Yep, a pic of me on my first 4-stroke Cat

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I know it shows my age, but there's a lot of miles under my belt too.
That's me with the leaping polar bear on my shoulder. Once a Cat man always a Cat man.

Owen

 

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cool pic.what year are those cats?

 

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The one behind is a "65 Model 100 8 hp Kohler.......

the other one is a '64 with a 6 1/4 hp Kohler. I still have the '65. I long ago ran the '64 into the ground. The '65 was my Dad's and therefore was less used. All of that old iron got put away by '67 as sleds such as the Panther came out. Things changed rapidly. Cat did have slide rails then it took many years for Polaris and Ski-Doo to catch on.

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After looking at the steering, I can see why you formulated your opinion of vert/horiz steering.......

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After looking at the full sized picture,,,,,,,,,,,,, THE TRUCK MATCHES THE SLEDS PERFECTLY!!!

Wow, you are a die hard Cat guy Owen.......

 

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6 hp.sweet.thats cool you still have one

 

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So Owen, how did those RED mittens work?

 

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Clothes were hard to come by.

4Z said:

So Owen, how did those RED mittens work?

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Foam insulated coveralls from Holiday gas nstation were a big hit. Cat was the first to have suits, but not 'til '67 or '68.

O

 

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Not gonna lie. Owen you look kinda old back then! haha. I wonder what in 40 years people will say about a pic of me standing next to the 2012 m1100turbo. I just can't fathom what things will be like that far ahead.

 

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Turbo583 said:

Not gonna lie. Owen you look kinda old back then! haha. I wonder what in 40 years people will say about a pic of me standing next to the 2012 m1100turbo. I just can't fathom what things will be like that far ahead.

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They'll look more like the ones in Owens pic because people wanted to get back to the days when riding was "harder". :face-icon-small-coo