pictures of 1974 john deere 300 snowmobile

This ad for the 1971 Rupps appeared in the September 1970 issue of Snow Goer. It also had details and specs on sleds from 28 other brands: Alouette, Ariens, Auto Ski, Boa-Ski, Bonanza, Cushman, Dauphin, Eagle, Eskimo, Evinrude, Gilson, Grand Prix, Herter’s, JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, Moto-Ski, New Frontier, Northway, OMC, Poloron, Ski-Whiz/Massey Ferguson, Sno-Prince, Sno-Jet, Sportscraft, Sports Power, Starcraft, Viking and Yamaha. Sleds and representatives from AMF/Ski-Daddler, Arctic Cat, Bolens, Chaparral, Johnson, Mercury, Polaris, Rupp, Scorpion, Skiroule and Ski-Doo showed up and were featured in the fall’s fi rst Snow Goer issue, but that issue featured far more than those 11 brands. The spring of 1970 saw the release of 1971 model year snowmobiles, and a Snow Goer test and photo session in Mount Hood, Oregon. The January 1971 cover of Snow Goer magazine

Despite the relative turmoil, the 1970s were the most colorful years in the snowmobile industry, as competitors big and small fl ooded the market and begged for attention, extensive trail networks were developed and snowmobile racing reached unforeseen heights.Īll of that and more was reflected in the pages of Snow Goer magazine. There was an incredible burst of excitement and energy in snowmobiling when the decade started, a notable bust due to high oil prices and snowmobile overproduction, and then another rise and fall. In between there was an impeachment and resignation, “Jaws” making us scared to swim and a lot of bell bottoms, mini-skirts and garish colors and patterns.Īnd, there were more than 3 million snowmobiles made and sold by more than 300 brands during the decade. The 1970s started with Richard Nixon in the White House, Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” on the radio and Robert Young winning an Emmy for portraying “Marcus Welby M.D.” It ended with Jimmy Carter wrapping up an unpopular single term, The Knack’s “My Sharona” edging out Donna Summers’ “Bad Girls” as 1979’s best-selling song and “Three’s Company,” “Dallas” and “The Dukes of Hazzard” dominating the TV. Here’s a link to the opening section plus links to the 1966-67 section, the 1967-68 section, the 1968-69 section and the 1969-70 section. Other years will be also be published - use in the search bar on the website to find them. Below is the review of the 1969-70 publishing season. To celebrate, Snow Goer is taking readers on a volume-by-volume walk through the history of snowmobiling, as captured on the magazine’s pages. Snow Goer magazine was launched as the first national snowmobile magazine 50 years ago.

Pictures of 1974 john deere 300 snowmobile