DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING
THE SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
PAGE 18,762
GEHL
BLAZER
THERE
IS LIMITED INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE GEHL BLAZER AND GEHL GT 15.
SEE
MORE PICTURES BELOW
OF THE GEHL BLAZER.
GEHL
WAS A FARM IMPLEMENT COMPANY THAT GOES BACK ABOUT 150 YEARS.
http://www.gehl.com/about-us/history
The 1921 Salesmen
Hardworking salesmen
travel the countryside spreading the Gehl brand name and its products.
Gehl Bros. Manufacturing
introduces the silo filler.
Gehl
- The First Name in Forage Harvesting
The
forage harvester was introduced as a labor-saving way to harvest corn and
silage.
IT
APPEARS THAT THE GEHL BLAZER AND GEHL GT 15 WERE PRODUCED FOR GEHL
BY
..........
ALSPORT
INC, NORWALK OHIO WHO PRODUCED THE ALSPORT
TRACKER.
Rick,
Shelly, Sydney and Ryder Lough. Floodwood, Minnesota.
HERE
IS A PICTURE OF AN ALSPORT TRACKER ( LEFT ) AND A GEHL BLAZER ( RIGHT )
SIDE BY SIDE.
YOU
CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE VERY MUCH THE SAME UNIT BUT THERE ARE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES.
THE
2 UNITS MAY BE FROM DIFFERENT YEARS AND THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENCES.
APPARENTLY,
IN THE EARLY 1970'S, GEHL CONTACTED ALSPORT INC FROM NORWALK OHIO TO GET
INFO ON A
VEHICLE
THAT COULD BE USED FOR WORK AND PLAY. IT IS NOT CLEAR ON HOW THE
DEAL CAME TO BE BUT
ESTIMATES
GO AS HIGH AS 50 TO 75 UNITS WERE PRODUCED BY ALSPORT
FOR GEHL.
APPARENTLY,
THE GEHL BLAZER DID NOT MATCH UP TO EXPECTATIONS OF THE GEHL COMPANY SO
THE PROJECT
DID
NOT GO FAR. THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT COULD NOT BE WORKED OUT SO
GEHL BACKED OUT OF
THE
DEAL AT SOME POINT IN TIME. THE REMAINING GEHL BLAZERS AND GT 15
UNITS WERE SOLD OFF.
THESE
3 PICTURES AND THE TOP PICTURE WERE TAKEN FROM THIS FACEBOOK SITE.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151602640521493.1073741832.373633251492&type=3
A
few photos of the Gehl Blazer, a one-of-a-kind all-season vehicle that
was produced from 1970-1971.
It
made an appearance this weekend at the Richfield Historical Society's 15th
Annual Thresheree in Richfield, Wisconsin
IF
YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN SUPPLY ON THE HISTORY OF THE
GEHL
BLAZER AND GEHL GT 15, PLEASE EMAIL
ME. THANKS. DAVID S.
