DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
PAGE 21,309
SEARS SNOWMOBILES FOR THE
1969
TO 1971 MODEL
YEARS.
DURING
THIS TIME PERIOD, SEARS SOLD THE FOLLOWING 3
MODELS.
SEARS
HILLARY SNOWCRUISER 399 CC
SEARS
SNOWCRUISER 309 CC
SEARS
SNOWCRUISER 223 CC
THIS SECTION WILL COVER THE
SNOWMOBILES THAT SEARS SOLD FROM ....
THE
FALL OF 1968 TO THE
FALL OF 1970 AND UP TO APRIL 1971.
SEARS SOLD SNOWMOBILES THAT WERE PRODUCED FOR THEM BY
LARGE
SNOWMOBILE COMPANIES LIKE ........
(
TRAIL A SLED - SCORPION ), OMC, POLARIS AND SKI DADDLER.
SEARS
SOLD THESE SNOWMOBILES UNDER THE SEARS BRAND LABEL.
I AM NOT 100 % SURE ABOUT
THIS INFORMATION SO USE IT AS A GUIDE, NOT FACT.
THE
PROBLEM HERE IS THAT SEARS SOLD 2 SERIES OF THEIR SNOWMOBILES WHICH
HAD
THE SAME SHAPE FOR ALL 3 MODEL YEARS. ( 1969,
1970 AND 1971
).
THESE
2 SLEDS WERE ..........
THE
SEARS SNOWCRUISER 309 CC
& HILLARY 399 CC
MODELS.
THE 3RD SEARS SNOWMOBILE MODEL WAS THE SEARS
223 CC AND IT SOLD FOR
THE 1970
AND 1971 MODEL YEARS.
IN SOME CASES........
THE
DECALS AND SIZE OF THE ENGINE HP CHANGED FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
AFTER
THE WINTER SEASON, SOME STORES IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS OR
STATES
DID NOT SELL ALL OF THE SEARS SNOWMOBILES IN STOCK SO
THEY
WERE
PUT INTO SUMMER STORAGE AND THEN SOLD LATER
AGAIN IN THE FALL.
IN SOME CASES, YOU SEE THE
SAME ADS IN DIFFERENT NEWSPAPER YEARS BUT
THEY
NOW HAVE DIFFERENT MOTORS SIZES. SEARS
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.
NOW WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES,
WHEN
SEARS SOLD SLEDS THAT THEY STILL HAD IN STOCK
FROM THE PREVIOUS
WINTER,
DID THEY SELL THEM AS A NEW CURRENT MODEL, FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
OR
DID THEY TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY BOUGHT A SLED THAT WAS ONE YEAR OLD?
WHEN SEARS GAVE THEM A REGISTRATION CARD, WHAT MODEL YEAR
WAS ON
THAT
CARD? SINCE THERE WAS VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE SHAPE, DID THEY
TELL
THE PEOPLE THEY BOUGHT A 1969, 1970 OR 1971 SEARS SNOWMOBILE.
I
DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
THE SLEDS THAT I AM TALKING
ABOUT ARE BELOW IN THE PICTURES.
DEPENDING ON THE AREA THAT YOU LIVED IN, YOU WILL SEE
ADS THAT ARE VERY
DIFFERENT
WITH THE DECALS AND HP ADVERTISED IN THESE ADS.
THE NEXT SEVERAL PAGES ON MY SITE WILL BE SEARS SNOWMOBILE
ADS
APPEARING
IN
THE FALL OF 1970 AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING
1971
SEARS SNOWMOBILES.
ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES,
YOU
WILL SEE SOME SEARS ADS THAT COPIED THE ART
WORK FROM THE
ORIGINAL
NEWSPAPER SEARS ADS FROM THE FALL OF 1968
FOR
THE
1969
MODELS WHICH ARE NOW BEING USED AGAIN IN
THE FALL OF 1970.
IN SOME OF THOSE UPCOMING
FALL 1970 NEWSPAPER ADS,
SOME
OF THE SLEDS ARE STILL ADVERTISING SEARS 309
CC SNOWCRUISER SLEDS
WITH
18
AND 20 HP. ARE THE 18
HP SLEDS UNSOLD FROM THE 1969 SEARS MODELS
AND
NOW SEARS JUST WANTS TO GET RID OF THEM IN THE FALL OF 1970?
SEE BELOW FOR THE SHAPES OF THE SEARS SNOWMOBILES I AM
TALKING ABOUT AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT PAGE AND START TO SEE SOME ADS FROM
THE
NEWSPAPERS
IN THE FALL 1970.
1969
SEARS MODEL 309 AND HILLARY 399 CC SNOWMOBILES
- BUILT BY OMC
SEARS
MODEL 309 CC BUILT BY OMC
THIS
COULD BE A 1969, 1970 OR 1971 SEARS 309 CC.
1970
OR 1971 SEARS 223 SNOWMOBILE - BUILT BY AMF
SKI DADDLER.
