DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
PAGE 21,286
SEARS SOLD SNOWMOBILES THAT WERE PRODUCED
BY LARGE SNOWMMOBILE
COMPANIES
LIKE ( TRAIL A SLED - SCORPION ), OMC, POLARIS AND SKI DADDLER.
1966
/ 1967 CLIPPER SNOWMOBILE - BUILT BY AMF SKI
DADDLER.
SEARS
SNOWMOBILE HISTORY
UPDATE
NOTE:
I
WAS TOLD MANY TIMES THAT THE CLIPPER OR SNO CLIPPER WAS
SOLD
IN SEARS STORES IN THE USA BUT I CANNOT FIND
ANY ADS,
OR
SEARS CATALOGUES SHOWING A SEARS CLIPPER SNOWMOBILE.
FOR
THE 1966 MODEL YEAR, SEARS WAS ALREADY SELLING SCORPION
SNOWMOBILES
UNDER THE NAME OF SEARS SNOWCRUISER SO IT
DOES
NOT MAKE SENSE THAT SEARS WOULD SELL 2 BRANDS BUT
I
AM NOT 100 % SURE OF THIS INFORMATION.
2 TIMES A YEAR, I TAKE A
WEEK TO GO THROUGH OLD NEWSPAPER ADS AND
TRY
TO FIGURE OUT SNOWMOBILE HISTORY FOR A CERTAIN BRAND.
SEARS
SNOWMOBILES ARE COMPLICATED. THE 1966
- 1971 MODEL YEARS HAVE
GIVEN
ME PROBLEMS SO I DECIDED TO DIG DEEPER AND SEE WHAT I CAN FIND.
ADDING
TO THE PROBLEM IS SEARS, LIKE SEVERAL DEPARTMENT STORES,
BOUGHT
OUT UNSOLD SNOWMOBILES FROM BIG SNOWMOBILE COMPANIES AT
GREAT
DISCOUNTS. SEARS THEN SOLD THESE SLEDS FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL
THEY
WERE ALL GONE. THEY OFFERED THEM IN THE CATALOG OR IN NEWSPAPER
ADS
WITHOUT PRINTING THE MODEL YEAR.
NOW
YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THEY WERE EXAMPLE: 1969,
1970,
1971. IN SOME CASES, YOU SEE THE SAME
ADS IN DIFFERENT YEARS BUT
THEY
NOW HAVE DIFFERENT MOTORS SIZES. THEY MAY HAVE SIGNED AN
AGREEMENT
WITH SOME COMPANIES AND SPECIFIED THAT WE WILL TAKE SOME
SLEDS
EVERY YEAR BUT YOU HAVE TO UPDATE THE MOTOR SIZES EACH YEAR.
SOME
TIMES, I HAVE OPENED THE DOOR ON CERTAIN BRANDS AND HAVE FOUND
THAT
WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE THE CORRECT HISTORY WAS NOT RIGHT.
I
AM NOT 100 % SURE OF THE INFORMATION FOR SEARS BUT I AM GOING TO
PRESENT
MANY NEW ADS THAT WILL AT LEAST LET YOU SEE SEARS IN A
DIFFERENT
LIGHT AND MAY CORRECT SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE CORRECT YEAR.
IN
PARTICULAR, I AM HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE 1969 - 1971 SEARS
MODEL
309 CC WHICH WAS MADE BY OMC FOR SEARS.
THE DECALS ON THE
1969
SEARS MODEL 309 CC MODEL HAVE BUGGED ME FOR YEARS AND NOW
OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I WILL SHOW YOU SOME ADS AND ASK QUESTIONS.
I
TRY ON MY SITE TO OFFER THE CORRECT DATES FOR ALL YEARS OF SLEDS.
I
WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
IT
IS NOT EASY WITH SEARS.
OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, I WILL BE UPDATING MY
SEARS
SECTION ON THE BROCHURE PAGES.
HERE
ARE SOME OF THE SNOWMOBILES THAT SEARS OFFERED OVER THE YEARS.
1966
SEARS SNOWCRUISER - BUILT BY TRAIL A SLED,
SCORPION
SOLD
IN CERTAIN REGIONS IN THE USA FOR THE 1966 MODEL YEAR.
1967
SEARS SNOWCRUISER - BUILT BY TRAIL A SLED,
SCORPION
1968
SEARS XSR-1500 SNOWCRUISER - BUILT BY TRAIL
A SLED, SCORPION
1968
SEARS WILDCAT XSR-2000 - BUILT BY TRADE WINDS
( OMC )
1969
SEARS MODEL 309 AND HILLARY 399 CC SNOWMOBILES
- BUILT BY OMC
SEARS
MODEL 309 CC BUILT BY OMC
THIS
MAY BE A 1969, 1970 OR 1971
SEARS 309 CC.
ADS
WILL FOLLOW IN THE DAYS AHEAD TO PROVIDE A NEW POINT OF VIEW.
1970
OR 1971 SEARS 223 SNOWMOBILE - BUILT BY AMF
SKI DADDLER
ADS
WILL FOLLOW IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
1972
SEARS SPORTSTER SNOWMOBILES BUILT BY POLARIS
