Lost Out On One But 2 More Show Up

[mikehjd]

So after loosing out on the 340S I was sitting around home yesterday and a guy down the road called that knows we collect old Jd tractors and said his was for sale as he had lost interest in it. I went over there and bought a very nice JD A that should be an easy restoration. He owned the JD dealership and sold it years ago and retired. I was telling him about my JD sleds and he said he has one in the shed I should buy, he takes me over to a shed and opens the door and says if you go over to the far corner and move some of the junk he said its under there. I start digging and uncovered an nice 83 snowfire with a bad piston, he said it quit years ago he discovered it was a bad piston and never fixed it. After I got home I had some time to kill so I called about a lead a friend gave me about a guy who had a nice spitfire he wanted to sell. I called the guy and went out there and there was a sprintfire with a bad piston(same story as the other one blew it years ago and never fixed it but he bought the parts so it just needs to be put together). Never seen a sprintfire or a snowfire in this area now I have both and got them the same day. Funny how things work out.

[Jimmy]

Always love a happy ending.

[cledussnow77]

Thats cool, things do work out in strange ways. Good finds.

[Jimmy]

Hey, I'm heading home on Sunday,1300 miles, been in Edmonton for three weeks visiting my daughter, her husband and three grand kids. Been looking around up here but found nothing Last time I was up here I dismantled a spitfire and took it home in the trunk of my car, I'll be heading thru Moose Jaw and I see that your north east of saskatoon to much out of the way to visit. Good luck on your find. Jimmy

[Liquifire 4/6]

Hey, I'm heading home on Sunday,1300 miles, been in Edmonton for three weeks visiting my daughter, her husband and three grand kids. Been looking around up here but found nothing Last time I was up here I dismantled a spitfire and took it home in the trunk of my car, I'll be heading thru Moose Jaw and I see that your north east of saskatoon to much out of the way to visit. Good luck on your find. Jimmy

lol......I remember reading your post about that trip and I had a great chuckle over it. Too bad you didn't score something this time.

Congrats, Mike on finding both a Snowfire and a Sprintfire. They are really sweet sleds to ride. Hope you can post some pics of them soon.

[S_Kyle]

I'm glad to hear it is possible to get one in the trunk of a car. EppJD (Adam) and I were seriously considering tring to get an old motoski in the trunk of his Jetta at Waconia last year. Kind of wished we had tried.