Had one in high school.
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On display at local JD dealer
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I may or may not have ridden on of those, way back when i was about 10 yrs old. It had steel cleats on the track, as i recall and was a little "squirrly" on the ice 
ever take the primary apart on one of those? the sliding puck design was awesome - I may or may not have worked on a few of those back in the day
No, I never needed to, but the recoil was prone to failing. I don't remember anymore what the issue was but I knew it like it was my right hand palm back then. I was working at the local dealership and one of the locals brings his kids Spitfire in saying recoil won't work. I said I'd take care of it, he looks at the service mgr with that "are you really gonna let the high school kid work on this?" look. Service manager said he could have one of the mechanics look at it in awhile. The guy looked at me and said to the service manager "let him give it a swing". Less than 15 minutes later it's working like new. I can still remember how good that felt impressing boss & customer!ever take the primary apart on one of those? the sliding puck design was awesome - I may or may not have worked on a few of those back in the day
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I was in high school too when I was working on those. Great life back then, I would go to school in the morning for general classes and work the afternoons at the Polaris dealership. I even got paid - funny though, I never got a paycheck from them. All of my money went for parts for my sled. I would finish at 6:00pm and then go to work at the hardware/feed store. I'd work until 9:00 pm. And all of that money went to the dealership too
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That's a nice one! I never rode a Spitfire, but I spent a lot of time on Trailfires and Liquifires back in the day. They were great sleds for the time.
Broke my heart when they quit snowmobiles
I spent a little time on one of those. Was one of the first sleds that I ever rode and the start off the addiction.
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My farmer neighbors had them and my father bought a Evinrude Skeeter with wide track and boggie suspension, how embarrassing, but atleast it got me hooked for life
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Same here. Going to the JD was awesome when i was a kid, toy tractors and new snowmobiles in the same place.
My uncle was the local John Deere dealer when I was in high school. Rode those sleds and for the time the JD sleds were great.
Even won a cross-country race on a Spitfire.......good times!
Even won a cross-country race on a Spitfire.......good times!
I have 2 just like that sitting in my garage still, always thought they were neat.
