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Fun Find

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:31 pm
by mr. phelps
So, our local transfer station has a "Re-Use" shed where people can drop off and/or take things that you no longer want but some one else might rather then just throwing it into the landfill.
I stop in occasionaly and 99% of the time I find nothing of interest, but on that 1% day, I find something.
The other day I saw a fanny pack that was sitting unzipped on the shelf and inside were several tubes and sticks of swix wax. I zipped it up and took it with me. A couple days later I finally got around to seeing what I had.
Along with the wax were several pages folded inside a zip lock bag.
The pages were taken out of an old EMS winter catalog from the winter of 1977/78. It turns out the whole thing is a time capsule from that year. The wax, the pages, even the waist pack itself is vintage EMS.

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The warranty information gives that date,
winter of 1977/78.

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Read the decsriptions of these skis, not exanctly "selling" the product

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Love the bindings.

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Volks Wagon ski rack!

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I lovett!

Re: Fun Find

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:59 am
by Dirtbag
That's awesome my wife skis on those exact Skan waxless! We got them a few years ago from a relative, they sat in the rafters of there garage for decades. They work great. My shorty bush ski XC setup still has Greshoppa bindings, there really supportive. Cool share thanks.

Re: Fun Find

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:33 am
by Raventele
Way cool! :D

Re: Fun Find

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 2:45 pm
by Johnny
Wooooah! Awesome!

Reminds me of 80's Radio Shack catalogs with 20 mb hard disks on sale at 5000$...

Ok, I think I need a pair of every single ski made before 1988...

Lovett! (It sounds like a nice nickname for the wife... : )

More! More!
Thanks for sharing!