Panter

The Panter is a 1970 Arctic Cat Panther snowmobile. It is powered by a very rare 340cc JLO two-stroke air-cooled single cylinder engine. Just like the Chee-toe, it has a an infinitely-variable transmission, also called a Continuously Variable Transmission or CVT. That means instead of having a five-speed transmission, it has a billion-speed transmission. In spite of being a small-displacement single cylinder machine, it goes along quite nicely and can probably top 30mph but it has no speedometer (I'll have to tape my GPS to the bars). It is a joy to ride and very friendly unlike the explosive Chee-toe.

I got the Panter for FREE. It had not run in TWENTY years. I had it running in an hour. It is all original and in near mint-showroom condition. It has no odometer, but I would guess it has under 200 miles on it since new. It is 36 years old!!!

(the name is a word play on Panther. Since it is a small single, it does work pretty hard to haul itself and a human around. It works so hard you can almost hear it panting...)

Cheers!

Sam