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That is literally a cool photo. Jack is close to my age and I never looked like I belonged on my '69 AT-1 like he does on his namesake!

Marlon Sellen

Correction: Already screwed up my first post. Time frame for my previous post was circa 1968 (a great year for off road cycles). After a little research, it seems that prior to '70, the Rupp minis were just automatic clutches with jackshafts. They still could climb though...

Marlon Sellen

Hey Ted, your Rupp post prompted me to finally respond to the message board. After being a member for twenty years!? In the late 60s we had a Rupp dealer in my small upstate NY town. I rode my Honda 50 step-thru with a couple of brothers who owned Rupp minis. I had more speed of course but they were powered by torque converters and ate me up on the hills. Oh yeah, we were young teens then. They beat the heck out of those machines and they were at the repair shop quite a bit as I recall. Anyways, I liked the looks of the Rupp snowmobiles back then. My family ended up buying a Skidoo with my input but I ended up rebuilding a '69 Rupp Sno-Sport about 10 years ago. Some things about it were ahead of it's time, some weren't! Long gone now. Thanks for stoking the memories again Ted!

Marlon Sellen