ws6transam
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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.
