Posted by showcrop on September 07, 2014 at 10:54:51 from (75.67.231.80):
In Reply to: OT: Local Legend posted by RBnSC on September 07, 2014 at 06:53:56:
I was back in the old home town over the Labor Day weekend. While talking with one old friend the 442 came up. In this town a mention of "The 442" is not about the car, it is about the Ski-doo of around 1961 vintage that was owned by Francis Nadeau. Francis and his brother "Hob" owned an Oldsmobile dealership in town. Francis bought this steel hooded Ski-Doo probably new, and when it was time for a repaint they painted it with Olds "442" paint scheme and trim. Francis was good friends with the people at the local Ski-Doo distributorship, and had access to all the latest special factory racing equipment that was available at the end of the season. Thus every year the 442 got a new motor or suspension or drive system, and was kind of a "sleeper" when young guys thought they could run right by it. Francis never wore a helmet or regular snowmobile suit either. He was more apt to be wearing a plaid hunting jacket and smoking a pipe. Francis was always generous and willing to help a young fellow "without much jingle in his pocket" with a car problem. Francis is long gone now, but within the last two years the "442" turned up when a place in the next town changed hands. The owner of a local snowmobile museum has it now and plans to restore it to its former glory. He says that it is in pretty rough shape and will take a lot of work because one side of it got badly rusted due to poor storage conditions. It seems he never heard of one time when it was borrowed and crashed and needed replacement sheet metal welded in on that side.
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