1937 Eliason Snowmobile Power by Indian Motorcycle Engine
Here is a 1937 Elaison Snowmobile powered by its original Indian Motorcycle V Twin engine. This sled in 1964 Won the first open class at the Eagle River Derby held on Dollar Lake east of the city.
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antique or what
umm i know a guy who has a double tracker sled with one ski it kinds like like an elan or something
28Fred needs a history lesson? Fred do a search for Eliason Snowmobile History. Eliason snowmobile began in 1924!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes it was a Motorboggan by Eliason product and known as a snowmobile even back then! I'm an antique sled enthusiast and the webmaster for the Antique Snowmobile Club of America.
The Yamaha Bravo production was started in 1982 and is still being made today. Thats 29 years and still goin strong. Yamaha & Ski-Doo rule the sledding industry for everything.. mostly reliability though.
Back when Indian cycle engines actually ran.
tht thing is awesome
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I had that exact same TNT… she burned alot of oil and she always wanted the ski's off the ground but i love it.
Very good! You get an award for common sense. Industry name was an Eliason MotorBoggan!!
2 strokes tend to burn oil…….
And everyone thought Bomoardier was the first sowmobile manufacturer. HA HA WRONG.
Polaris was in 1956 and Ski-doo in 1960. Ski-doo never built a snowmobile which beat a Polaris in a race until 1965.
@rotaxhead
What are you talking about. This video proves that neither Polaris or Ski-Doo were the first to come out with motorized sleds.
Eliason was the first.
It was just a comment about Ski-doo not being the first by mentioning Polaris was made before them too. I know all about the Eliason! My grand father built them when they were manufactured by FWD of Clintonville, WI late 30's and 40's.
Nice machine. Glad to see and hear it run!
Very cool!
Polaris was not the first snowmobile. Edgar Hetteen did not build the first Polaris. The first Polaris was made possible by David Johnson and Edgars brother Alan Hetteen. They had the idea to build this #1 Polaris sled. Edgar was a promoter and did even really much work in the shop. David Johnson, Edgar & Alan Hetteen were the Grandfather's. Carl Eliason is the Great Grandfather of the snowmobile from Sayner, WI !!_____NOT Minnesota, but, Wisconsin is the first home of the snowmobile.
Polaris was not the first snowmobile. Edgar Hetteen did not build the first Polaris. The first Polaris was made possible by David Johnson and Edgars brother Alan Hetteen. They had the idea to build this #1 Polaris sled. Edgar was a promoter and did even really much work in the shop. David Johnson, Edgar & Alan Hetteen were the Grandfather's. Carl Eliason is the Great Grandfather of the snowmobile from Sayner, WI !!_____NOT Minnesota, but, Wisconsin is the first home of the snowmobile.
@stealthmeth most two strokes that i know of burn oil
@coryv4 yea if you run full throttle it should be a tank of oil to a tank of gas… not 2 tanks of oil to a half tank.. sure engine design and oil delivery was different in the 70s and 80s that played a part in this, but this sled drank oil.
@stealthmeth mine runs a tank of oil to 20 gallons of gas at 50:1
Old school!
Love that flathead engine.Kick start only sled.lol.
Gotta love the oldtimers ingenuity. Our first snowmobile was a 1964 1/2 Polaris Mustang, 10 hp, s.n. 003 built @Polaris Canada i Beausejour Manitoba Canada, the alleged Snowmobile Capital of the World. The factory burnt down & 001, 002 were destroyed so 003 was the first one that survived& the old man, being an insurance adjuster, bought it for a good price.Old Smokey could hit 32 mph top speed with a tailwind, & 25 mph with 6 kids, 4 on the seat & 2 on the cowling- yeah I know but we were bulletproof back in the young days. Built like a brick shithouse, it was a heck of a lot of fun. Older bro ran RX's & supplies to snowbound folks during the Blizzard of 66, when snow drifted as high as the telephone wires- no BS. Thanks for sharing your video- love the sound of that Indian!
I would love to see that in real life. I have one of those old 45 Indian Scout Engines from an Elaison. Complete with the FWD 45 stamping on the crankcase and the original Magneto ignition