2024 Tupper Lake Vintage Snowmobile Show

[@Ned-p1y]

Keep up the good work. Followers will come

[@benedeem424]

@@Ned-p1y appreciate it!

[@dwaynetyrrell3128]

Sorry I missed it this year had plans to bring my 1966 Montgomery wards snow go maybe next year!!!

[@benedeem424]

@@dwaynetyrrell3128 this was the last tupper lake show

[@dwaynetyrrell3128]

@ not having it again next year??

[@benedeem424]

@@dwaynetyrrell3128 correct, the club decided this was the last show due to low attendance

[@dwaynetyrrell3128]

@@benedeem424 sorry to hear that!! Good luck to you and your club!!

[@benedeem424]

@@dwaynetyrrell3128 im not from that area, but we bought the old grooming sled and drag from the tupper lake club. Sad to hear they werent hosting another show

[@pn5gu]

Nice job Eric!

[@benedeem424]

Thanks!!!! Glad you enjoyed it

[@coriellallan1620]

Mint

[@kollinspencer847]

Nice. Some alpines and a ticker snow cat.

[@kollinspencer847]

Tucker

[@benedeem424]

@@kollinspencer847 its a beautiful sight! I love me some alpines!!!!

[@kollinspencer847]

@@benedeem424 yessir. i got my eye on a 84 503 alpine on the marketplace! i hope i can score it

[@benedeem424]

@@kollinspencer847 hopefully you can! That should have the hi low range trans as well which is an added bonus!

[@kollinspencer847]

@@benedeem424 yep! and its probably my favorite body style. with the orange hood and big vents. i hear the 503 is more reliable then the 640 so if i do score it im hoping i wont have to much trouble. would be great at the cabin.

[@Ned-p1y]

Wish I knew when the show was

[@benedeem424]

Sorry you missed it! Was a good time

[@Jethrosgarage]

I have a set ot those turf skis, they turn much better on hard surfaces than "turf"

[@benedeem424]

@@Jethrosgarage awesome! Id love to find a set! I will say that tin cab was tooling around all over the place at the show, it was neat to watch

[@bultacowally]

looks like snowmobiles are quickly dying in popularity. You go to a vintage motorcycle show and its hard to get around there are so many people but I see not so much with the sleds. They were a blast back in the day when just about everybody that lived where it snowed had one. Winters have changed so much now too that if you do buy a snowmobile, you also HAVE to get a trailer to get it to the snow...which can be a bit of a drive now a days. I live in NY and in the 70's you could ride from November to April just by opening the garage door. Now if you buy a sled it's like living in the desert and owning a boat. Oh well you know what they say "all good things come to an end". Looks like that end is here for snowmobiles... only 3 brands left out of over 100 at point in history.

[@benedeem424]

@@bultacowally This was a vintage show in September, I’m not sure that was an accurate representation of the hobby. Typically winter shows are Better attended. Only a handful of the sled manufacturers survived through the 70s and 80s, that’s nothing new. The lack of snow I believe is a cycle, just like it was at other times. it will be hard to kill snowmobiling, vintage snowmobiles are actually perfect for the low snow winters we are experiencing now. But there are also several diehards that will still go out and buy a brand new snowmobile every year. thanks for taking the time to comment! Check out some of my other videos, there have been several shows where there are over 100 vintage slides, plus a few with over 200 in attendance

[@bultacowally]

@@benedeem424 you could be right about the snow cycles as there have been probably hundreds of weather pattern changes throughout history. The trouble is those cycles probably take more time to change than humans live so anybody born say in the 90's most likely will never see winters like the ones I or my family before me lived through. Things haven't changed that much way up north in Canada so if you live there it's probably a smart move to own at least one sled but can't say the same for the lower 48. If I were to ever take the snowmobile plunge again it would definitely be a vintage sled. But I won't at this point in my life. I have been racing vintage motocross for about 20+ years now and this one new track that opened a few years ago in Bradford NY there was an vintage snowmobile junkyard right smack dab in the middle of the track property when the new owner bought the land. I was told over 300 sleds there. It was very interesting walking around seeing dead old vintage sleds that I had forgotten ever existed. It was like time travel. Made me sad and yearning for years gone by. By the second year I went there they were all gone without a trace.

[@benedeem424]

@@bultacowally nice chatting! Consider subscribing to my channel, where you can relive all of the vintage snowmobile glory! I have some riding content as well as show walkarounds