DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
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This
is a rare piece of snowmobile & snowmobiling history from what I believe
to be
from
the late 60's or very early 70's. After extensive Google searches for a
unit like this,
I
have come up with nothing as far as the S E Woods Trail Blazer ice fishing
sleigh/tent.
David,
of David's Vintage Sleds web site sent me a brochure of the Trail Blazer
snowmobile made by this company, and I think this fishing tent was no doubt
made as
an
accessory to the sled. That being said, here is an brief and honest description.
It
is all original, no touch up paint, etc. The canvas is still very soft
and supple, the
zippers
all work fine, and it functions as it should. It smells musty from over
40 years
of
dry storage. The pictures posted were taken in October of 2015. Please
look at them
carefully.
I figure it can hold up to 6 people, and someone 6' or shorter can stand
up in it.
It
was manufactured in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. The serial number begins
with 70,
so
I am under the assumption it was made in 1970? But I could very well be
wrong.
There
is a trap door that opens in the middle, which allows for the auger to
create the
hole
to drop your line into. Aluminum supports swing out, and that's what the
plywood
sit's
on, giving sitting room. The pictures show all of this quite well.
Measurements(for
shipping purposes): It is 81" long from the rear to the hitch (with the
hitch
in the folded position). 34" wide, 18" tall, but 26" tall in the front
with the hitch in
the
folded position. It has a gross weight of 110 lbs.
How
cool would it be to hook this up to your Trail Blazer sled (or any
other
vintage sled) to show and display this winter? Tom Ronan, Lime Lake,
NY
CLICK
HERE TO SEE THE EBAY AD. POSTED DEC 8, 2015
YOU
CAN ALSO SEE MORE DETAILS AND LARGER PICTURES ON THE EBAY SITE.
THANKS
TOM FOR THE EBAY LINK AND PICTURES !
