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Monday, March 23, 2015

The Midnight Oil racing Mercury Snowmobile

This 1970 Mercury Midnight Oil speed run sled was built by Glenn Wood and Jack Plunkitt. They installed a 125 hp 6 cylinder Mercury outboard marine engine

found on http://www.bosscatlegacy.com/miscproto/mercury/mercury.htm

The Snowmobile Museum I just learned of, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/2014/01/10/learning-to-love-the-snowmobile/

http://birchlodge.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-of-lake-snowmobile-museum-at.html

http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-motorcycle-touring/snowmobile-museum-zm0z14mjzbea.aspx

All eras from the 1940s to the 1980s are represented. There are even two snow cycles manufactured by major car companies, Porsche and Chrysler. Porsche’s Ski-Bob snow bike was apparently a limited edition vehicle intended for ski slope rescues. Chrysler’s foray into snow motorcycles was much more intense, as they built a snow cycle in the late 1970s powered by their own 2-stroke racing kart engine in an attempt to market snow motorcycles on a major scale. After converting part of a Chrysler Outboard plant in Wisconsin into a full-fledged assembly line, Chrysler built a reported 28,000 Sno-Runners from 1979 to 1982 before halting production. This undoubtedly was the largest volume production of snow motorcycles in history.

http://www.snowmobilemuseum.com/