rebuilding a Alsport Tracker model 210 (amphibious snowmobile)

[Robinhood02]

i am rebuilding an amphibious snowmobile these days if anyone is interested in seeing it, let me know here i will do the pics and progress thingy for you

[LarryW]

Im interested! Sounds cool.

[Stonewall]

I love anything with tracks! Let's see it!

[Obsessed]

Me too, me too... :-)

[Robinhood02]

ok, sounds good, i'll put some pics up as i go along

[LarryW]

ok, sounds good, i'll put some pics up as i go along

Cool thanks!

[Robinhood02]

here are a few pics of the tear down and starting on the body repairs


all torn down

all the undercariage parts piled up



some shipping damage that will need touch up

the spiderweb cracking here is from taking a hit and will have to be ground completely down thru the jel coat to the fiberglass below then refiberglassed to get rid of the spiderwebing so it will not show up again in the new paint

[Robinhood02]

the repairs

once you have the area ground down thru the jel coat to the fiberglass under it, make sure you size your patches before you apply the resin

after the resin is done

filling old windshield mounting holes

some mount holes on the deck lid need to be filled because i don't have the cargo rack that came on the unit from the factory

preping the dash and console for repairs

[Mike]

This is going to be a great thread. Thanks for taking the time to upload photos and explain them all.

[Robinhood02]

here are some more pics of the progress

this is of the top with the base coat complete and once dry will be wet sanded with 200 grit for top coat

some damage on the tub where the front steering and skiis bolt on, the damage was previously repaired by someone but not as nice a job was done so i did a finish coat of fiberglass cloth

this is repairs to some more of those spider web cracks from the tub taking a hit

and some minor damage of the lip of where the top and tub join

this is the wet sanded and top coated top i will be painting the interior black and will be spraying the black on the top and tub at the same time

I decided i didnt like how high my head stuck out above the machine with no roll bar so i cut down an old rusty Max II bar to about 12" tall and here i am welding the mount plates to it

i wanted to have rubber mount gasket to prtect the paint on the body so here i used spray paint to give me a pattern and it will be cut out and hopefully fit well

here i fitted it to the body and drilled the mount holes

[LarryW]

Wow, your doing a great job! Looking good. Thanks for updates!

[Stonewall]

Great progress! I think you should leave it orange , that would look awesome out on the snow! I really like your roll bar, it looks good on there.

[Robinhood02]

here is the third installment

here is the process of makeing the inner tube gskts to protect the body, the first is simply use spray paint to give you a pattern to cut them out, second a trick my Dad taught me yrs ago ,use a proper size socket to cut out nice clean holes, and the third are the finished gskts

mounting the roll bar

the interior waiting for black paint, the consol and outer body will remain orange but the exterior will also get some black highlights

oppps thats what happens if you dont catch ALL the little spiderweb cracks, gawd i gotta fix that LOL

the tub getting the finish putty treatment and waiting for final sanding prior to base coat wetsanding and finish paint

[Stonewall]

I spy Trail Pros......lol

[Mike]

I like the Max II roll bar. It looks really good on there.