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north-central Indiana west of Fulton | Looks like they were made ‘68-74. I know nothing about snow mobiles , and have ridden one only one time. They got popular when we had bad snow years in ‘78 to early 80s but don’t have that good of snow conditions where you can run on roads….. which is fine with me. My nephew has had this MF Ski Whiz in the barn for sometime. It has not run in decades though. He has it all apart in the shop. I don’t expect it to be operational this winter either!
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| Had a pair but only one ever ran. I remember the SST sticker on fuel tank. Seem to remember one was a Lloyd's engine but don't recall what the other one was. Remember dad saying they were different engines and so couldn't swap parts around. Sled was a 1/4 mile sled - don't go more than 1/4 mile from farm because that is as far as I wanted to walk home when it quit. |
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Sunburst Montana | We have one. Can’t remember what model it is. Just picked up a Ski Daddler wide track 22 the other day. |
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southern MN | My first snowmobile in the 70s. Used it wouldn’t start. I don’t blame the brand, just wasn’t a well tuned new machine. Starter pull rope frame cracked and fell off. Probably from trying so hard to start it. I think it was only around a year.
I kinda liked the looks of it.
At Pioneer Power show in LeSuer there is often a display of a handful of them.
Paul
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| Massey actually made the original ski whiz, until '74, then contracted with Scorpion until '77.
Wild times in the 60's and 70's with 250 'brands' of snowmobiles on the market.. Now there's 4.
As a kid, my first machine was a '66 Evinrude Skeeter, with a 2 cylinder horizontal opposed engine. 15 mph on hardpack was all it had.
Then picked up a '73 Herters with a fan cooled 440 Kohler.. before dipping my boots into mainstream Polaris..
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Ontario | My dad had one briefly in the early 70's. Keyword there was "briefly". |
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| we still have the 500 sst in the barn !!! |
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| Brings back many memories. Spent late December 1968 till April 1969 at Great Lakes in USN Engineman “A “ School. Spent most all free time with a farm family that lived on Sand Lake road in Lake Villa area. They had a year old or so Ski-Doo sled and they bought a new Ski Whiz in early January 1969. Purchased from a local Massey Ferguson dealer, Peterson, if I remember correctly. Was a cold winter with lots of snow and lake ice to ride on. Took a different level of winter clothing to enjoy riding for very long in the cold. Had been in boot camp in Orlando, Fl. from October till Christmas of 1968. Remember was like going from warm stove to deep freezer for weather. GOOD TIMES! |
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Near Intersection of I-35 & I-90 Southern Mn. | paul the original - 1/11/2024 13:32
My first snowmobile in the 70s. Used it wouldn’t start. I don’t blame the brand, just wasn’t a well tuned new machine. Starter pull rope frame cracked and fell off. Probably from trying so hard to start it. I think it was only around a year.
I kinda liked the looks of it.
At Pioneer Power show in LeSuer there is often a display of a handful of them.
Paul
A few years back they had a "double" Ski Whiz at LeSeuer. Two machines tied together side by side for some reason. I don't think it was a factory job. |
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Central Illinois | IIRC, Ski-Whiz did make a Twin Track Utility Model but it was never available as a Massey. |
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Embarrass WI | rancherman - 1/11/2024 13:37
Massey actually made the original ski whiz, until '74, then contracted with Scorpion until '77.
Wild times in the 60's and 70's with 250 'brands' of snowmobiles on the market.. Now there's 4.
As a kid, my first machine was a '66 Evinrude Skeeter, with a 2 cylinder horizontal opposed engine. 15 mph on hardpack was all it had.
Then picked up a '73 Herters with a fan cooled 440 Kohler.. before dipping my boots into mainstream Polaris..
Very soon there will only be 3 brands. Yamaha has announced that they are getting out. |
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| Used to be two in the neighborhood I knew of. |
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| Got two of them, mid seventies 300 ski whiz and a Massey Chinook. Both run great just need some snow. |
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NE MT | Had one in about 1976. Dealer had several new ones left over from previous years. It must have been a 1974, last year of production I think, The hood was black, not red. |
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| Father had one, back in the early 70's. It seemed like a good machine and they used it to tow a old car hood with sap buckets on it, to tap the trees.
It had, power. |
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| Had three of them over the years.
Ski Wiz 300, Massey whirlwind, and Massey Storm.
Had good luck with all of them |
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| jnlarson - 1/11/2024 17:11
Had one in about 1976. Dealer had several new ones left over from previous years. It must have been a 1974, last year of production I think, The hood was black, not red.
that was the 2nd edition of snowmobilea that massey had they were made by Rupp |
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Malta, Illinois | Had a 1973 400 narrow track and a 1974 444 wide track. The 444 rode like a Cadillac but was heavy and not real fast. The 400 narrow track was a real sob to get started but it would flat out haul the mail. It would leave the 444 behind. They weren’t great sleds but we had a lot of fun on them. |
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Southeast Washington | Tim in WI - 1/12/2024 13:44
rancherman - 1/11/2024 13:37
Massey actually made the original ski whiz, until '74, then contracted with Scorpion until '77.
Wild times in the 60's and 70's with 250 'brands' of snowmobiles on the market.. Now there's 4.
As a kid, my first machine was a '66 Evinrude Skeeter, with a 2 cylinder horizontal opposed engine. 15 mph on hardpack was all it had.
Then picked up a '73 Herters with a fan cooled 440 Kohler.. before dipping my boots into mainstream Polaris..
Very soon there will only be 3 brands. Yamaha has announced that they are getting out.
There is also Lynx. Also for the mountain area there are several manufacturers making snowbike kits to enjoy the mountains in a way that isn't possible by snowmobile. There are also track kits for ATV's and SxS's. Although there may be a reduced number of snowmobile manufacturers, there are more options available to ride on the snow than there has been in a long time. |
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NE Neb | I have a 500sst, a 440, and a Chinook. Finally got some snow had the 500 going but the engine has been tired for awhile and seems to have lost enough compression that it won't start. Been tooling on the 440 but just when I got gas to the carb I lost spark. One more project I didn't need. Lol! |
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southeast Washington | I have five Massey snowmobiles none ran when I was given them from a friend that was a Massey dealer back in the 70s.
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NorthWest Indiana | Got the one dad bought new from local MF dealer in Knox, Indiana, Ray Downs MF Equipment. Running son of a gun until John Deere came out with the Liqua Fire 440. Could keep up if JD broke the trail and I followed. Hasn't run in decades. Rolled it once, broke windshield off of it, ordered new one through Ray and he delivered it to my dad's service station! |
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MN | First was one here was a Johnson Ski horse then it was a Evinrude Bobcat, Snowjet whisper jet, Kawasaki Intruder, current rig is a Bearcat 660 four stroke. Between my old friends and I we’ve pretty much rode most of the old forgotten brands or with them.
My youngest collects old none running Ski Doos mostly, and fixes them and other things on his tube channel, there stuff packed in the old shed eye level.lol. |
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NC Indiana | Talk to Tim in parts at Redline Equipment in Logansport. He has/had several of them. |
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southeast Washington | finally got the pic loaded just upside down. lol |
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Malta, Illinois | We had a red 1973 400 and a black I believe 1974 444. Not positive of the year on the black one. |
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Massey Ferguson Ski Wiz….who had or has one?
