I purchased this snowmobile last week from the son and nephew of former Scorpion snowmobile employees.
The Scorpion factory was 60-miles north of my home in the former iron-ore mining small town of Crosby, Minnesota, in the heart of the Cuyuna iron range.
Not only were the snowmobiles assembled in the small town, but they also built their own engines there under the Cuyuna brand-name (formerly known as JLO, the engines were designed and previously manufactured by Rockwell in Germany) for the final 4-years of snowmobile manufacturing.
Having begun manufacturing tracked snowmobiles in 1964, the Scorpion company was purchased by Arctic Enterprises (Arctic Cat) in 1978 and soon after, the factory in Crosby was closed in late 1979. The Scorpion snowmobiles manufactured in 1980 (for the 1981 model year) were rebadged Arctic Cat snowmobiles. Sounds similar to the Packard-Studebaker history, doesn't it?
With that said, here is a link to the YouTube video.
The Scorpion factory was 60-miles north of my home in the former iron-ore mining small town of Crosby, Minnesota, in the heart of the Cuyuna iron range.
Not only were the snowmobiles assembled in the small town, but they also built their own engines there under the Cuyuna brand-name (formerly known as JLO, the engines were designed and previously manufactured by Rockwell in Germany) for the final 4-years of snowmobile manufacturing.
Having begun manufacturing tracked snowmobiles in 1964, the Scorpion company was purchased by Arctic Enterprises (Arctic Cat) in 1978 and soon after, the factory in Crosby was closed in late 1979. The Scorpion snowmobiles manufactured in 1980 (for the 1981 model year) were rebadged Arctic Cat snowmobiles. Sounds similar to the Packard-Studebaker history, doesn't it?
With that said, here is a link to the YouTube video.
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