DW Racings’ 600cc RXL.

The photo might be a bit small to see it, but DW Racing has created (literally) a 78 RXL with a 600cc motor for drag racing, complete with a 600cc decal on the back. Here’s what they had to say about this slick looking racer:

“Hi,Larry. I’m Wes Kalthoff from Saskatchewan. I built my RXL clone for racing this summer. I bought a chassis and most of the parts from Dale in Beausejour. I used a 2003 Polaris 600 twin engine. We placed 3rd in lite mod 600 and 4th in lite mod 700 at Haydays this year.”

Nice Wes Nice.

Big time collector Jerry McGee sent in these brand new photos of his brand new 1974 SKi-Doo 650cc SnoPro machine! Jerry and his accomplice Mark Taylor completed 2 of the sleds by working straight through last Saturday night and finishing them up at about 6:00 AM Sunday morning! They loaded them and headed straight for the New Hampshire show, but never unloaded them due to a lack of snow.

No doubt the 74 650 SnoPro is the sexiest thing to come out of Canada since Alanis Morisette. Jerry’s sent me progress shots of these as they unfolded. I’ve known about them for a long time, but couldn’t share till now! Wow do they look good! He set out to build the machine as close to the single surviving original as humanly possible.

Congratulations to Jerry and Mark on completing these stunning machines – and I can’t wait to see them on the snow!

Want to chat about the Jerry’s new sled and the other 74 SnoPros? Check out the Bull Sessions.

The answer is yes, but not many people are going to pay $20,000 for a new gas tank!

Enter technology. I found a St. Paul company that can scan any part using a pen tool that creates a perfect 3D image of the part. From there, the part is “printed” in a device that drops a micro-thin layer of a flower like powder down and prints one thin pass of the 3D image. When the part is complete, you can literally bolt it on to your sled and check it for size, shape, even functionality. For some plastic parts, you can attach it and your done. The part is complete inside and out.

For metal and other types of plastic parts, you can create a mold from the plastic part for very little money. When I was at the shop learning about all this, they were running some pieces that are being recreated for a 1939 Jeep.

The implications here are staggering. If you own a tool and die shop that makes it’s money from molds, I think I’d be nervous. A part that used to cost $20,000 to get a mold for can now be done for under $2,500.

We’ll keep you informed on the progress of our little experiment in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!