I’ve seen the 1967 Panther with one in it. Sounds just like a two stroke Subaru! Same flat four cadence just a higher pitch. Like he said in the early days everyone was scrambling to get anything above 40hp into a chassis. They built a bunch of prototypes and had at it . If it worked great it was on the show room next season, if not, on to the next idea.
Hi ! wow ! LoL Well that makes 3 differences from the Scorpions i used to ride !the color, the hood light and the motor ! sachs was the common engine make, 2 of my friends had a Scorpion. I think it was 20 and 24 hp. i think the reason there was many Scorpions in my town was that there was a Scorpion dealer and it was owned by a friend s family. So anyone from our school bying a sled would get a Scorpion ! LoL boy ! i was dreaming of having a sled like that ! those winters were very long and snowy ! and the fields and woods were close to us all ! in those years there was snowmobile clubs in golf clubs ! lol ! we could ride on the golf grounds ! that golf club was huge , there was 2x18 holes one private and one public going around the main one ! in Ville de Lery, QC ! not very far from Montreal ! in the summer i i would leave home at 3.00 am and ride my bicycle to that golf club ( club de golf Bellevue ) and sit on the bench and wait for the first golfers who would hire me as a caddy ! 18 hole walk for 5.00 $ + a chip and drink at the small shack that was half way in the course ! that was good old times ! 😎
Never heard of it until now ...Learn something new every day !!!
That engine must sound interesting
I’ve seen the 1967 Panther with one in it. Sounds just like a two stroke Subaru! Same flat four cadence just a higher pitch. Like he said in the early days everyone was scrambling to get anything above 40hp into a chassis. They built a bunch of prototypes and had at it . If it worked great it was on the show room next season, if not, on to the next idea.
There is another video on RUclips of a 1967 black Scorpion with the 4 cylinder 570cc Hirth boxer titled "Scorpion 2009 50th Reunion"
Are there any videos of one running?
Wish he had a contact tab. I would like to reach out. Hello from the old Newport Riders Valdi!!! Mike and Jullie Y.
I think skiroule got some also
Hi ! wow ! LoL Well that makes 3 differences from the Scorpions i used to ride !the color, the hood light and the motor ! sachs was the common engine make, 2 of my friends had a Scorpion. I think it was 20 and 24 hp. i think the reason there was many Scorpions in my town was that there was a Scorpion dealer and it was owned by a friend s family. So anyone from our school bying a sled would get a Scorpion ! LoL boy ! i was dreaming of having a sled like that ! those winters were very long and snowy ! and the fields and woods were close to us all ! in those years there was snowmobile clubs in golf clubs ! lol ! we could ride on the golf grounds ! that golf club was huge , there was 2x18 holes one private and one public going around the main one ! in Ville de Lery, QC ! not very far from Montreal ! in the summer i i would leave home at 3.00 am and ride my bicycle to that golf club ( club de golf Bellevue ) and sit on the bench and wait for the first golfers who would hire me as a caddy ! 18 hole walk for 5.00 $ + a chip and drink at the small shack that was half way in the course ! that was good old times ! 😎