First pic is 1993 Indy Lite with 488 engine,riding that machine was when the exploring started for a small group of us.
Second pic is 1982 440 TX-C that I started with in 1986,was long tracked and tapered tunnel in 1988.
Third pic is restaurant place mat from late 80’s of Valemount Hotel.The...
Blaine had a white Indy 500 that was a asskicker,was only a whisker behind the 650’s and ran very consisten!
Years later Blaine and a sales guy from CW was in Oasis with deep pow,we nearly spent the night.There was some wild trail blazing in the dark and we made out🤓
Sled looks awesome, my brother in law plucked the new engine from one of those and we mounted in a 1979 TX chassis with leaf spring.Dropped chain case 141 track and custom triple pipes,it was insane in the deep stuff not so great on the trail.
I was the only one with a Fan Cooled,the rest of the group had 670,700 or 800,did your uncle ride Valemount lots?The time frame was mid 90’s to about 2006 when the six of us covered a ch!t load of country,rarley seen other sledders except in town🤓
Thanks MP Kid,the goal with this was to have as short as possible, shorter than 151 Rev with ski’s missing the track by 1/8” when turning.Was not trail friendly but was a blast when armpit deep days,never got around to get any videos .
My sled before this was the IndyLite in pics which never...
It was 2 - 15” x174” with consecutive serial# from same batch that I cut down to 10” wide and tensioned togethe.The build is on here Custom Mountain Twin 174’s.
That was my last Mod,this Indy Lite from 2002 seen a lot of untouched terrain 364 lbs.Will dig deeper in archives to find pics of 93 Indy Lit & 1982 TX-C long track.Last pic Germania Creek,Valemoun.