My Fav of the Mini Sleds, 1974 Alouette Jr Brute, 4hp Tec with light coil.
The year after that, no lights. Only made for the two years.
http://annarbor.craigslist.org/spo/4741905533.html
The year after that, no lights. Only made for the two years.
http://annarbor.craigslist.org/spo/4741905533.html
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Cool find! They were made all the way out in Freedom California by Larkin aircraft co. The wee lark is said to be the smallest of all mini sleds. I don't have any good pics of the wee lark after we refinished it(was a mess when we found it) but here's some anyway. We ended up using an old 3hp tec because the original engine was gone. We fit it without cutting the hood. Also have a ski lark. 
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Cool find! They were made all the way out in Freedom California by Larkin aircraft co. The wee lark is said to be the smallest of all mini sleds. I don't have any good pics of the wee lark after we refinished it(was a mess when we found it) but here's some anyway. We ended up using an old 3hp tec because the original engine was gone. We fit it without cutting the hood. Also have a ski lark.
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Luckily it was only missing the engine... Needed a seat but that was easy enough. We pulled it down to a bare tunnel and media blasted everything. Was a fun project because it was small. My dad and me have done a few full size sled resto's and they took much longer. The clintons are easy enough to find but the company who bought Larkin out ended up using tecumseh 4cycles on whatever they called the former wee larks from what I hear so I didn't really see a problem with using one. Also the ski lark came with a tecumseh 4hp 4cycle.
Thanks. And from what I read...Zurouski Enterprises out of Watsonvill Ca. bought them out in 74-75 ish. They went to a 5hp Tec motor on most once they were bought. And everything is there on mine....and it is pretty straight and clean besides that cut up hood. I am thinking it would make a cool winter time "build off" thing if enough people had one (or similiar in size) on here.
west bend 820 would fill the gap ..there plentiful not super expensive all aluminum cases they polish up nice 134 cc they have real good 2 stroke low end and rev out pretty nice ..also common with 3/4 straight shafts .. easy easy swap ..twice the power and twice as inexpensive as any tater digger ..you can spend couple or three hundred on a rod and flywheel for a 4 strokinoff or get whole west bend 820 with twice the power bolt on and go for around 300.00 ..
lol just being mean I really don't mind 4 strokes ..
lol just being mean I really don't mind 4 strokes ..