1970 panther gona make it go again

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delivered March 4 2015 to my garage door Thank You SCM    got some work ahead gas tank leaking & rust,rear motor mounts torn apart, moss growing on the running  boards. 340 sachs ss turns over & has compression

[Vintagesleds.com]

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front idler wheel in the skid broken in 1/2

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The Tail Lights are a Hit and verryyy    sexxxyyyy!!!  I dropped the windshield by accident it broke into pieces brittle???

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The steering post was bent up & it looked like the steering arms were hitting the sides of the belly pan so someone welded these stoppers onto the bulkhead

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Sanded painted skid new rubber bumpers & harrow spring bushings, found some used idler wheels at sno world, sliders were in good shape, 2 different turnbuckles on this skid Quite a bit longer than the 1970 puma skid. Also picked up some spindles at Sno World with shock mounts. The skis were painted grey so sanded a bit & did them black, new ski rods, rubber bumpers & saddles. Had extra ski shocks on the shelf. Had a set of handlebars to put on it. Changed broken motor mounts, used 2 ski doo 1 yamaha ET & 2 originals. 1970 was a good year at Arctic Cat!!!!

[Gilson435]

Comin along nicely I need to get busy this summer on my 69 Panther.

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I always like 69...... no matter which way look at it 

[Gilson435]

I always like 69...... no matter which way look at it 

Tru dat brotha 

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its gona go again 

[Snow Cruiser Man]

Not a problem was going there anyway, haha thanks for having us and taking us trail riding. did you get the clutch? Nice job so far maybe next winter I can take it for a spin. SCM

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Hey SCM ya got the clutch cleaned up nicely doesn't look like many miles on it Thank You very much ! Picked up a 25-30mm adapter so it fits onto the sachs 340ss like it was meant to be there. Guess find out about calibration once I get this thing going. I finally have an app't with Dubberly at Pan Am clinic May 20 so want to get done as much as I can on the panther in case I end up in a cast soon  Thanks for coming riding maybe we meet at Togo vintage ride next year ?

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Skid rebuilt & back in place. Fuel tank cleaned out original paint still good on tank. Now summer losing interest in the panther........

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Camping season is over.....enuf snow on the ground to start working on sleds again. The 340 Sachs SS is ready to get dropped back into the 1970 panther. Braaaap !!!

[timartin]

Sweet !!!

[Philh]

Good thread.  Gotta love the early Panthers.