DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
The Moto-Ski was built in LaPocatière, Québec by Jean Yves Bélanger and Raoul Pelletier in 1963. This was not their first sled, as they built a contraption called "Le Cupidon" (cupid) first. Le Coupidon was green with a big windshield and a cleated track. The venture was financed by a Mr. C.E. Bouchard ( Industries Bouchard) for whom Mr. Pelletier was a salesman. Mr. Bélanger was the machinist-mechanic behind the venture. Mr. Bouchard owned a pharmaceutical manufacturing business (aspirin & cosmetics). The Moto-Ski name was the result of a contest at a local school to name the new sled. My uncle and father were the first distributors in the U.S. or anywhere for that matter. They bought and sold all they could make in the fall of 1963. All machines were sold in the Northern, N.Y. area and most customers were signed as dealers for Dufrane Motor Distributors, Malone, N.Y. YEARS AGO, THESE RARE PHOTOS WERE SENT TO ME BY GEORGE DUFRANE JR. I POSTED THEM BUT I WANT TO REPOST THEM AS LARGER PICTURES. THEY ARE FROM THE EARLY 60'S TO THE EARLY 70'S. ALSO, AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF MOTO SKI FROM GEORGE DUFRANE SR. ALL PHOTOS PROVIDED ARE COURTESY OF MRS. HARRIET DUFRANE, WIFE OF THE LATE AL DUFRANE. 
Alice
Moore with trophy.
(L-R)
George Dufrane and Bill Titus of Dufrane Motor Distributors seated on their
sleds.
George
Dufrane wins with Ski-Doo in second.
Al
Moore at awards banquet.
Dufrane
Motor Distributors 1968 race team.
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