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Hi David -
I checked my laptop and found this pic from the Regina Snow Show
that didn't get sent with the others. This 73 FII Cat is a really
cool sled for it's time and even by today's standards. Lyle Herman is from
Earl Grey Saskatchewan and is one of the guys who organizes the vintage
races there. He told me taking the clutch side of the hood off is easy
but a different story if you want to take the mag side off. One cool feature
is it has a drive mounted hydraulic disc brake. I know someone who just
spent a whack of time installing this feature on his vintage sled.
The Earl Grey race has run for at least 10 years and is held near the 1st
weekend of February. When I did the initial restoration on my T- Jet, Earl
Grey Feb. 2001 was the first race it ever ran at. In fact I installed the
new CDI box the day before at Art's place in Yorkton. We missed the Govan
race that usually runs Saturday with the Earl Grey race running Sunday
and only about 3/4 of an hour away from each other. My T-Jet was one of
the first sleds running in the -29C morning. I think it lit on the sixth
pull. I cleaned up the 340 MOD(F/A MOD&L/C MOD) classes and got a third
in 440 L/C MOD though they only gave trophies for 1st and 2nd. I was running
the stock exhaust and the GYT fuel injection then. The sled was strangely
quiet with the sound of the acoustic fuel injection induction being louder
than the exhaust! In 660 feet It hit 62mph! Not bad for a little
340 hauling a 200lbs rider on snow first time out.
For more info on the 2004
Govan/Earl Grey Vintage Snowmobile races contact Denis
Mohr starfire@access.com
Del
(306)484-4687
Mark
crunch1@mts.net
Thanks Mark for the pictures
and information.
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