1979 Sno-Runner...Sittin For Years!!! Will It Run??? 

I'm an old school sledder and love you videos of you posting older sleds. Brings me back to the early days. Thank you

I used to have one of those back in the mid 80's my buddy bought like five of them sold me one and we used to have a blast on them for ever. little 2 stroke engine ran pretty good. Topped out at about 15-25 on packed snow Brings back some great memories 👍

That was Chryslers emergency unit to get you to help when you got stuck or broken down where there is limited traffic back in the day. I’m sure it may have save one or two life’s from freezing to death in the dark cold nights, hence the headlight for night safety.

Just so's ya knows , that noise maker under the seat is a genuine Chrysler " Power Bee " and she cranks out a whoppin 7 hp, probably not full size horses, maybe large ponies.

I bought three of these when I was 16 ('m 50 now) from one of my buddies in high school. I still have one of them. His dad worked for Chrysler and got them as a Christmas gift from the company. Mine still runs like a beast! Fires right up every year when it's time to ride it.

Took my 11 year old son Daniel to see Pete today, as he had a day off school and wanted to meet Pete really bad. We had a an awesome visit and picked up some swag. Pete was fantastic and we love all the amazing work he does, especially this old sno runner. Thanks again Pete, you made Dannys day, and mine as well.

my dad and i love the channel . my dad told me about this channel about two weeks ago , and hes always watching your channel on his t.v.. Im always watching it on my phone. We love fast sleds and atvs, bikes and we love Drinking beer , and we love building ,fixing, and riding we spend all our free time in the shop fixing our toys . Can watch sled racing all day Its the things we always wonder about like the 700 shootout!! More of the videos (bomby,Yamaha,polaris,arctic cat .) Would be 👍

It was the coolest thing I ever seen. I was 12 when it came out.. don't know anyone that had one but the pictures of it in the snow looked cool.

My grandpa gave me his old Sno Rabbit (same exact color and everything, different name for some reason) for my 10th birthday. It was the perfect way to learn motorcycle riding (if you fall in snow it don't hurt) Top speed was somewhere btwn 20-30 mph, I don't remember.

I wouldn’t recommend setting the auxiliary fuel tank up for gravity feed, as it’s not meant to run on gravity. The carb has no problem pumping enough fuel as it is. I’d love to see more of this series as I just picked one up a few weeks ago. 👍

The 'Sno-Runner' was a unique and a rare find in my part of central Ontario Canada. I, and all of my teenage friends wanted one back-in-the-day and saving-up from our summer jobs would have bought one of these bad-boys new. They were never available for sale anywhere, yet they were a limited release and their availability disappeared by '83. With plastic track paddles these concoctions were obviously meant to be disposable.

I like to say Mother Nature is on her Bi-Polar role coaster.

Awesome. Always wanted to find one of these Chryslers.

Those things were cool.fix it up your son will have a blast.👍🍻✌️

In the process of restoring one right now (a NewYears Resolution), just about done. Original owner, purchased for under $300 in 1982!! Just about everthing you need (& I need) are still available but a bit costly!! Can't get it started, thanks for the idea got from your video good luck.

Now that is a piece of art. I want to ride it

Happy New Year Ladies and Gents! Thanks for the Video. Can't wait for the website to get up and running. Cheers!

Well i'am a big fan of original love to see it back operating as is .

Looking forward to the motor upgrade and track upgrade video on this project 🍻

Awesome video Pete! Looking forward to merch being available... The Switchback definitely needs a "she dangles" decal. Keep up the great work!

I had a couple of these back in the early 80s. They were fun when you could get them started. The gas tank was sufficient for good riding time. I believe I pd about $150 each and were barely used at the time. I remember the chain cleats were rubberized to the chain. These Sno runners would go about 25 mph on semi flat ground having about 9hp. Sold them after first winter of having them. I guess I should of kept them with prices you are quoting.🤔

Keep the sno runner series coming.

I had one of these around the mid 80's. There was some outfit in Michigan that use to send me post cards for annual winter mailings...Snow Rabbit or something? I had bought the performance muffler, intake, new track, and something else out of their mailer. My room mates and I had a track around the house one winter, drinking beers and riding that thing around the house at a pretty good speed. The track wore down eventually and the rear track caught the edge of the sidewalk and broke the rear ski front mount, putting an end to the fun. It was pretty cool.

Super video!! I'm 60 yrs old and I'm gonna weld something like this together. To hell with $16K sleds! Talk about Mad Max.😀

Pete. I still have mine that thing was awesome I am going to dig mine out like ya did I am not getting rid of it thanks for the motivation

OMG... I wanted one of these soooo bad growing up.... lol

i had one of these in the 90s, always had to work on it to keep it running. but she was a fun little machine

cant wait for the merch drop! nice snow bike its like a gt sled on steroids

Keep this series going! Get this thing up and running!

The mystery button has to be a decompression button

I remember them things when I was a kid they look like they were fun to ride. Should try and get it going just the way it is

I have never seen anything like that.. that looks fun as hell and dangerous at the same time... 😂...

It looks like quite fun ride. I've seen some DIY versions that basically were part scooter with attached snowmobile track and sleds. Found Sno-Runner on eBay, ~$2500.

Happy New Year Bud I love your videos

Enjoy your content Pete. I have absolutely zero mechanical ability, but I think you could teach even a simpleton like me to get a sled running, and at the same time laugh and giggle while doing it. The world needs more folks like you buddy. Happy New Year.

Pretty cool will be interesting to see it on the snow

We just got about 16" of snow here in South Dakota. Some had more than that. Good year to own a sled.

I hate that a lot of these newer small engines are electric start without the option of a pull start. Something happened to my auger engine the other day and the key wouldn't turn it over. Now it was stuck in the grain bin full of wheat so I had to start it with a drill and socket. I thought it was going to rip my arm off when it fired but luckily the socket slipped off haha. I'll be watching for the website to pickup some stickers and maybe a shirt

Use a old 55 gallon plastic drum for your track parts works amazing.. can't wait to see yours rip

Cool project. I am new to your channel but Definitely would like to see you keep this project going. Interested to see what kind of track you can retrofit to it. 👍on the bigger motor idea.

Happy new year! Cute kid!

My friend had one of these when it was new. I rode it a few times. It did much better on packed snow but biggest problem was starting it. It just felt cheap like a Reliant K

Can’t wait for part 2 ✌🏻

This thing is awesome . I literally subscribed just because of this video

Always look forward to the content!!!! NICE ONE!!!

Amazing. Gotta love it. Nice one

Hey, Pete. Leave it as wall art. NICE ONE!

My dad had one and I had one , twenty years ago.

I bought one of these new in the early 1980's. It was a neat concept and actually had enough power to pull me around as an adult, climbing some grades in the woods you wouldn't expect it to go up. Real impressive that way. Mine had a problem, though. The jackshaft drive would warm up during use, and when I would stop the moisture on it would freeze solid leaving the machine inoperable. I would ride it some distance, stop to visit someone or go inside a store, and have it freeze-up requiring someone to come pick me and the machine up for a ride home. I used it for a couple months and gave it to the local YMCA. If not for that design flaw, it would have been a good machine. It ended up being a $600 mistake. It was fun to ride, but I had to ride it from my house and back non-stop or I'd be calling for help. From my experience, it would only be good as shelf-candy as you're using it. I wouldn't pay $100 for one now. They were essentially junk, even when brand new as mine was.

They had 2 white ones for sale in the junk yard store in Peoria ill when i was a kid so $129 for a new one then and you said one guy wanted $4800 each . Quite the appreciation value on that toy .

That thing is as old as me and I've never seen one... I think it's pretty cool and would love to see it going! 👍

Nice one Pete 😄 go big or go home 😂 like to see you put a bigger motor in it very cool...

this things aged better than my brother and he was born the same year LOL

In MN we have about 2.5 feet of snow, I hope you get some!

Best line ever. When engineer's used their mind.

The brake you mentioned, could it actually be the clutch to disengage the track?

We need to see that fixed and test drive !!!!!

What kinds of snow conditions would this have operated the best. Can't think it would do well in deep fresh snow

These were made by Chrysler originally hoping for a military contract when that didn’t happen they were sold to the public. Cool little rig a friend of mine had one in his attic years ago but I never did see it running.

That cover over the track is stock . Same as the one on mine . And I have to figure out the chain/track as well .

Don’t feel Bad the weather in Vermont hasn’t been any better. Completely sucks a I really want to take my yemiha out fer a rip ehh!! Hey I can make fun I’m a dual citizen n my parents are Canadians lol! Love you channel bro

I remember the ads for those when they were new but I've only seen a couple in person. I think they were even used in a James Bond movie at the time.

That thing is sweet. Cant wait for the me cry.😁👍👍👍

That seats got all the padding

My father bought this for me at Christmas time looking at your creation. Can you make a kit so we can recreate it. Please let me know

In new England last year there was a guy with a few of these or a similar product, they were free if I remember correctly, shoulda grabbed one 😂

Those things were AWESOME !

Happy new year pete!

A friend years ago had a similar machine and he cut the sidewalls out of a mountain bike tire to make a trac when he wanted to run it in summer

i havnt seen these before, i went on kijiji typed in sno runner and someone near me is selling a bunch of parts for one!

That is awesome!!

cant wait for the website to be up

She's alive.

I once had a snow pony , it was smaller than a regular sled but wasn't a mini, at 12-13 yrs ols ya could lift it one arm only did about 30 mph

That looks fun

I've never seen one but what a cool unit...What about 3d printed TPU replacements for the track teeth? Also what about making a whacking up a n ultralight slightly overpowered dirty handed that'll take a bit of a knock without shitting itself?..haha and dual skis up front..still keeping the idea of collapsible/throw it in the trunk type deal.. love your work!

I've got an old sno runner but no carb, it was my wife's Uncle's. He must have picked it up at a farm sale. I thought the military looked at them but they just didn't work out.

That is way cool👍. Show us the track build and some test runs . Would like to see what you do about the motor also. Hitting the subscribe button.

Rode a snow runner same as this one in Illinois they are fun

Nice Run!!!

Actually originally it was made for the military i believe, What part of Canada are you from? Cheers from Ontario

Hey Pete, wondering if you could give me your opinion. Don’t feel obligated to answer but what do think of a used (5600 mi.) 2002 Yamaha SXR 600 triple? This would be my first sled, so do you think it’s a fairly safe bet? Thanks!

I work for motorcycles & snowmobile shop back in 1973 they had one like that one call Chrysler god running on pack snow only I’m from Ontario Canada

wow that's cool, never seen one!

It sounds like you're an Irish Canadian. I dig it 😎. too bad those will never be of any use in Florida, that's for sure.

I think you should do a complete new snow bike in your style to go fast .

New to channel. This was cool! I would love to see it in action. With more HPs.

I’ve got one, got it and a track raid in southern Ontario

Great Chanel and content, always entertaining! What is the status of the golf cart build, did I miss something or not able to finish it?

Stir up much dust in the shop ?

Happy New year 🏁🍻

3d print or cnc or shape a mold with a grinder or dremel, then you can pour a dense rubber compound that has a high durometer mix and cure that into custom tracks for the drive system. Could simple weld washers or bolts to another bike chain, score a cheap chain link tool from a bike shop if for need to link off the shelf bike chains into the right length. Its bicycle and mower technology meets fun reasons to tempt frostbite in the savagery of northern times. Easy to make mods to this platform of vehicle. Add the proper Bose rounded can bluetooth speaker and do up the chrome, maybe bolt on some chandeliers for turning signals like the duke of manhattan in the movie escape from new york. Heated seat, heated handgrips, super powerful LED spotlight lamp, and a waterskier tow handle kit to haul people around on their skis, a torque converter for speedy launching and jumps, maybe suspension if gravity becomes distant, however, its designed to use the snow to cushion the landing, and the canadian free healthcare for the schedule of repairs. Design a rapidly inflatable snowsuit airbag system and you are ironman unstoppable.

so cool

I have a couple of hr carbs sitting around if needed. I think that's what it used anyway

Cool machine

Hey Pete, Excellent video's. I could drink a beer with you. Hey. What's happening with the golf cart? If you can't sled. Might as well go fast on the ... Well you get my point. Happy New Year

BY the way I got a 84 enticer 300. Know any one with parts? Looking to resurrect the old girl!

cheers, bigger motor and track, gotta do it

Hey pete, my name is mark and my my dads name is Steve we both live in baxter and my dad and i ride sleds im 37 hes 71 or so .. I have a 2014 800 etec he has a 2010 z 1 turbo it runs like shit at idle when we first start it and wont idle even when its warm .. This sled is really fast. . I rude fast machines and its above anything ive been on.. Sooo My dad is a retired diesel mechanic and we fix our own snow machines, atvs , cars , trucks . We have a fully equipped garage. , hoist , welders , all the tools , all what we need. This z1 is beyond our reach Id bring the machine to ypu if you want to have a look

Can't wait to order hats she dangles stickers I'd like a dirty hands wrap on my ZR 800 that Polaris XC look slick