1979 Polaris TXL

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1979 Polaris TXL

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I just Bought a 1979 TXL 340. Does someone know where I could obtain a Nice hood and a good seat?

This one will get a mild restore namely the items above. This one has history in the Winnepeg I-500. Not only was it run in the 500 But it has WON the 500 in '79 It was raced by the same guy who raced my restored dator a couple yrs earlier. So I now have a nice set of race sleds. Pics will show when it gets home. :dance:
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Nice work! Glad you were able to "decide" :bonk:
Looking forward to the pics.
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Re: 1979 Polaris TXL

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Nice sled! i just bought a 72 colt 250 free air. mint conditon nice little sled cant wait to get it out on the trails.
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Re: 1979 Polaris TXL

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Atwood's may have repoped seats.

There is someone out there that has repop hoods also but I do not know who.
Goose Lake would know.
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well atleast you finally got a polaris
Many new and used parts available, I ship anywhere. Thanks everyone.
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Well, I have had a couple polaris sleds before, just have never wanted to keep them. Had a 80 TXL very nice but had a bad eng and a 82 TXL indy nice eng but not so nice chassis. I spent a total of $25 and made some $ very quickly. I decided to focus on deeres because otherwise you end up with too many sleds :lol22: But this Polaris fits with my dator, so I can make room for it.
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Any sled with race history is a nice find regardless of color.
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Was that Bruce Olson?

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Paul Matejka is the name. He and his brother (Loren) ran a fair amount of races. Hopefully Tabor will have some pics of Paul by the garage get together. :pray:

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Recreational Engineering repops those hoods. I bought one and it is of nice quality.

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How about some pics? little rough around the edges but will look nice when done. :bonk:
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Re: 1979 Polaris TXL

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Lots of TXL's ran the USCC race last weekend.

A worthy project you have there.
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Re: 1979 Polaris TXL

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dustin,
you are a lucky S.O.B! i would love to have that sled. did you see that Don Soukup (dr. Mario) had repop the seat for that sled, and had them at waconia? it was good to see you again.

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Chris,
I did see soukup had the correct seat for the TXL just couldn't afford it yet. Too bad it wasn't as cheap as the one you missed at waconia. :wall: :naughty:
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