ws6transam
New member
Well, it's going to get towed by the '80 Yamaha Excel V, which by the way, got a renewed ski on the front plus a new, all-custom seat cover this summer!
This is a 1969 Sno Jet cutter sleigh. It's still missing it's stickers and its windshield, but they are in-process. The windshield is a tough one as I have yet to find a picture anywhere of a '69 sleigh, so I am working blind here.
The interior is probably a bit more posh than when it was new in '69. The seat is hand fabricated from OSB, and industrial 1-inch closed cel neoprene foam that I cut and shaped into the seat cushions. The seat was hand-stitched at an interior shop in town, the same one that did the SUPER job on my Excel V seat.
The stripes are exactly the same as the ones I had to remove for repaint, except mine are hand painted. The paint is a two-part epoxy paint, mixed to as close approximation to Sno Jet blue as I could get. It appears to be a near-perfect match!
Though not perfect, my first attempt at putting in an interior looks like it'll be pretty functional. The vinyl inserts are closed cell neoprene laid overtop some Luon. The stretching of the vinyl didn't work out as well as I'd hoped, but it'll still be fun to sit in it on a few vintage trips.
The frame was bent and required some heating, re-bending, cutting, and rewelding. However it now looks mighty nice in it's new coat of blue!
One thing I also had to hand fabricate were the runners. I used 3/8 inch galvanized steel, then welded a stud to each one. It was remarkably easy to make them!
We are looking forward to taking it out to Cadillac this winter. This will help us get our whole family into the snowmobiles, since now my Excel is effectively a three-seater! Two in front and one in the back.
This is a 1969 Sno Jet cutter sleigh. It's still missing it's stickers and its windshield, but they are in-process. The windshield is a tough one as I have yet to find a picture anywhere of a '69 sleigh, so I am working blind here.
The interior is probably a bit more posh than when it was new in '69. The seat is hand fabricated from OSB, and industrial 1-inch closed cel neoprene foam that I cut and shaped into the seat cushions. The seat was hand-stitched at an interior shop in town, the same one that did the SUPER job on my Excel V seat.
The stripes are exactly the same as the ones I had to remove for repaint, except mine are hand painted. The paint is a two-part epoxy paint, mixed to as close approximation to Sno Jet blue as I could get. It appears to be a near-perfect match!
Though not perfect, my first attempt at putting in an interior looks like it'll be pretty functional. The vinyl inserts are closed cell neoprene laid overtop some Luon. The stretching of the vinyl didn't work out as well as I'd hoped, but it'll still be fun to sit in it on a few vintage trips.
The frame was bent and required some heating, re-bending, cutting, and rewelding. However it now looks mighty nice in it's new coat of blue!
One thing I also had to hand fabricate were the runners. I used 3/8 inch galvanized steel, then welded a stud to each one. It was remarkably easy to make them!
We are looking forward to taking it out to Cadillac this winter. This will help us get our whole family into the snowmobiles, since now my Excel is effectively a three-seater! Two in front and one in the back.
Gorkon
New member
Cool. Some plastic skins will make it slide a whole lot easier. I'll check our local vintage club pres, he's a Sno-Jet fanatic and may have some pics of the cutter. Have fun. G.
Gorkon
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If you go to snojet.com and scroll down to the viewers sleds section, there is a pic of one with a windy down at the bottom in "snojet collection". Though it appears to be a different cutter. Apparently they are called Jet-along or something like that. Good luck. G.
very cool great job reminds me of the 69 snow jet i had 25 years ago
doodermillers
New member
Finally I have some info on the sno jet sleigh..Carl Hagelin has a pic of his on the sno jet web site under sno jet collection. I found mine for sale on the side of the road in absolutely great shape, ORIGINAL PAINT,SKIs. I think the interior was changed as it has a seat which is narrow and long versus wide seat as seen on the transam site as well Carl Hagelin pics show a side by side versus a front and back seat arrangement unless I have a different model?? Mine is complete and looks Identical to Transam pics, how do we find out more about the Sno Jet Jet a long sleigh??
ws6transam
New member
I finally found an illustration that shows one of these sleighs in factory literature. It's a 1970 Jet-Along
...and by the way, the interior of the Jet-Along does seem to be a narrow black bench, rather than the single seat like what I put in my sleigh.
...and by the way, the interior of the Jet-Along does seem to be a narrow black bench, rather than the single seat like what I put in my sleigh.
sledtillsed
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Very cool piece Nice work too !
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A couple of bucks
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That looks really nice. Now you need to find a matching colors Sno Jet sled for those vintage rides.
A couple of bucks
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Found that sled for ya.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/snw/5336529690.html
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/snw/5336529690.html