1970 Scorpion Stinger 340    

Here's how it looked when I bought it in January of 2005. The hood finish is not faded or weathered as many are. It does have some deep scratches near the right grill. The upper rear corners were repaired, and the rear edges and area behind the windshield finished with plain red paint. This one will work for now, but a search is on for a better hood.

The rear bumper is rusted pretty bad at the rear and I'll want to replace that for sure. No snow flap, but I happened to buy a new-old-stock flap some time ago in anticipation of finding one of these sleds some day. Same for the chrome Scorpion logos on the hood.

I first thought the hand grips must not be correct, thinking they looked like bicycle grips someone bought at the hardware store. After looking at other Stingers and asking around at the Scorpion homecoming, come to find out these are the correct original grips.

The seat will need repair of some tears at the top front, and two small holes on the right side near the front

Comin' at ya! Good belly pan, and I'm crossing my fingers about the gas tank, hoping there's no rust problem. The sled did not have a headlight, but the seller did have a rubber ring. Two dents in the front bumper, but no rust. The skis will be OK for winter riding use with some minor metal work and paint. I already had NOS skis for show use.

No tail light. One was furnished by the seller, but not in the best of shape. He told me I could find one at Fleet-Farm. Sure enough, there it was! Not absolutely identical, but you'd have to get down on your knees and read the lettering on the lens to tell.

The track is pretty good, but is missing several internal drive lugs. Seems to work OK, but it'll drive me nuts until I find a replacement.

I have one of the large Sachs air boxes I'd like to install, but need the mounting ring that bolts on the carburetor. Can someone help me out with this?

I have some seriously good memories of Sachs singles. This is the 340SS. Sachs made four 340 cc singles at the time. The plain 340, 340SS (super-sport), 340C (competition) and 340R (racing free-air). The SS makes 26 horsepower. A very good number of ponies for a single cylinder fanner trail motor. Keep in mind many 399 twins of the day were rated at that or less. It moves this lightweight little sled right along.

The piston is badly eroded, right down to the top ring, from detonation. I found a new piston, but too late in the season to install it and get in some riding time.

I was skeptical about the exhaust system at first, but again, research at the Scorpion homecoming leads me to believe this is original. One thing's for sure, they came with many different arrangements. This one has a fitting for what looks like a stinger pipe exit just in front of the left foot rest. '70 Stingers with other engines at the homecoming had this as well but none used it. Since mine will be trail ridden, I'd rather have this setup than the expansion chamber. It's plenty loud as it is.