The 'Ol Bubbletops - > From Jeff Webster - The Little Oly That Could

"Larry, This isn't one particular story, but my experience in general with my old Ski Doo 12/3. I'm a little younger than some of your readers at 30 years old, so my sled was already quite old and abused when I aquired it. If I remember correctly my father bought a package deal of three Ski Doo's, two 69 12/3 Olympics (one absolute junk and the other to run) and a 70 TNT340 (this one didn't run either) for the grand total of $100.00.

So my dad rebuilt the carb on the better of the Olympics and away I went as happy as could be around and around and around behind my dad's auto repair shop as he really didn't want me out of his hearing range. My riding season on this sled lasted a little longer than it should have starting with a dusting of snow in late fall through mid mud season since I just couldn't get enough of this old beat up sled and it seemed like anything I did to it could not hurt it.

Through mud and over small tree stumps and everything else you can imagine I don't recall so much as even putting a spark plug in that thing. I remember my idea of mixing gas and oil was a couple gallons of fuel at dad's gas pump (of coarse) and a little oil, whatever I thought was sufficient at the time. I have no idea how that little single kept running through this torture, but to this day I have never had a sled so trustworthy and reliable as that ugly beat up 12/3.

I sold the sled the year I got my drivers license since I didn't think I needed that old thing with my new found priorities, but I would love to have it back today. Who would have thought $100.00 could buy so much fun and make me a snowmobile enthusiest for a life time.

Thanks, Jeff Webster"