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Official video repository of Scorpion Online, devoted exclusively to the memory of Trail-A-Sled, Inc. and Scorpion, Inc., creators and manufacturers of the legendary Scorpion snowmobile.
Dick Harrison Memorial - 01/13/2024
Memorial service for Trail-A-Sled, Inc. (Scorpion Snowmobile) co-founder Dick Harrison. Harvest Church, Baxter MN, Jan 13, 2024.
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1960 Trail-A-Sled Inc. Airsled (Mod)
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Demonstrated on Serpent Lake, Crosby Minnesota - January 2015 - #scorpionsnowmobiles #scorpionhomecoming #cuyunalakes #serpentlake
1960 Trail-A-Sled Inc. Airsled
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Demonstrated on Serpent Lake, Crosby Minnesota - January 2015 - #scorpionsnowmobiles #scorpionhomecoming #cuyunalakes #serpentlake
1960 Trail-A-Sled Inc. Airsled
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Demonstrated on Serpent Lake, Crosby Minnesota - January 2015.
1975 - Lil' Whip Television Commercial
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Model Year 1975 - Scorpion's Got It - Hollywood legend Chuck Connors filmed this series of spots in Brainerd and Deerwood, Minnesota in January of 1974
Minnesota Bound - Scorpion Homecoming 10th Anniversary - February 2014 - Crosby, MN
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Minnesota Bound #724 Excerpt - RS Productions - Scorpion Homecoming 2014, 10th Anniversary - Original broadcast January 11, 2015, KARE11 Television
1965 Scorpion Home Movies
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Featuring Trail-A-Sled, Inc. employees and staff. Shot in and around Cuyuna Country Club, Kenora Ontario and Mud Lake (Crow Wing County, Minnesota).
1969 - TV Outtakes - Silent
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Silent B-Roll footage shot in and around Bozeman, Montana.
1969 - Willook
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Rare Trail-A-Sled, Inc. promotional movie shot in Alaska, and featuring several other outdoor-related products.
1973 - Seven Deadly Sins
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Lighthearted, Scorpion-sponsored safety awareness film. Distributed through the firm's dealer network, this safety film attempted to counter growing industry-wide environmental and safety concerns.
1972 - Test Trials
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The Big Red One Comes Thru! - Filmed in February, 1971 in and around Crosby, Minnesota (including Serpent Lake) this promotional film touted the apparent technical superiority of Scorpion Snowmobiles
1969 - TV Commercials
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Three short television commercials shot in and around Bozeman, Montana.
1969 - Tall Fishing Tales
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Shot in and around Ontario's Lake of the Woods. Featuring Trail-A-Sled, Inc. staff and owners.
2012 Scorpion Homecoming
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Highlights from the eight annual Scorpion Homecoming - Crosby Minnesota
I was in elementary school in the early 70's and thought the Scorpion Stingers were the fastest snowmobiles on the planet . There were a few running around my town and when they would fly across the frozen lake on the edge of town wide open , they were so loud ! They sounded so cool !
“Look out Cat, look out Ski Doo-Scorpion Stinger is coming through . . . “ No leaf-spring stock sled ever could touch the ‘76 Merc Twister!
YAMAHA.
They didn’t hide the speed of the yammy too well in the first race.
big red one coming through !
Notice during the first test that the Yammy was closing fast, then wasn't shown in the rest of the drag races? That's because nothing could touch the SS 433 in 72 (especially modified w/expansion chambers). And I say that as a hardcore Ski-Doo teenager and from having to watch their taillights on my TNT.
My 72 stinger II track has the lowest rolling resistance I've seen. Even modern tracks arent that pliable. Likely wouldnt survive under modern power, but i can see it having big affect on vintage performance.
I never had a scorpion snowmobile i had snojet yamaha suzuki Polaris. I have two artic cats. And a skidoo
Test trails? For what?
Fabulous! I should find me another Scorpion or two. Brings back good memories.
Man, my first full size snowmobile was a 1970 Stinger with a 340 Sachs single. At the time I wasn't really keen on the looks, but now years later, I miss that ol girl. I've had an affinity for Scorpion snowmobiles since I got into riding and have owned quite a few over the years from the bubble hood era to the late generation Whips and Stings. Had a lot of fun on the vintage machines and there are times when I long to have them back.
A good safety video , Still the same .
It looked like the Yamaha was going to win.. The GP 433 went like a scalded cat.
This was great ! I mean as an example of total BS. I think they were OK but I don’t remember anybody ever going to the races saying “ what about the scorpions ?” My family sold Moto skis back then … same JLO 399. Durable but no contender. Polaris , skidoo , arctic and Yamaha were all contenders like other comments said. Arctic rode so much better Yamaha would have handled better Scorpions did have cool looking handle bars There were over 100 manufacturers then. By about 1980 was down to 4 Interestingly they did include 3 of the 4 survivors
Where was Polaris for this competition?? Are we confident this wasn't a SCORPION AD?? !!!
You are all wrong. ‘73 Brut LC 44. In that timeline, nothing came close in every category. Downside is that no clutch manufacturer of that era could build a strong enough clutch to handle the power output. Google them, then just listen to their sound. Was so fun to be a flag man in the CC races then. You could hear their “sound” approaching like no other machine. Just sweet.
So funny.. The Scorpion optimized in every way I am sure... Other sleds = Belt adjustment? Air fuel ratio? Oil fuel ratio? Track tension? Carb. balance (If two)? Throttle cable adjustment? Ski Toe adjustment...Hell No!!
Very cool!
The TnT were just awesome. That Yammy 433 could move also. The Scorpion? Our friend had a couple of the Whip 340s blue ones and they were okay back then.
Ya bad start, then the SS-433 caught up and let him go on the Scorpion
Yeah just average performance wise.
Baaahhh , slap the vise grip onto it .
Love the stinger but even Ray Charles could see how much faster the yamaha was and hes blind and dead.
The Yamaha was behind the Stinger not in front of it🤔
I don't want any scorpion unless it's got the Sach motor .
Sorry scorpion but I owned a Yamaha 433, a real turd in deep snow but on a lake it would eat em up. Love my old machines but that's the gods truth!
And just for the ladies, a sled so underpowered that even with their skills they won't get hurt! Hmmm...........
The Rifleman !!
The Polaris sleds were conspicuously absent from this test due to their obvious superiority.
They didn't make round 3.
Americans working together wow that is a long time ago. I hope America can work again someday but after the last 30 I am done. Good luck
I had a '71 Stinger 400 CCW. Liked it, wished I could have gotten a later one with the para rail suspension.
Scorpion deserved a better fate
Where is the Fox Trac ?
Fox Track didn't build many snowmobiles, and were never a serious contender in the industry.
@@freetimecrawler In the early 60's they Fred Fuchs (Fox) started building go carts and mini bikes. In 64 was the first year for snowmobiles. 73 was the last year. Just like many snowmo manufactures the oil crises shut them down. They where sold but production never restarted. I am a Fox Trac collector and a armature historian of the company....
I had 4 Scorpions they were all pieces of Junk. Now I have Cat and Yamaha
Which are both built by Cat. All snowmobile back then were junk compared to modern machines. The Scorpions back then were as dependable as any brand, you must not have known how to maintain them.
@@freetimecrawler 67 and 68.gas tank in chassis, steering mounted to top of it , Cracked leak gas under hood. 71 stinger single chain to drive sprockets , broke chain busted case . Actually was best of all sleds. 73 super stinger RV too long of list. Drive pins and internal drive sprockets sheared . Many other issues all top heavy and bad on deep snow. I have Cats and Yamahas Now , OK machines. Ya it was the dawn of snowmobile's so I'll give them that.
@@freetimecrawlerlol. My Scorpion 292 Stinger was built like a tank where it didn't count and like a toy where it did. I took many a snowmobile trip only to wind up with the cowl off and wrenches out due to carburetor issues and overheating while my BIL putted around blissfully on his free-air Polaris Colt 290SS that I did the tune-ups on. Our pre-trip prep was identical, a plug change, gas, oil and de-icer, check the crank case oil, track and ski alignment. His always ran, mine ran half the time. Carburetor icing in cold, vapor lock and plug fouling in warm. My BIL's twin Mikunis ever iced up and it never fouled a plug though top sped was somewhat diminished in warm temps. When mine was running, we ran identical top speeds across the lake ... a blistering 57 mph.
Had a Scorpion Stinger and a Whip. Never let me down no matter the weather conditions.
And the next day definitely a chiropractor visit
I has a stingeroo 277 when I was a kid. Loved it.
And Scorpion went out of business when?
1982 with their then owner Arctic Cat.
When Arctic Cat filed bankruptcy to be exact🤔
SS433 would walk all over those sub par machines, tuned exhaust and all. My GP396 would have stroked those machines
I had a 73 GP 338 I had that sled for 8 years and never really touched it. Start second or third pull every time
Yada yada and yada😴
@@wadewacker7276 hahahahaha
I wish Scorpion could start production again. I can only imagine the sleds they would build now .
I’m with ya👍
I actually heard/read once they were coming back maybe like 10 years ago but never saw or heard anything after I read that. R.I.P. I guess
I also saw things that didn't look right... or fair... but it was a promotional film. You know they're going to do all they can to persuade sales. Here's footage of a real oval race from 1972. Can you even find a scorpion in the line up? Polaris kicked on everyone this day..... czcams.com/video/0uuAKBbqqgY/video.html
That's freaking sweet
That's awesome . Nice vintage Scorpion snowmobile.
My first sled at age 8 was a 71' stinger 292cc. It was in my grandparents shed and I once watched him squirt some gas into the carb to get it started. So one winter morning I went to the shed, filled a little handheld squirt can with gas and pumped a little into the carb. 2 or three pulls and I was dong laps around the driveway. My grandfather was amazed that I got it stated and cause so, he let me just have my fun. I did laps all winter until the bogey wheels were falling off and I was at the age of 14. I would hold that thing wide open after big storms going up and down our rural dirt road. 45-50 mph was max speed but enough for me and whoever I had over as a friend at the time.
:I-had-the-71-SS-433, it-would-kill-all of those sleds-with-ease. :That's-why-it's-missing in those drag-races. :You-can-see in the first-race, the SS-was-sleeping at the light, then caught-the-others &: they-say, "STINGER". :What-a-joke.
Nothing has changed, drinking and riding is common
The Yamaha was and still is the king of hp, very staged presentation to a naive audience back in the day.
Your opinion.
Agreed. Staged for scorpion , the gp433 won everything in USSA racing in 1972. And us kids used dads 440 cat to eat up many of these "red rockets" JLO was a piece of junk. All those sleds properly tuned would smoke that red turtle.
@@wadewacker7276and a correct one. Last 2 races didnt even see the Yamaha 433 in the race. Obviously shown coming hard in 1st race then let off.
@@arthurdavis1065 BS. We used to smoke them fat heavy steel cleated Cat boxes with Stingers all day long especially in deep snow. They spun down and Stingers floated on top.
@@arthurdavis1065 Ya right😂 Your great Yamaha’s are doing the world a favor after 2025👍
chaparral 440 ss would beat them all
Ya and so would a Thundercat🤷♂️
That was good for a laugh. Top of tunnel mounted motor, bogey wheel suspension and a fan cooled engine that would constantly foul the RH cylinder plug (furthest from the fan). I had one of these and it would vapor lock on temps above +10F. I had to install hood louvers just to get enough cooling to complete a trail ride. The Polaris and Arctic Cat sleds with slide rail and low mounted engines were so much better than Scorpion. If it wasn't vapor locking or fouling plugs you could count on at least one rollover every ride due to the high center of gravity. :Looking back, it was just comical.
What caused the vapor lock, and what did you do to cure for the vapor lock?
@@michaelf6327 Carburetor would get so hot the fuel would percolate. No air flow through the hood, it was sealed up tight like a suitcase. I installed a pair of louvered panels in the hood and wrapped the muffler with foil faced insulation.
Mmmmm had two Scorps back in the day but do not ever remember the carb getting hot.
The owners manual states that for trail riding to remove the hood and the driver would stay warm from engine. lol
I grew up with Scorpion sleds, my first sled was a Stringeroo ( might have been the best sled they ever made) The Stringeroo was a blast, pretty light sled with a 292cc. Pretty sure it was 292cc but may have been 277cc sacks. I raced a lot of Cats with our 440 Super Stinger and got shut down by most of them, a 440 Panther would walk right by like I was standing still LOL. No, not that bad but close. At the time the Scorpion's were a little better then Ski doo, a Yamaha equivalent like the GP433 was just about the same. Artic Cat was King.
72 GP 433 Nothing came close.
Would like to have seen an Arctic Puma in that mix instead of a Panther.
I like this short film especially the snowmobile suit the guy was wearing i like to find one like to add to my snowmobile suit collection
If Scorpion was so great, why out of those four machines, is it the only one not in business.
They got bought out by Artic Cat
@@dennybarlau8065 Right Artic Cat wanted the clutch.
Article cat also wanted there Motor the cugana and there rail system
Scorpion made 90 percent of their parts in house
Ever hear of the GOOD die young? Think on that🤔
What a bogus test. A Scorpion with a JLO engine and a muffler beats a Yamaha with twin expansion cambers? No way.
But it did🤔
@@wadewacker7276 No.
@@greywolf9398 Watch the video again as painful as it may be.
@@wadewacker7276 If you listen to the beginning of the video they state. This test is to prove Scorpion is better. It does not say this test is to find which sled is better. No other represenitive's from the other manufactures were present. This was not a test, it was a sham promo for Scorpion. All the riders were employees of Scorpion and they state that fact in the video.
and the Yamaha had dual carbs. dont rely on this very one sided video to make an informed judgement.
whats the name of the song? sounds like anouther snowmobile ad song
I don't know if there was really a name, but the words were, "look out cat, look out ski doo, scorpion stinger is coming through".