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Last week at the annual Friday Night Fish Fry, Don Amber announced the next JDsleds.com Raffle Project! In Don's possession, we have a 1975 340/S, donated by Pat Shaffer. This sled, upon completion, will be raffled off by the Snowmobile Hall of Fame in 2018. The goal will be to have it complete by the end of August of 2017, so it is ready to go on display for ticket sales.

Don will be posting more as the project gets underway. Here is the sled as delivered, along with some new parts that came with it:

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Here is the original hood as well:

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This will be a fun build to watch
1975 340/s Speed Run Sled
1975 340/s I500 #161
1980 Liquifire SN# 4995 From WA Speed Run Sled
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Are you guys going to restore it to racing trim?
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AirborneX4Special wrote:Are you guys going to restore it to racing trim?
Good Question so jdsleds fans what do you think?

Restore to race trim
Restore to original

Using the words "race" or "original" let us know what you think.

For those of you that want to help but have no parts we can always take donations (and they are tax deductible) Send donations to 2018 Vintage Raffle Sled % Snowmobile Hall of Fame / Box 720 / St. Germain, WI 54558. We thank you in advance. Cash is going to be important for this build. Any cash left over will be kept by the Snowmobile Hall of Fame so your money will continue to do good work.

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It has a race history, so I say embrace it!
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Race trim!
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First off........Race

Second.......What parts are needed? (not like I would have any 340s un-obtainium laying around though.....lol)

Third.........Any plans of a "group workday(s)" like other builds?
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Race Trim :sled: :sled:
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Definitely race sled. It has the history

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Restore it to race trim !


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Race!!
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Race!
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when can we start buying tickets? :)
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friendlyfarmeria wrote:when can we start buying tickets? :)
Fall of 2017.
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