Don's Vintage Cats
Trail Sleds
October 6/2006
1971 Panther 399 JLO
34 mikuni carb & ski shocks added
electric start
model 399JEPA
(unrestored but engine rebuilt)
July 30/2006
(Show in the Park,
Altona, Manitoba)
1978 Cheetah 5000
500 CC FC
34 Mikuni, CDI
about 50 HP
New purchase (March 2006) and
a fun sled to ride.
January 8/2007
1981 El Tigre 5000  500 CC FA twin
about 72 HP
Very good condition, sled rips along pretty good, it is not restored, motor rebuilt
used as a "rider".
Updated November 27/2011
August 4/2007

1972 Puma 340 Sachs SS (Super
Sport)
"Custom"
(a retired One Lunger 100 sled)

Using A Tilley HD

Could be a trail sled this winter
too!
Dec 15/2007

It is a trail sled !

A favorite !
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January 2010
1976 Cross Country Cat with 440 El Tigre Free Air Engine, engine rebuilt.
I have the correct AB34F1 engine rebuilt and patiently waiting on the shelf.
1970 Puma Long Track powered by that well known high performance axial flow racing engine,
the twin 399 JLO !! ?? Using a Tilley HD and a rubber track.  Sled built almost entirely from
spare parts.  New parts consist of a new fan belt and 2 new eccentric studs.  Everything
de-greased but not a drop of new paint used.  It may not be pretty but should be quite
dependable.  Not much time was spent assembling this sled, but it was kind of fun instead of
making a full blown restoration.  Some kind of a rat type sled I guess and I look forward to
breaking some trails this winter.
August 17/2010 - Put 75-100 miles over the past winter and it never let me down.)
June 2011 - Sled is now powered by a 440 JLO axial flow model 2F440-4, 20 over engine.
First time out on snow on
December 3/2009
December 26/2009
2007 Panther 660 Trail NOS fresh from the crate. 53HP, 3 cyl, EFI, 4 stroke, ES & reverse.
Can't get used to a sled that won't make noise!
December 7/2010
1971 Puma 440 Kawasaki
Another rider, Bought one of these new.  A real blast to ride.
Another rider
1972 Panther 440 Kawasaki
May 28/2011
You can't have too many OLD PANTHERS !
Engine was seized due to poor storage, now has a new piston.
Good to go!
October 20/2011
1996 ZRT 600
Another riding sled.  
Had to clean carbs, charge Fox shocks & sled checked over.  
Has 2500 miles on it.
 Should be good for the winter.
March 27/2006
1999 Thundercat 1000 Triple
172 HP
This one rips along pretty good too !!!
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