VIDEO of my 1972 JD 400 Happy 40TH Anniversary

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VIDEO of my 1972 JD 400 Happy 40TH Anniversary

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Its ready to Ride :beers;

Here is the link to view the video:

new video coming soon....

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Beautiful restoration! :beers;
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Awesome. Sounds & looks great!
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I suttered in my seat!!

One had on the throttle, the other on the camera.

SUV parked 6 feet away.

Please Please dont launch into the front end of that veichle!

Fantasic looking sled. :letitsnow: :sled:
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That's how it's supposed to sound! Good job. :beers;

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JDT wrote:I suttered in my seat!!

One had on the throttle, the other on the camera.

SUV parked 6 feet away.

Please Please dont launch into the front end of that veichle!

Fantasic looking sled. :letitsnow: :sled:
LOL, I was carefull not to bring the RPM's up too high.
By the way, this is my first sled. I have never owned a snowmobile in my life. I also restored it in the basement of my house because I dont have a garage. I had to transport it outside to finish the assembly and now I have it stored in a safe place. :canadasmile:
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Sounds nice and healthy. Have fun driving it. I love driving my 72 500, after all that's what they're made for!
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One word for that - AWESOME............. :clap:
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Well done Jeffery. Darn nice work, especially for your first resto and first sled. Careful, those Deere's bite and you end up with yard full of them if your not careful!

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i like the sound at 0:40 sounds like you stepped on a cat : ) hopefully an Artic Cat ; )
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LOL. Thats funny, actually it was the camera. The sound was wind noise in the camera microphone, or a cat.
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I wanted a new video now that the restoration is complete.
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Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC1usThT ... zFlJEd4EBV

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC1usThT ... zFlJEd4EBV[/media]
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40th Anniversary at midnight tonight. :canadasmile:
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Technically it's 40 years today. The '72 I'm currently working on was purchased by my father in December of '71. It was one of the first 500 built.

$1200 included the sled, 2 suits, 2 helmets, and two pairs of boots. JD credit made it all possible.

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