Gravely, Sno Pony and any other '60s Studebaker diversification info requested

[PackardV8]

Does anyone know the time frame that Sno Pony snowmobiles became part of Stude/Worthington or Avanti Motor Corp or whatever Stude connection? I'm trying to track down the time frame. I know that some of the Sno Pony parts ended up in South Bend around 1970 and apparently parts were sold through Avanti Motor Corp or so I have been told. Someone also remembered seeing an article in Turning Wheels long ago about this. Any help appreciated. Greg

Greg requests info on the Gravely and Sno-Pony history.

jack vines

[Welcome]

Greg requests info on the Gravely and Sno-Pony history.

jack vines

Yes, the Sno-Pony was sold here in South Bend through Newman & Altman/Standard Surplus in the late 60's/early 70's for $298.00, as I recall. Know nothing else about them except heard replacement parts were hard to find ...even back then!

[Dan Timberlake]

Probably already have all this -

http://www.the-rocketman.com/images/SnoPony_broch.jpg

http://www.the-rocketman.com/sno-pony.html

http://www.vintagesnowmobile.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1044023138

[Milaca]

Awesome! I had no idea that Studebaker had a connection with a snowmobile manufacturer, and yet another Studebaker/Minnesota connection on top of it all!

[Milaca]

Found some information about the Couparral Company (maker of Sno-Pony) as there was a lawsuit between the original owners and Gravely Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Studebaker-Worthington) pertaining to the agreed upon acquisition price in 1969. Read here:

http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/516/516.F2d.989.74-1286.html

Aside from that, the Couparral Company was renamed Sports Power under Gravely's (Studebaker-Worthington's) ownership.

Here is another link to the rocket-powered sled that became an official world-record speed holder in 1970.

http://www.the-rocketman.com/RPV/snowmobile.html

[R2Andrea]

For a number of years the Sno-Pony rocket sat on top of a semi trailer at a motorcycle/snowmobile salvage shop on the north side of Niles MI. The place closed years ago and I've always wondered what happened to it.