Boy does that bring back memories. I bought a two year old 71 Nordic when I was 14. We lived on a farm in an Island, and during the winter I would ride that Ski Doo across the frozen lake to high school in town. I had to replace the crankshaft seal twice as oil would leak into the mag, and spoil the lighting coil. Also blew one piston, probably running too hot a spark plugs. Running it beside a car, best we could estimate it could make 50mph, but I make no claims of accuracy. It was a fairly common thing to swap in a set of sliders, and remove the bogie wheel suspension. The bogie’s had springs that broke as well as the axle would break too. Naturally a bunch of teenagers getting together, we would run the heck out of these things a jump them and all kinds of crazy stuff.
Nice job. I recall those Nordics were the “Cadillac” model sleds in 1970 with their 18 inch track and twin cylinder power. Seems like the slide rail would have been worth keeping.
Wow! What a beautiful job you did. It looks like it came off the showroom floor. I can’t even imagine how many hours it took to complete this but I so respect and admire your knowledge and determination. What an awesome video!
I started on the 8th of November and had it pretty well done by the 29th of December.. And i worked on it pretty steady not sure of amount of hrs. I am not nearly as meticulous as some are though.. Thanks for looking..
Boy does that bring back memories. I bought a two year old 71 Nordic when I was 14. We lived on a farm in an Island, and during the winter I would ride that Ski Doo across the frozen lake to high school in town. I had to replace the crankshaft seal twice as oil would leak into the mag, and spoil the lighting coil. Also blew one piston, probably running too hot a spark plugs. Running it beside a car, best we could estimate it could make 50mph, but I make no claims of accuracy. It was a fairly common thing to swap in a set of sliders, and remove the bogie wheel suspension. The bogie’s had springs that broke as well as the axle would break too. Naturally a bunch of teenagers getting together, we would run the heck out of these things a jump them and all kinds of crazy stuff.
Great! Thanks for sharing memories. WE had a lot of fun on these old machines!
Nice job. I recall those Nordics were the “Cadillac” model sleds in 1970 with their 18 inch track and twin cylinder power. Seems like the slide rail would have been worth keeping.
They were a good old machine. I still have the slides Maby will put them back in just to see the difference!
Wow! What a beautiful job you did. It looks like it came off the showroom floor. I can’t even imagine how many hours it took to complete this but I so respect and admire your knowledge and determination. What an awesome video!
Thank you so much!
My Dad back in the day had a 72 Nordic 640. It had reverse! The pop up headlight and a modern track with bogies. I remember it flying pretty fast!
They were nice snowmobiles. Thanks for looking!
Gonna be a fun sled
Thanks!
Great job Sir.. A labor of love
Thanks!
Love the yellow! Nice job!
Thank you! Cheers!
Sweet
Thanks for looking!
Just out of curiousity how many hours did your restoration take ?
I started on the 8th of November and had it pretty well done by the 29th of December.. And i worked on it pretty steady not sure of amount of hrs. I am not nearly as meticulous as some are though.. Thanks for looking..