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Well i was out of the hobby for about 3 months but....
- found a couple hidden treasures
started by chevy66c10
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May 4th 2008 at 5:39 AM
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chevy66c10
Vintage Sled Rider
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1395 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: November 26th 2005
Location: Reading, PA, USA
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Well i have one sled left, i was gonna sell it, my 1980 eltigre 6000. well i was searching a local site, and first came acrss 2 old sleds. guy had no idea what they were, clicked on the pics, the ones a 1981 arctic cat pantera, and the other is a 1975 arctic cat eltigre 440, which still had the stock quad plug kawi!! then i found 3 more, asked for pics, buried in a garage, hhe said 2 old rupps and a cat. see the pics, 2 1973 Rupp Nitros, and a 77 or 78 panther!!now i dont know what size motors the Rupps have, so any info on these machines would be awesome. i heard they were rare and fast, and i thought ahh id never own one!! now i might be getting an i dentical pair that need a little TLC!!  so i tryed cold turkey for 3 months, guess it didnt work  I'll let you know when and if i get them. pretty sure i will though
Current sleds:
1980 Arctic Cat El Tigre 6000
1979 Polaris Centurion 500 triple
1978 Arctic Cat El Tigre 5000
1975 Arctic Cat El Tigre 340 quad plugger
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May 4th 2008 at 9:31 AM
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suzyboy393
finaly got my quad...LTR450!!
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421 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: March 3rd 2008
Location: port byron, ny, USA
Current Sled: 95 xcr 600
Miles Last Season: 400
Miles This Season: 600
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the rup nitros are 440's and are fastest sleds in the day.
suzuki ozark 250 mod. bored .020, custom exhaust,drilled carb,costom paint.
08 ltr450. cherry bomb .
pipe next week!!
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May 4th 2008 at 12:23 PM
[ Modified May 4th 2008 at 12:26 PM
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SnowAttitude
Advanced Member
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1718 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: August 9th 2006
Location: South Central,, MN, USA
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Great find, your one Lucky dog.
hard to find those good "barn finds" now days.
I put a add in the local shopper, all I got where sleds laying out in the back 40 for 20 years, with a tree groing through it. LOL
I would be interested in all of them. Panterea for vintage rides, the Rupps are very Nice, fast rare sleds.
Lets see some pics.
I had up to 15 sleds, sold all of them but 3, no room,I wish I had a barn to put them into, instead of selling them. It got to be to much work to keep them alll going. But getting the itch again to buy a 76Z, about a 78 panther. maybe a EXT.
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May 4th 2008 at 8:52 PM
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chevy66c10
Vintage Sled Rider
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1395 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: November 26th 2005
Location: Reading, PA, USA
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i think someelse took the rupps already:( yea well i really wanted another quad plug eltigre though, the 440 quads were fast as hell!
Current sleds:
1980 Arctic Cat El Tigre 6000
1979 Polaris Centurion 500 triple
1978 Arctic Cat El Tigre 5000
1975 Arctic Cat El Tigre 340 quad plugger
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May 5th 2008 at 12:20 AM
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TBWdracula2003
All throttle, no bottle!
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2409 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: March 4th 2007
Location: troy, montana, USA
Current Sled: '90 KX250
Miles Last Season: 35
Miles This Season: 65
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they would take the 440 magnum motors out and replace them with a f/a motor i forget what they were called but they rivaled the srx in power and they were a sleeper as a mid engine race sled. in shorter therms they were B.A.M.F's
im not here to make friends, hate me all you want im not leaving.
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May 7th 2008 at 7:02 PM
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snoeproe
Junior Member
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499 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: September 7th 2006
Location: NW ON, Canada
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i believe the free air rupp motors in the early 70's were Tohatsu motors?
2006 Skidoo GTX 500ss
1999 Skidoo MXZ 600
1983 Skidoo Blizzard 9700
1982 Skidoo Blizzard 9500
1981 Skidoo Blizzard 9500
1980 Motoski Supersonic
(2) 1977 Yamaha SRX 440's
1977 Arctic Kitty Cat
1975 Yamaha GPX 433
1971 Arctic Panther 399
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May 8th 2008 at 8:21 PM
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polarisrxlrider
Cornfed
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603 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: July 28th 2007
Location: Ovid, MI
Current Sled: '93 Storm & '91 Classic
Miles Last Season: 300
Miles This Season: 375
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1973 Rupp Nytro was the very first sled I ever drove. She was beat, top speed of 45mph.
1993 Polaris Indy Storm
working on the mods NEXT season, when I have some more cash flow.
1991 Polaris Indy Classic
2700 miles, runs good, trail sled.
1974 John Deere JDX4 Special, my ditch banger. (for sale)
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May 8th 2008 at 10:03 PM
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TBWdracula2003
All throttle, no bottle!
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2409 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: March 4th 2007
Location: troy, montana, USA
Current Sled: '90 KX250
Miles Last Season: 35
Miles This Season: 65
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Quote originally posted by snoeproe
i believe the free air rupp motors in the early 70's were Tohatsu motors?
yeah but i read some where that they yanked those and put in a different motor and it had about 70 hp
im not here to make friends, hate me all you want im not leaving.
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