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2010 clothing is ready for sale. Featuring a Brut and a Skiroule. Clothing is black. Sweatshirts, hooded sweats, long and short sleeve t-shirts in sizes large to XX large. They will be on sale at the rally in St Anna Mn on Feb 20th 2010 or email Allen at starcraft4404@aol.com.

Ready for the Rally?

The 18th Annual Classic SnoMachines Rally is 4 months away but there is never enough time to finish those projects. I am still working on mine and hope to have it done by Rally time.

Remember the date is February 20th, 2010 and the show is back in St Anna at the Landing Bar. Moving back to St Anna should help with some of the problems we have experience in the past, namely no snow. We plan on having a trail ride. The details are "still in the works" but worst case scenario we could ride on the lake.

This years feature is Skiroule and Brut. We hope to have a strong feature turn out much like we had last year with Yamaha. We will have a special show area for these sleds and separate trophies as well as a display inside the bar.

We also have clothing with the Skiroule and Brut images on them. Silent and live auction and other surprises. Contact me with any questions starcraft4404@aol.com

Well did you figure out from the picture what my project sled is?

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Looking for your photos!

Classic Sno-Machines is looking for pictures of your sled. Be you a member or not! We are looking for pictures of your restored , original or in progress restorations! Please forward to Allen at starcraft4404@aol.com and we will post your pictures. You do not need to be a member of CSM but membership is always encouraged.
I know there are a lot of nice sleds out there . Here is your chance to get them posted on the net free of charge. So lets see them!.

Summer Show 2009!

Well another CSM Summer show has come and gone. July 25th was the date for the 10th Annual show. We had a good turn out with some familiar faces and a few new ones. The weather was a little cool but didn't dampen spirits for a great summer show! The Harrison family was in attendance with some awesome sleds as well as the Hetten Cup with the entire Johnson family including 2009 cup winner Jordan Johnson. The youngest winner of the prestigious cup. Classic Sno-Machines is a proud sponsor of Jordan and will again be a active sponsor in 2010. Thanks to everyone who attended and especially to those who brought sleds to the show. Attached is the trophy winners for this years show.

Trail Original:
2nd place- Lee Pierainion 1971 Scorpion Mark ll
1st place - Mitch Fruth 1970 Columbia Track Master

Trail Restored:
2nd Place- Nick Reber 1972 Arctic Cat Lynx
1st place- Allen Theisen 1970 Arctic Cat Panther/Ext

Race Original:
2nd Place Jesse Babler/Chuck Moser 1973 John Deere Winnepeg
1st Place- Jesse Babler 1974 John Deere 295S

Race Restored:
2nd Place Cliff Kittlesom 1971 Scorpion Super Stinger
1st Place - Chuck Moser 1975 John Deere 340S

Best of Show:
Harrison Family 1971 Scprpion Super Stinger

NEW LOCATION FINALIZED FOR 2010!

Well the masses have spoken. For years since we left St Anna all we ever heard was "when are you going back?" So I am glad to announce that next years rally will be back in ST Anna Mn. With one small change. As many of you remember we had a sometimes rocky 10 year relationship with the owners of the past location "the ballroom" So going forward we will be working with Dave from the "Landing" which is right next door to the "ballroom" His facility is larger and provides the same great access to Pelican lake that we enjoyed in the past. I think Dave will be a great partner and we at CSM look forward to a long and successful relationship.

I would also like to thank Tony from Goatropers for hosting our event for the last 4 years. Tony was a great partner and helped us in many many ways. It was a very difficult decision to leave but the timing just felt right. Thanks again Tony! We do plan on having a trail ride at Goatropers sometime this winter. See our web site for further details.

Well that's about it remember the Date for the 18th annual rally is Feb 20th 2010 and the feature will be Skiroule/Brut
Allen Theisen

4th Annual VSCA National Championship!

Classic Sno-Machines was again on the road this time to lovely Thief River falls Mn for the 4th Annual VSCA National Championship. The show was held May 15-17th The location was the Ralph Engelstad arena. 150 of the finest vintage snowmobiles from around the country and Canada where hoping for the prestigious VSCA National Championship trophy.

CSM was not only there to have fun but we where there to work with Mike and the VSCA helping out with the registration and the judging. The completion was unbelievably tough with most sleds either past show winners or certainly capable of winning. As expected a lot of Arctic Cats and Polarises. All though missing where any King Kats or EXT's. A number of rare race sleds, Mod's 793's speed sleds and Sno pro's.

Evening where spent at the Black Cat bar owned by Arctic Employee Joey Halstrom. Good food, drinks and being able to "rub elbows"and listen to stories from racers like Jim Dimmerman made for a very memorable experience. There where also a lot of autographs handed out with my brother Jerry collecting most of them!

The show wrapped up on Saturday evening with the awards banquet and buffet dinner in the lower level of the arena. CSM members brought 9 sleds and walked off with 6 awards. Winning where Jim Jopp, Captain Cale Johnson,Jerry Johnson, Schindler Bros and Allen Theisen. The big winner and national champion was Tom Ishe with a Puma 793.

A good time was had by all and we got to visit with old friends like Jerry and Bill form ARS, Larry form Vintage sleds, Jack Speckel, Al Brugenthies,Joey Halstrom and a number of CSM members. We also made some new friends Perry Hestness and Jim Dimmerman. A big thanks to Mike and Judy of the VSCA for putting on a great show and can't wait till next year.

Allen Theisen
President
Classic Sno-Machines

Now that the snow in gone (well almost!) it's time to start thinking about summer snowmobile shows. Cold Spring Mn will be the place to be July 25th for the 10th annual Classic Sno-Machines summer show. The show is held in conjunction with Cold Springs annual Hometown Pride Days. A town wide celebration that includes flea market, brewery tours, food, drink,car show and of course our show. We will have trophies for trail restored and original, race restored and original and best of show. We will also have a free swap. If you where not there last year the swap continues to grow and we want to make it even bigger! There is no charge for entry fee , registration or the swap. So polish those machines, load those parts on your trailers and we will see you this summer.
For further information contact Allen Theisen 320-685-9874 or email starcraft4404@aol.com

What a difference a little snow can make! With 4 inches of fluffy white stuff the night before the rally for the 1st time in years it really seamed like a traditional Minnesota winter. The rally was again a great success. Held Feb 21st at Goatropers bar in Farming, Mn., we had a great turnout. Especially stong where the Survivor class and the feature Yamaha class. There where a number of really nice restored and original machines on hand. The snow made for a decent trail ride to St. Martin and back with about 35 machines making the 12 mile round trip.

Inside the silent auction provided some tresurers as well as a live auction for some great entertainment. We noticed a lot of new faces winning awards this year as well as some old friends. Best of show went to Bill Adams with a awesome Scorpion Super Stinger. See the complete list of show winners below. Loud sled contest winner was Jerry Leggat with his 793 Puma. Jerry let me take it for a ride at it was unbelievable! Thanks Jerry. At the awards we announced next years feature which will be SkiRoule and Brute. So get those green and orange machines ready.

We would like to thank all of our sponsers St. Joe Snow Joes, C and L, Arctic Restorations, MVSS ( thanks John for all the silent auction items!) Mike Kascht, BeeLine, and of course our host Tony from Goatropers. We couldn't do it with out all of Tonys help. 2009 was great and we hope to make the 2010 rally even better.

Allen Theisen

• Best of show- Bill Adam Scorpion Super Stinger
• Loud sled contest- Jerry Leggatt 70 Puma 793
• Best dressed- Capt Cale Johnson Yamaha colors
• Custom-2nd team Johnson Rampage 1st Jerry Leggatt 70 Puma 793
• 67 and older restored-2nd Mark Richel 66 Arctic 100 1st Jack Speckel 66 Arctic Cat cougar
• 67 and older original- 2nd Blair Nager 64 Snowtraveler 1st Tom Eveslage Herters
• 68-71 restored 2nd Dave Dahl 71 Chapperal 1st Roger Schmitd 71 Arctic cat Puma
• 68-71 original 2nd Chet Baukol 71 Rupp 1st Vick Vattenauer 68 Skidaddler
• 72-74 restored 2nd Dave Kellerman 72 Polaris Colt 1st Rod traut 72 John Deere
• 72-74 original 2nd Bruce Gohman 73 Scorpion 1st Bruce Gohman 72 Skidoo
• 75-80 restored 2nd ben Neu 77 Polaris 1st Scott Martin 80 John Deere
• 75-80 original 2nd Jim Rau 75 Moto-Ski 1st Allen Emme 76 Massy
• Race 72 and older restored 2nd Schindler Bros 72 Thunder Jet 1st Bill Adams 71 Scorpion super stinger
• Race 73 and newer 1st Court Shultz Scorpion Whip
• Race 73 and newer restored 2nd schindler Bros 73 Thunder JET 1st Bryan Rochleau 76 Twister
• Survivor 73 and newer 2nd Roger Lawson 80 John Deere 1st Dave Dostal 79 Polaris
• Survivor 72 and older 1st Jack Speckel 66 Eskimo
• Feature restored 2nd Dale Stanger 73 Yamaha 1st Jay Stanger 73 Yamaha
• Feature original 2nd Dave Emme 71 Yamaha 1st Kevin Lehse 73 Yamaha

For all of you who where wondering where the guys from Classic Sno-Machines have gone, no we have not lost interest or forgot about the website, or been in jail. Actually the reason for lack of updates has been issues with the company doing or web hosting and updates. To remedy this problem we have enlisted the services of Larry Preston of VintageSleds.com fame. Larry has been great to work with and will provide us with timely updates. Thanks in advance Larry I know it will be a great working relationship!

We at Classic Sno-Machines have actually been very busy since the last update. In September we made the long trip to Eagle River Wisc to attend The show and World championship grass drag races at the famed track. If you have never been there I highly suggest making the trip.The track is very impressive and the people are really nice. On the way there we stopped off at the Snowmobile Hall of fame in St Germain. Also a must see. There are a wide range of machines there. Everything from original trail sleds to incredibly rare restored race sleds.They also have a functioning restoration shop there. look for pictures in the upcoming newsletter.

Speaking of the newsletter members should be receiving there next copy of the newsletter in the next 10 days. That should get us almost caught up. Remember we are always looking for people to contribute articles and any other interesting sled related items. As well as free classifieds.

Of course we are frantically working on this years rally. Remember it is Feb 21st at Goatropers in Farming mn. This years feature is Yamaha and a sample of the clothing artwork can be see on the site. We have sold half of the clothing already so if you are interested in purchasing a t-shirt or sweat shirt you may want to e-mail me to assure you get what you need. My new e-mail is starcraft4404@aol.com We are also looking for silent auction donations.

Well I think that's about it, I have to get ready for Waconia. We will be there on Saturday. Hope to see you there.

Allen Theisen

2009 Rally

2008 CSM Summer Show

Summer show 2008

This years annual Summer show we will July 26th 2008 in Cold Spring Mn. We will again be hosting the show in conjunction with Cold Spring Home town Pride Days. Lots to do beside admire some of the best original and restored sleds around. There will be a car show adjacent to ours. As well as flea market, crafts, brewery tours and more. Show to start at 9:00 am with awards at 3:00pm Classes to include restored, original , race, trail and best of show. Located just west of St Cloud Mn we hope to have close to 100 sleds in attendance. With gas prices what they are why travel any further than Cold Spring!

Come out say hi and have a good time.

Jerry accepts an award a the 7th annual Vintage Sled Show
held in Hutchinson, MN on March 15th 2008

Loud Pipes!!!

The 16 Annual Classic Sno-machine Rally was another success. Finally the temperature cooperated a little but still not much snow. That made for a kind of rough trail ride but 20 or so hardly souls made the 10 mile round trip. The silent auction was a hit (thanks to everyone who donated items) as well as a spirited live auction. Thanks to Tony from Goatropers Bar for all the donations. The highlight of the live auction was the sale of the 1971 Moto Ski which went to a local guy for $225.00 The Loud sled contest drew a crowd with "team Johnson West "taking home the cash with of course a Johnson. Best dressed went to Ray Theisen wearing Skiroule colors. Best of show was a Polaris "lil Andy" It was announced during the awards that next years feature will be Yamaha also look for a new date for the rally next year. We are looking at moving it to the end of February or the beginning of March. Thanks again to everyone that made 2008 a success and look for big things in 2009!"

CSM President Allen Theisen just completed this Ski-Roule SE 400

It is time to start thinking about the 2008 Rally
again, as mentioned in the newsletter the feature will be any sled powered by a Hirth ® Engine, This is a unique idea as far as feature sleds are concerned – we could see anything from the old reliable one-lungers to the awesome Hirth Honker 793. I tried to find out how many sled manufacturers produced machines with Hirth power under the hood – I can not find any accurate information on this, but I am sure this feature will include a very extensive variety of machines in about as many shapes and colors as one could imagine. The show will again be held at Goat Ropers Bar and Grill located in Farming, MN on Saturday February 2nd 2008, the format will be much like it has been the past two years – a trail ride (approx. 10 miles) if weather permits, a loud pipes contest, a silent auction, a live auction, and of course the awards presentation at the end of the day. The CSM board has discussed the idea of having a swap area as well, at this point we do not have a designated area for this but I am sure we could come up with one – If we have enough interest in this we will provide space for any vendors – Contact Al Theisen @ 320-685-9874 as early as possible if you want to take part in this, we did have several vendors at this years summer show and that went over quite well. Remember – Mark your Calendar for Saturday February 2nd, 2008 – the next issue will have more information on this event as well as directions and parking information.

16th Annual Rally & Show Info

The 8th annual summer is now history.
Hot was the word of the day with temps in the 90s but it didn’t stop hard core snowmobile enthusiasts from coming to Cold Spring MN for the Classic Sno-machines summer show. This years show field was “across the creek” from the last few years location. Providing a better show field as well as easier loading and unloading. There also was some much needed shade. Many different manufacturers where represented with a large number of trail sleds present. Old friends and some new faces made for a great day. A special thanks to Dave from super America for providing breakfast and soft drinks. Best of show went to Ted Stanger with his 70 300d Chaparral. Thanks to everyone who went the extra mile to bring sleds. Next up the 2008 16th Annual Rally.

2007 Classic Sno-Machines summer show
this will be held on Saturday July 28th in conjunction with the Cold Spring “Hometown Pride Days” located directly behind the Cold Spring brewery located in Cold Spring, MN. We at CSM try to keep the summer show a bit more relaxed than the winter show and rally – we will still have awards as well as a “Peoples Choice” trophy. The show is located adjacent to the Cold Spring Street Machines car show and a vintage tractor show as well as many other activities for all ages around town, you will be able to unload on the street and park your trailers next to the show area – we do recommend getting there before 9:00 am if possible as the street we are next to will be closed to traffic after about 10:00 am. Last year some of those attending brought swap items, once again we encourage this! If you have any items please bring them - we do not at this time have an “official” swap area but you are welcome to bring items in and display your wares near your sled, we do not have room for trailers in the show area but you could park a swap trailer in the general parking area next to the show if you would like. See you at the show!"

We still have some clothing items left from the 2007 rally (John Deere and Massey) feature, if you are interested in purchasing any of these items please contact Allen Theisen 320-685-9874 - prices have been reduced to move! These will also be available at the summer show as well.

These JD's belong to CSM club member Chuck Moser, hope to see these at the 2007 winter rally and show - I hope we have more snow than this!, see below more show for details.

2007 CSM Rally and Show
Saturday, February 10th 2007

It was a tough decision but in the end John Deere and Massey Ferguson were the winners. The rally will be held at Goatroper’s Bar and Grill (Same location as the 2006 rally) in Farming, MN on Saturday February 10, 2007. Registration will begin at 9:00 am, a silent auction will be running all day inside the bar – we will have a live auction as well – the time will be posted. Goatroper's will be serving up plenty of good food and refreshments inside the bar the entire day. Judging will commence at 1:00 pm, you may register as many sleds as you wish with a single $5.00 entry fee, We have decided to bring back the “Winner’s Circle” again for 2007, any winning sled from 2006 will receive a dash plaque and be displayed in the front row along with the feature sleds. All participants and spectators will be required to purchase an entry button. The awards will be at 3:00 pm sharp inside the bar, Hope to see everyone there on the 10th!

On the Schedule page is a new Schedule List link that will list ALL upcoming events.
The calendar has been updated, please see the Schedule for more information.

A new newsletter is now posted, please see the Newsletter section for more information.

The 2007 CSM winter show and rally is right around the corner! The image below is a proof of the art work for the shirts and buttons for the upcoming rally. The feature will once again be shared by two different makes, John Deere and Massey Ferguson. The rally will be held at Goatroper’s Bar and Grill (Same location as the 2006 rally) in Farming, MN on Saturday February 10, 2007. Registration will begin at 9:00 am, we will have a silent auction all day inside the bar – we may even have a small live auction if we can round up enough items to make this possible. Goatroper's will be serving up plenty of good food and refreshments inside the bar the entire day. Judging will commence at 1:00 pm, you may register as many sleds as you wish with a single $5.00 entry fee –all participants and spectators will be required to purchase an entry button. The awards will be at 3:00 pm sharp inside the bar, Hope to see everyone there on the 10th!