DAVID'S
VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING
THE SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
MARCH 15, 2012
10TH ANNIVERSARY
- PAGE 118
ON
MY 10TH ANNIVERSARY, I HAVE TO MENTION EXPO SNO.
ON
OCTOBER 1, 2005, EXPO SNO ( VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE SHOW ) WAS LAUNCHED.
A
SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER AND PUT ON A SHOW IN QUÉBEC.
THE
FIRST SHOW WAS HELD IN ST EUSTACHE, JUST NORTH OF MONTREAL.
THIS
WAS THE SCENE ON THE FIRST DAY EVER OF EXPO SNO JUST BEFORE OPENING.
IT
WAS A GREAT FEELING TO SEE EVERYONE AT THE GATE.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.......
ANDY TAYLOR --
ALAIN LABELLE -- GERMAIN BEAUSÉJOUR -- ALAN TAYLOR -- ELVIS POULIOT
DAVID TAYLOR
-- JOHANNE VALIQUETTE -- LIETTE PAOLUCCI -- CLAUDE GENDRON
THESE ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN.
HERE ARE SOME
OF THE SLEDS ON THAT WERE ON DISPLAY ON DAY 1 OF EXPO SNO.
FRANK BROUGHT
A LOT OF SLEDS TO THE SHOW.
WE HAD A GOOD
SELECTION OF SLEDS ON DISPLAY AND A GOOD TURNOUT IN THE
VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE
FLEA MARKET / SWAP AREA. EXPO SNO HAS GROWN IN SIZE
EVERY YEAR AND
HAS NOW MOVED TO THE CABANE A SUCRE BOUVRETTE IN ST JEROME.
CLAUDE GENDRON
ON THE LEFT WAS A GREAT HELP TO ME IN THE FIRST YEAR OF
MY SITE.
HE HELPED ME GET A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE YEARS OF SLEDS.
GERMAIN BEAUSÉJOUR
IN THE RED SHIRT, HAS BECOME ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS.
HE SHARED HIS
WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND BROCHURES FOR EVERYONE TO
ENJOY.
HIS VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE MUSEUM SHOWS HIS PASSION TO THE SPORT.
HERE IS A PICTURE
OF GERMAIN IN HIS MUSEUM.
HERE IS A PICTURE
OF GERMAIN IN HIS MUSEUM.
HERE IS A PICTURE
OF GERMAIN IN HIS MUSEUM.
WHEN GERMAIN IS
NOT WORKING ON SLEDS, HE PLAYS IN A BAND.
GERMAIN IS ON
THE RIGHT IN THIS PICTURE.
GERMAIN WAS SUPPOSED
TO PLAY WITH ELVIS PRESLEY
IN THE 70'S BUT
THEY COULD NOT
GET THE CONTRACT SIGNED IN TIME SO HE PLAYED IN ST JEROME INSTEAD.
ANDY TAYLOR IS
THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND EXPO SNO.
ANDY BRINGS THE
WHOLE SHOW TOGETHER.
ANDY IS ONE OF
MY BEST FRIENDS.
HIS ENCOURAGEMENT
FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT I MET HIM HAS HAD A
PROFOUND AND
LASTING AFFECT ON BOTH MYSELF AND MY SITE.
EXPO
SNO HAS BECOME CANADA'S LARGEST SNOWMOBILE SHOW
AND IS HELD EVERY
FALL JUST NORTH OF MONTREAL.
ANDY TAYLOR AND
HIS FATHER.
THEY BOTH WORKED
AT NORTHWAY SNOWMOBILES IN THE 70'S.
I HELPED ANDY
FIND THIS NORTHWAY RACER.
ANDY RESTORED
IT TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITION.
ANDY HAS A GREAT
NORTHWAY COLLECTION OF SLEDS.
DAVE TAYLOR WITH
1 OF HIS SKI BECS AT THE BOMBARDIER MUSEUM SHOW.
DAVE TAYLOR PROVIDED
A VAST SELECTION OF BROCHURES AND
MAGAZINES AT
THE START OF MY SITE FOR WHICH I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
DAVE WAS A SKI
BEC DEALER IN THE EARLY 70'S.
BARRIE GRAHAM
LENT ME A LOT OF BROCHURES FOR HUS SKI.
HE ALSO INVITED
ME TO COME SEE HIS COLLECTION.
BARRIE HAS A
GREAT COLLECTION. ONE OF EVERY YEAR MADE.
DENIS POULIN AND
HIS SON HAVE BEEN COMING TO EXPO SNO SINCE DAY 1.
DENIS HAS ALWAYS
BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF MY SITE.
HE LOVES SKI
DOO AND SNO JET.
I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO SENT IN PICTURES, HISTORY
AND BROCHURES
OVER THE YEARS FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
HAVE MADE THIS SITE WHAT IT IS.
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
FOR ME TO MENTION EVERYONE BUT I WANT YOU
TO
KNOW THAT YOUR
KINDNESS HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO GET
THE INFORMATION
THEY NEEDED TO RESTORE A SLED.
I APPRECIATE
YOUR KINDNESS IN SHARING - THANK YOU ! DAVID S.
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I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK THE DIFFERENT SPONSORS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED
MY SITE OVER
THE YEARS AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE A DONATION.
WITHOUT THEIR
SUPPORT, THIS SITE COULD NOT EXIST.
BELOW ARE THE
NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPONSORS THIS YEAR.
ERNEST ATWOOD
- TERRY BASHOOR - JON BERTOLINO - MARK OLAN
FRANK SADLON
- RICH HAHL - GREGORY L SPAULDING - PAUL SHEARER
MIKE MEAGHER
AND ( SPEED AND SPORT )
THANKS TO ALL
OF YOU WHO ARE SUPPORTING MY SITE !
DAVID S.
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THANKS TO
THE PEOPLE WHO STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME ALL YEAR LONG.
I APPRECIATE
YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO MENTION SOME PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED IN ONE
MANNER OR ANOTHER
DURING THE YEARS TO THE GROWTH OF THIS SITE.
JOHN TAPSCOTT
- NORMAND FOURNIER - GARY HEIDRICH - DAVID WELLS
PETER MYSKO -
CORY - BLAKE READ - DOUG TREBLE - CLARENCE MOHR
JARED STASKIEL
- BOB & KAROLYN EASTMAN - VALDI STEFANSON - DOUG LUBAHN
HARRIE HOLTHUYSEN
- BILL PLUM - MAURICE LIANG - RICK LOUGH
DAN & BETTY
PICKENPAUGH - ROBERT TRUSSART - RUSSELL CALDER
STEVE ANDERTON
- MARTIN LESAGE - KEVIN FROM BRACEBRIDGE.
LOREN ANDERSON
- JAY CARSLEY - LARRY PRESTON - DOC JIM - JAYSON BRYANT
JOE RAINVILLE
- JOE RAECHAL - BOBBY DODGE - ED STABB - CRAIG SIMPSON
APRIL & WAYNE
SMALL - MONTY - JIM SOLBERG - TODD KOEHN
PLUS SO MANY
MORE OF YOU.......
I DID NOT MENTION
CERTAIN PEOPLE AS I KNOW
SOME OF YOU DO
NOT WANT THE SPOTLIGHT ON YOURSELF.
I WISH I COULD
MENTION EVERYONE TO PROPERLY THANK YOU.
I DO WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME.
THANK YOU.
DAVID S.
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POIDY
WHEN I FIRST
STARTED MY SITE, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT HOW TO CREATE A WEB PAGE.
ONE DAY, I WAS
HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY WEB PAGE AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW
TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH ON VINTAGE SNOWMOBILES.
I FOUND POIDY'S
SITE AND EMAILED HIM FOR HELP.
HE POINTED ME
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND TOLD ME ABOUT 50MEGS.COM.
THAT WAS GREAT
ADVICE.
GEORGE DUFRANE
SR AND JR
GEORGE DUFRANE
SR WAS THE FIRST MOTO SKI DISTRIBUTOR IN THE USA.
HE LATER WENT
ON TO CREATE SNO CHIEF.
GEORGE DUFRANE
JR CONTACTED ME YEARS AGO TO PROVIDE THE
HISTORY BEHIND
MOTO SKI AND SNO CHIEF WITH RARE PICTURES TOO.
DAN BOCAIN WITH
HIS 1970 YAMAHA SL338 AND HIS PUPPY KING " 100% SIB. HUSKY.
DAN HAS SUPPORTED
ME FOR A LONG TIME AND EMAILS ME ALL THE TIME WITH GOOD STUFF.
DAN BOCAIN IN
THE MIDDLE.
GREAT SKIROULE
RESTORATION.
Y.T BRUCE S. SENDS
ME PICTURES OF HIS RESTORATION PROJECTS ALL THE TIME.
YOU CAN SEE ONE
OF SLEDS LATER IN THE PAGES.
EV AND VIC AT
THE BOONVILLE SHOW.
EV SENT ME MANY
ADS FOR MY SITE.
JIM TSEPAS CONTACTED
ME AFTER SEEING MY SITE ON THE NET.
JIM HAS BEEN
A SPECIAL FRIEND AND HAS HELPED ME GET 2 SLEDS.
DON COLEMAN USED
TO OWN A MOTO SKI DEALERSHIP.
HE HAS HELPED
ME MANY TIMES SOLVE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS WITH MY SLEDS.
DON SELLS
VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE PARTS FOR MANY BRANDS.
TOM ANDERSON HAS
BEEN SENDING ME PICTURES FROM DIFFERENT SHOWS FOR YEARS.
HE ALSO SOLD
ME A SLED. HE WANTED IT TO GO TO A GOOD HOME.
ERIC WYMER AND
HIS 75 SCORPION.
ERIC HAS BEEN
SENDING ME PICTURES FOR YEARS FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.
KEVIN HANCOCK
WITH HIS 1972 ALOUETTE.
KEVIN SENT ME
PICTURES FROM SHOWS OUT WEST.
HE HELPED ME
WITH INFORMATION FOR SEVERAL BRANDS.
MIKE ANDERSON
HAS BEEN SENDING ME A LOT OF PICTURES OVER THE YEARS.
HE IS INVOLVED
WITH HIS SON IN THE VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE WORLD.
JERRE BASSLER
LENT ME A LOT OF VIKING BROCHURES FOR MY SITE.
THAT WAS A GREAT
OFFER THAT I COULD NOT PASS UP.
HE USED TO WORK
AT A VIKING DEALERSHIP.
JERRE IS VERY
PROUD OF HIS VIKING SLEDS AND NOW HAS A GREAT COLLECTION.
JERRE BASSLER
I MET SOME GREAT
PEOPLE THROUGH MY SITE AND AT EXPO SNO.
LEFT TO RIGHT
.................
HOWARD BILLINGTON,
MIKE KNIER, DAN CLANCY AND AARON ZEOLI.
ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY SPECIAL TO ME WITH ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP.
PIERRE PELLERIN
WROTE THIS GREAT BOOK IN FRENCH ON SNOWMOBILES.
IT IS GOING TO
BE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR ( 2012 )
IN ENGLISH.
PIERRE HAS HELPED
ME MANY TIMES GET THE YEARS RIGHT FOR DIFFICULT BRANDS.
HE JUST BECAME
THE PRESIDENT OF THE RCMAQ.
KEVEN ARCHER KNEW
I WAS LOOKING TO BUY A 1974 ARCTIC CAT PANTHER VIP.
HE SOLD ME THIS
GREAT 1974 VIP BELOW WHICH MY DAUGHTER HAS NOW ADOPTED.
HIS KINDNESS
HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF FOND MEMORIES.
MY 1974 ARCTIC
CAT PANTHER VIP THE DAY I GOT IT HOME.
KEVEN AND I STILL
LAUGH AT THE TRAILER INCIDENT.
DOUG MCLLWAIN
HAS BEEN A SPECIAL FRIEND.
HE SOLD ME THIS
1979
ARCTIC CAT JAG 3000 AND 2 POLARIS COLTS.
RICHARD SHANTZ
HELPED ME FIND THIS 1970 OLYMPIQUE.
I MET RICHARD
AT A SHOW NOT LONG AFTER I STARTED MY SITE.
RICHARD WAS EXTREMELY
NICE AND HE LENT ME MANY BROCHURES TO SCAN AND POST.
WE HAVE BECOME
GREAT FRIENDS.
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