SQUARE FEET WILL
ALLOW
THE COMPANY G.L.B. 200 INC. TO PRODUCE 70 % OF THE PARTS NECESSARY TO BUILD
THEIR SNOWMOBILES.
WITH
A PRODUCTION OF 200 - 1971 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES AND A WORKFORCE OF 10 PEOPLE FOR THE 1970 / 1971 SEASON,
THEY
WILL NOW PRODUCE 6000
- 1972 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES WITH 50 EMPLOYEES FOR THE 1971 / 1972 SEASON TO
CONTINUE
TO ACCELERATE PRODUCTION AND STAFF EVERY YEAR TO REACH WITHIN 5 YEARS A
PRODUCTION
OF 20,000 MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES.
ALSO,
G.L.B PRODUCES DIFFERENT ARTICLES OF SPORT FOR WINTER AND
SUMMER
TO ALLOW THEM TO KEEP BUSY DURING SLOW PERIODS.
*
IN ANOTHER ARTICLE THAT I DID NOT POST, AS IT HAS A LOT OF THE SAME INFO,
THEY MENTION THEY
WERE
CONSIDERING BUILDING PLEASURE BOATS FOR SUMMER TIME USE TO KEEP WORKERS
BUSY.
THERE
WILL BE 5 - 1972
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE MODELS.
*
THERE WERE 6
1972 MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE MODELS NOT 5
IN BROCHURE.
3
MODELS WILL HAVE A SPORT APPEARANCE.
THESE
1972
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES WILL HAVE CCW MOTORS
RANGING FROM 19.5 HP TO 49 HP.
*
THE ENGINES RANGED FROM 19.5 HP TO 36 HP / IN BROCHURE.
THEIR
ROBUSTNESS WAS PROVEN LAST WINTER WHEN THE PROTOTYPES WERE TESTED.
1972
MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
THE
ARTICLE SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
THE
PARISH OF SAINTE MARIE, CAN SHE LOSE AN INDUSTRY ALREADY IN PLACE?
LAST
WEEK WE ANNOUNCED THE EXPANSION OF THE MANUFACTURING PLANT OF G. L.B. 200
INC IN
SAINTE
MARIE DE BEAUCE BUT SINCE WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THIS
COMPANY
HAVE
BEEN APPROACHED BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF SCOTT JONCTION AND SAINTE JOSEPH
TO
HAVE
THIS EXPANSION MOVED TO THEIR PARISH. THIS SUBJECT IS VERY SERIOUS AND
THE LEADERS OF
THE
COMMUNITY CANNOT IGNORE THIS SITUATION AND WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
IT
IS TRUE THAT THE OWNERS OF G.L.B. 200 INC HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BUT THOSE
INTERESTED IN
STAYING
IN SAINT MARIE SAY THEY HAVE THE SAME CONDITIONS AND CONCERNS OF BUYING
LAND IN
THE
LIMITS OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. ALSO, WE ARE COUNTING ON THE LEADERS
OF THE MUNICIPALITY
TO
ENSURE THE INSTALLATION OF AN AQUEDUCT AND SEWER SYSTEM. WE THINK IT IS
WISE TO TO
EXPOSE
THIS SITUATION BEFORE A LOCAL INDUSTRY MOVES TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
RELATING
TO EXPANSION OF THE G.L.B. 200 INC THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK A
INVESTMENT
OF $ 350,000 FOLLOWING A SIGNED CONTRACT OF THE SALE OF 5000
- 1972 MOTO LOO
SNOWMOBILES
WHICH WILL BE EXPORTED TO THE USA THIS SEASON.
THE
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE COMPANY LEONARD SPEER CONFIRMED THE BUILDING OF
A
NEW PLANT OF 16,000 SQUARE FEET WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO PRODUCE 70 % OF
THE PARTS
NEEDED
TO BUILD MOTO LOO
AND MOTO TRAIL
SNOWMOBILES.
WE
HOPE THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNSEL
TO
ENSURE THAT G.L. B. INC 200 STAYS IN OUR PARISH.
SECRETARY
WITH EXPECIENCE WANTED TO WORK AT G.L.B.200 INC
FOR
THE BUILDING OF MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES.
ATTENTION
:
GILLES
CLOUTIER IS ADVISING THE PUBLIC THAT HE IS
NOT THE PRESIDENT NOR
HAS HE EVER
BEEN
PRESIDENT ON G.L.B. MOTO LOO. HOWEVER, LEONARD
SPEER IS THE PRESIDENT.
*
THIS IS ONE OF THE STRANGEST POSTING I HAVE EVER ADDED TO THIS SITE.
I
CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT WAS GOING ON THAT YOU FELT YOU HAD TO PUT THIS IN
THE NEWSPAPER.
3
DIFFERENT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AGAINST G.L.B. 200 INC - MOTO LOO.
THIS
AD SHOWS THAT THERE ARE 15 MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES - MODEL - DAYTONA 340 &
440
THAT
WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF. ONE OF THE COMPANIES TAKING ACTION VS GLB IS A COMPANY
THAT
WAS
DOING FIBERGLASS WORK FOR GLB AND THE OTHER ONE SIMRO SNOWMOBILE PARTS.
*
WHAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER IS THAT WHEN SNOWMOBILE COMPANIES WENT BANKRUPT,
THEY TOOK
OTHER
BUSINESS OWNERS DOWN WITH THEM AS THEY COULD NOT PAY THE BILLS TO THE COMPANIES
SUPPLYING
SNOWMOBILE PARTS TO PRODUCE SNOWMOBILES. HENCE THIS FORCED MANY PART SUPPLY
COMPANIES
OUT
OF BUSINESS. THAT HAPPENED TO SO MANY OF THE COMPANIES SUPPLYING
SNOWMOBILE PARTS.
FINAL
AUCTION OF MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES.
UP
FOR AUCTION ARE THE FOLLOWING...........
$
3533.00 = EQUIPEMENT
& TOOLS
$
18,738.00 = PARTS
TO BUILD MOTO LOO SNOWMOBILES.
$
41,750.00 = 76
MOTO
LOO SNOWMOBILES SITUATED IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
