{"id":371,"date":"2009-02-15T18:24:22","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T01:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gogodiablo.com\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:55:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:55:57","slug":"hus-ski-and-diablo-rouge-models","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/?page_id=371","title":{"rendered":"Hus Ski and Diablo Rouge Models"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hus Ski & Diablo Rouge Models<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hus Ski \/ Diablo Rouge Background<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hus Ski Limited of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n

Proto-types 1957-58 <\/span><\/p>\n

Production 1962-65 (under the Hus Ski badge)<\/span><\/p>\n

Purchased (summer 1965) by Bolens of Wisconsin, Port Washington Wi., a Division of Food Machine Corp. Badged as Bolens Hus Ski to 1966\/67 when the Canadian production operations closed and amalgamated to one operation in Wisconsin. John Smeaton (long time designer\/employee of Hus Ski) formed Carlton Products Consultants Ltd. upon closing of the Canadian division and teamed with Fred Fassbender. The two remained the design\/management team for Bolens. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Bolens Diablo Rouge was produced 1967-69. The two-piece machine as we know stopped production after the 1969 model year. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hus Ski Snow Traveller built in 1962-63 utilized a 10hp West Bend Motor.
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Hus Ski Model 200 built in 1963-64 utilized a 8hp JLO Motor.
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Hus Ski Model 400 built in 1963-64 utilized a 10.4hp JLO Motor. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hus Ski Model 200A built in 1964-65 utilized a 8hp JLO Motor.
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Hus SKi Model 600 built in 1964-65 utilized a 10.4hp JLO Motor.
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Bolens Hus Ski Model 444 built in 1965-66 utilized a 10.4hp JLO Motor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolens Diablo Rouge Model 500 built in 1967 utilized a 16hp Hirth Motor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolens Diablo Rouge Model 502 built in 1968-69 utilized a 16hp Hirth Motor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolens Diablo Rouge Model 503 built in 1968-69 utilized a 16hp Hirth Motor with electric start. <\/span><\/p>\n


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References<\/span><\/h1>\n

Musee J. Armand Bombardier\/Innovations<\/span><\/p>\n

Snowridermagazine.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Snowriderswest.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Snowtechmagazine.com<\/span><\/p>\n

International Snowmobile Hall of Fame<\/span><\/p>\n

Quebecsnowtours.ca\/collection<\/span><\/p>\n

Vintagesnowmobile.50megs.com\/brochures Barrie Graham, Arundel Quebec<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hus Ski & Diablo Rouge Models Hus Ski \/ Diablo Rouge Background Hus Ski Limited of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada Proto-types 1957-58 Production 1962-65 (under the Hus Ski badge) Purchased (summer 1965) by Bolens of Wisconsin, Port Washington Wi., a Division of Food Machine Corp. Badged as Bolens Hus Ski to 1966\/67 when the Canadian production […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":57,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-371","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484,"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/371\/revisions\/2484"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogodiablo.jsch.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}