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Mar 11, 2011 · In this 2008 image, Edgar Hetteen (right) is joined by Scorpion co-founder Richard Harrison (left) and Dave Guenther (center) of the Antique Snowmobile Club of America. Consequently, on numerous trips to Roseau I grew to know Edgar’s brother Allan quite well.
Edgar Emanuel Hetteen. (Died February 12, 2011) Edgar E. Hetteen, age 90 of Grand Rapids, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Diamond Willow in Grand Rapids. Edgar was born in 1920 to Emanuel and Mae Hetteen in Roseau, Minnesota where he grew up and attended school. Edgar served in the U. S. Navy during World War II and returned to Roseau ...
- The Start of A Business
- Johnson’s Place in History
- David Johnson, Today
Testing the snow vehicle led to more testing. A drive system with homemade CVT clutches was added, different track lengths were tried and speeds increased from an initial 4-6 mph to over 20 mph, Johnson said. Johnson’s plan all along was merely to build a machine for himself, but a funny thing happened along the way. “Pete Peterson had a lumber yar...
When most people tell the history of snowmobiling, and most notably the history of both Arctic Cat and Polaris, Edgar Hetteen’s trans-Alaskan trip in March of 1960 plays a central role. But David Johnson’s many benchmarks are often overlooked. Johnson was Polaris’ first racer — showing up at the annual dogsled races at The Pas, Manitoba, and beatin...
Walking through the Polaris Experience Center, past machines that helped build both Polaris’ history and that of the snowmobile industry, David Johnson shared background stories on the importance of select models — stopping and talking at length where the disastrous 1964 Colt that almost bankrupt the company sat next to the ultra-successful 1965 Mu...
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In 1983, Hetteen co-founded — with Gary Lemke — ASV (for all-season vehicles) in Grand Rapids, making rubber-tracked utility vehicles, and this time, he made a fortune, according to published reports. In 2000, Hetteen and Johnson rode together for 900 miles in Alaska, with several others, recreating Hetteen’s 1960 pioneering trek.
Feb 15, 2011 · It is with great sadness that we relay word of the passing of the legendary Edgar Hetteen, one of the co-founders of Polaris and such a long-time driving force in the snowmobile industry that he is commonly called “The Godfather of Snowmobiling.”. Edgar died on Saturday, February 12. He was 90. "Edgar was an icon, a snowmobile pioneer and ...
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