Sure I have pics, not detailed but I have some
just e-mail me and I'll send them,
nbbearsden@hotmail.com
I think that slides spread out the weight evenly all thru the track
instead of wheels where you have numerous pressure point
where the snow can go up between the wheels, hope this makes sense hahaha
Back then they had a flat head 6, 3shift standard tranny, wich was ok, but you lost time between shifts
thus loosing precious momentum,, most of the guys change that to v6 automatic transmissions and slides
One of my buddies is restoring one right now, going with a 350 fuel injected, automatic, double exhaust, power steering etc. etc. etc.
should be ready for paint this week sometimes.....
LOL yeah know what you mean about the eat back there, it can get really hot, especially in the spring, but in winter
they mostly all installed a secondary heater in the front to keep that windshield de-iced and a double school bus heater
in the back, wich you can set a little better than the old heaters they had..
We had a sno meet last winter, and a couple guys from Quebec came down, one of them is married to
Joseph Armand Bombardier's daughter, he's the guy who helped building the Bombardier Museum
he was in charge of finding all the original parts for everything that is in the museum
anyhow, I don't have to tell you that his sno is original from wheels to heater, and he had a hard
time following us, and it was all because of the slides.
The same is true for our tracks on our suzukis, but mind you that we have a quite a bit of snow
here in winter, it doesn't really make a difference in 12'' of snow, or on a hard packed trail
but in deep snow, where one with wheels gets stuck, the other with slides goes around him.