1971 Super Stinger 793

[admin]

This was an eBay ad in Janaury 2012

This sled was listed twice and was not sold due to the reserve price not being met either time. Here's the history on both auctions:

Item Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States

Ended: Jan 03, 201219:40:37 PST

Bid history: 28 bids

Current bid: US $4,649.00
Reserve price not met

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Item Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States

Ended: Jan 11, 201218:33:56 PST

Bid history: 9 bids

Current bid: US $4,138.88
Reserve price not met

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Ad content as follows:
Up for sale is the one stories are told about! the 4 mile 793 super stinger! I have owned this sled for 10 years now. this sled is a 9.5 out of 10. all orginal condition. as you can see from the pictures skis,pipes tunnel never repainted. seat beautiful mint embossed scorpion on it. orginal windshield. the only reproduction item is mud flap and darts.just speed tuned buy S.W. minnesotas #1 vintage mechanic. runs beautiful. the sound of the 793 hirth puring.for pick up only!! I am asking for a nonrefundable deposit of 500 dollars at end of auction within 24 hours also balance within 5 days of end of auction! I will accept pay pal only! please no tire kickers if you do not want to pay do not bid. I will hold sled so arangements can be made by auction winner to pick up. thank you

[ddub]

I show a higher bid and that it didn't sell.

I did send my family a note that my birthday was coming up, but no one must have bid.

I really don't think that price is that bad for a 793. If only I had a money tree.

[scorp11]

That is really not to bad of price for that sled, especially all original. Guys restore ones and get more than that for them with that engine. That engine is worth quite a bit of $$ by itself.

This sled and the Bullwhip are the two Scorps that actually bring fairly big $$. The rest are pretty low $$ sleds as far as value, but that just makes them better to ride :-)

[mooreperformance]

I remember one of my buddys in high school going to a snowmobile auction in Crosby in the spring of 1971 and they were selling them pretty cheap, still in the crate. It seems no one purchased them for racing. I am sure they weren't competitive on the race tracks in 1971 (the 795 Polaris TX was a real animal!).
He had his choice of the 793 Hirth Honker Super Stinger or the 634 Hirth Red Barron Super Stinger. The wide track 793 didn't really appeal to him, he said it was just too big! He bought the 634 Red Barron narrow track Super Stinger.
At the time, I agreed he made the right decision. The guy he was with bought a 793 though. I don't remember the price.
Unfortunately the 793 Hirth really was outclassed by 1971. The big Polaris Fuji's, the Artic Cat Kawasaki's and the Skidoo Rotax's were much more powerful. Artic Cat King Kats had the 800cc 4 cylinder Kawasaki's but some of them had the 793 Hirth Honkers. My wife's uncle had a 440 R Sachs Super Stinger that would beat a 793 Hirth King Kat in an oval race. The little Scorpion Super Stinger cleaned its clock in the corners!

[admin]

Jan 26, 2012 0:17:09 GMT -5 ddub said:

I show a higher bid and that it didn't sell.

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You are right ddub.

This was an eBay ad in Janaury 2012

This sled was listed twice and was not sold due to the reserve price not being met either time. Here's the history on both auctions:

Item Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States

Ended: Jan 03, 201219:40:37 PST

Bid history: 28 bids

Current bid: US $4,649.00
Reserve pricenot met

cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280797065126&viewitem=
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Item Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States

Ended: Jan 11, 201218:33:56 PST

Bid history: 9 bids

Current bid: US $4,138.88
Reserve price not met

cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280801582198




I revised my original post to read the sled did not sell.



Thanks!

[ddub]

Admin,
I never saw the second auction. I actually try and stay away from the classifieds, CraigsList and ebay because the budget seems to always get a hole blown in it if I do visit them.

I am not surprised that the second run was lower priced. If you bid the first time and it didn't sell, why would you bid again?

Put the starting bid where ya want it or a LITTLE under, but not way under. But it is the owners auction and he has the right to do it like he wants. I just wish he wanted to give me that sled!

[ddub]

I remember one of my buddys in high school going to a snowmobile auction in Crosby in the spring of 1971 and they were selling them pretty cheap, still in the crate. It seems no one purchased them for racing. I am sure they weren't competitive on the race tracks in 1971 (the 795 Polaris TX was a real animal!).

Anyone have their goback machine working? I'd be there in a flash and pay full 1971 price without whimpering. ;D

I think the 71 Supers are just plain cool looking sleds even if they weren't the fastest. Yes, I'd take the 793! they just LOOK cooler and faster than a red baron IMHO. But I wouldn't turn down a red baron for one of my Stingers, I'd install it and be very proud.

[scorp11]

My Uncle worked at Scorpion in the 70's and he had one of these in his stable of scorpions. Don't remember what engine, but when I started riding scorps (late 80's), he had it there and said way a great sled it was. . . called it the "red racer". We used to laugh and thought it was just plain ugly :-(

when I got back into the vintage stuff, the first thing I did was call and see if he still had it. . . unfortunately he gave it to some other nephew who destroyed it. . .

who knew !! He also said you could buy brand new bullwhips with no motor dirt cheap as there were tons of them just sitting there with no motors. Of course, he didn't like them as many employees blame the Bullwhip on the demise of scorpion. . or at least the sale to Arctic Cat.