Restoration complete!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:51 pm
This is my 1965 444 that I restored this summer (Bruce feel free to insert my original "before" picture "Chris S. from Syracuse NY" for comparison). I hope my "after" picture shows up below:
I found this machine in a barn: metal was bent and rusty, motor siezed with carb removed, tracks and cleats in need of replacement and home to a bunch of critters.... Thanks mainly to the help found on this site (Barrie especially) and my wifes patience, I was able to replace a bunch of parts, got it purring like a kitten and looking a lot more repectable.
I sure caught the hus ski disease with this project and had a lot of fun learning the detail of these exotic basic machines.
This picture is at my camp on the north shore of Oneida lake. Had some fun running around in the grass this weekend.
My motivation was my father and uncle, who each had a couple of these when I was a little kid. My uncle kept his, and I'm looking forward to riding with him (and Dad) this winter.
Oddly enough, my other snowmobile is a 2008 arctic cat F1000 with nitrous (thats 22 miles of open lake in the background of this photo). The Hus ski should make an interesting trail mate!
I found this machine in a barn: metal was bent and rusty, motor siezed with carb removed, tracks and cleats in need of replacement and home to a bunch of critters.... Thanks mainly to the help found on this site (Barrie especially) and my wifes patience, I was able to replace a bunch of parts, got it purring like a kitten and looking a lot more repectable.
I sure caught the hus ski disease with this project and had a lot of fun learning the detail of these exotic basic machines.
This picture is at my camp on the north shore of Oneida lake. Had some fun running around in the grass this weekend.
My motivation was my father and uncle, who each had a couple of these when I was a little kid. My uncle kept his, and I'm looking forward to riding with him (and Dad) this winter.
Oddly enough, my other snowmobile is a 2008 arctic cat F1000 with nitrous (thats 22 miles of open lake in the background of this photo). The Hus ski should make an interesting trail mate!
