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Old Iron
“It’s a matter of nostalgia,” explains video host
Valdi Stefanson about
vintage snowmobiling.
The new DVD “Old
Iron” is a great introduction to the salad days of
the sport for the benefit
of those who were not
lucky enough to live it
the first time around,
and a fun look back for
those who were.
The production is
based on footage shot
with Stefanson at the
gigantic 2009 Waconia, Minnesota, Vintage Ride-In, one of
the biggest annual
snowmobile events of any kind. Cuts to other contemporary Vintage events are interspersed with footage from vintage Arctic Cat
and Polaris promotional films, clips from ABC’s “Wide World of
Sports” and other period pieces to provide a tapestry of historic,
fast, rare, beautiful, mundane and sometimes just plain strange old
snow machines.
Vintage racing from Eagle River echoes the glory days. Compared
to the 1937 Eliason Motor Toboggan the racing on Dollar Lake near
Eagle River looks fast and furious. Things really pick up when the
video shows the original Sno Pro circuit and some of the fabulous
speed record machines.
See the famed Polaris Thrill Team featuring Ted Otto’s flaming
barrier crash and Larry “The Looper” Rugland doing his thing. Hear
from industry pioneers like Edgar Hetteen on building early snow
machines and Les Pinz showing historic models. One of my favorite
moments was hearing a 35-mile cross-country race described as
a marathon.
Assembled by Braaap Films, it’s a 75-minute look at the fastest
growing part of the
Content
1.8/2
sport is $29.95. If
Accuracy
1.9/2
you lived this era
Value
1.7/2
and want to relive
Fun factor
1.8/2
it, or want to see
Videography
1.8/2
what vintage mad- Total
9.0/10
ness is all about, add
Braaap Films
“Old Iron” to your
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
collection.
888/766-7533
— David Wells
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