The Chaparral SS/III: fast fan from the west.(TIMELINE)

From: Snow Goer | Date: August 1, 2005| Author: Wells, David | Copyright information

By 1972, Chaparral was on a roll. Armco Steel had acquired Powered Products Corp. and its Snow-Birdie snowmobile in 1969. The new owners changed the brand name to Chaparral, which was previously the low-end model in the SnowBirdie line, and poured on the product development dollars.

Chaparral, deemed "America's fastest growing major snowmobile," was well on its way to becoming an industry leader when it introduced its 1973 lineup. At the top was a new series of trail pe...

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