This 1972 Ski-Doo T’NT 292 can be found listed here on Canada’s Marketplace: KIJIJI, and it’s located in beautiful Port Sydney, Ontario, Canada, on Mary Lake, about halfway between Toronto and North Bay. This is a gorgeous area, and I highly recommend a long visit if you haven’t been there before. The seller is asking $1,250, which equates to $902 U.S. dollars; a steal for a nice, vintage T’NT. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Rocco B. for the tip!
That white stripe is great. This is what we wanted as kids, a T’NT, and especially the one-year-only ’72 models with the white stripe on the center of the hood. Memmm’ries, like the something something of your mind, misty water-colored memmm’rieees, of a sweet snowmobile that I’ve never oooowned… The following year, the T’NT series would split a bit into two groups: a non-white-stripe T’NT model and the famous T’NT Silver Bullet, another model we wanted but never had.
1972 was a down year for snowmobile production worldwide. The industry had experienced rapid growth for a over a decade, and things dropped off. The only real news for Bombardier’s Ski-Doo brand was an air-cooled version of the T’NT, the T’NT 400 F/A (free air). That being said, the beautiful, formal, tuxedo-like black and white accented cowl/hood of the T’NTs would be a one-year design. I can’t tell if this T’NT has bogie wheels or slides, but “double-action” slides would have been a no-cost option in 1972.
The seller has taken more photos than most do for cars and trucks, let alone motorsports vehicles like snowmobiles and motorcycles, so that’s nice. The odometer shows 1,187 km miles, so this sled is barely broken in. There’s a bit of orange peel shown in the photo above. I’m not sure if those are runs in a spray paint touch-up, or some cracking in the fiberglass cowl, or both? Or neither? Whatever they are, this looks like a really nice example to me.
Ski-Doo offered no less than six models of the T’NT for 1972, all the way from this Bombardier/Rotax 292-cc, 20-horsepower single, to a monster 771-cc twin with 65 horsepower! The engine looks good here as expected, and kudos to the seller for including two photos of it. The T’NTs were all pull-start; there was no optional electric start, maybe to keep the weight down? This one weighs around 340 pounds. This T’NT could use a new speedometer cable, but it has a rebuilt carb, new gas lines, and a new primer bulb. This beauty was $950 (U.S.) new. Given vintage vehicle prices, it’s a bit less than that now, which isn’t bad in 2026. Have any of you owned a Ski-Doo T’NT?
That speedometer is reading miles per hour Scotty. The mileage should also be quoted in miles. We didn’t switch over to kilometres in the True North Strong and Free, until April 1st 1975.
Whereas we, in the Land Of The (Sometimes) Free, have yet to abandon God’s true units of measure.
Thanks for the info, Pat!
Nice little snowmobile. I’ve never ridden one though. I’m surprised the big ones didn’t come with electric start. Can you imagine pulling a rope to start a 771cc engine?
Terry, I agree, I never would have guessed the T’NT series didn’t have electric start. Here’s a brochure specs page from 1972.
“misty water-colored memmm’rieees, of a sweet snowmobile that I’ve never oooowned” I couldn’t have said it better. This seems like a great bargain unless the “birdcage” is shot or whatever it is that might cause these to devalue. (Yes I know, C3s have birdcages, I’m trying to make a metaphor here.) I would grab this in a heartbeat if I lived further north than “The Villages”. Thanks Scotty.
Ha, you’d need the anti-alligator option down there, 370zpp! I had a photo gig there a few years ago in January, it was sooooo nice compared to Minnesota.
Awesome article. Really enjoy seeing the classic snow machines. Remember my Uncle towing us up from the bottom of the toboggan hill with his loud ski-doo to have endless slides. Love the pics from those old brochures SG 👍
I’ve owned all the ’72 TNTs in the last twenty years. Remember, they were the performance model so no e-starts for the extra weight involved. Those starter motors are actually pretty heavy when you hold them in your hand.
The 340 and 440 twins were a smooth easy pull. The two singles a little tough, the two big blocks just brutal. You have to tease them… get one piston just over the top, then you have a full stroke before you hit the next TDC.
Too cool 😎 Larry ❄️ 👍
Now, why in ‘tarnation would the author post a snowmobile, in what is turning out to be one of the snowiest winters in da’ UP, der hey, in years, FIVE FEET so far in Marquette, and another 8″ today. I wonder if there is a pilgrimage, of sorts, from lower parts that have no snow like years ago. Probably not, and a shame, because of the snowless winters, many that catered to that tourism, have left and came here. I did.
The farm in N.Wis. I lived at before coming here, I used to hang out there in the late 70s, and they had a very similar sled, a Nordic, I think. Pop up headlight. I’d bet dollars to donuts, no wait, donuts to dollars,( adj. for inflation) that sled is still in a corner somewhere. These sleds were the “farm tractor” of snowmobiles. It went through anything, even 5 feet, I bet. While slide suspension is superior, bogies are actually better in deep snow, where my Yamaha sunk. These sleds were ones most of us remember. At $900 new, many bought 2 WITH a trailer included, they were so popular, someone always knew someone with a sled, and spawned an addiction few can kick. I miss snowmobiling more than anything, not so much for the riding, but the memories this brings back, sigh, thanks a lot SG!
Bought a new 1971 340 TNT. Had the engine (single cylinder) blue printed, and shaved the head for more compression. As I was only 15 and couldn’t yet legally drive a car, my sled got me everywhere in the winter, you could run on the roads in Duluth back in the day. Was a blast to drive, only problems were constantly cracking muffler pipes due to vibration, and only one plug would keep it running, a gold plated Champion. Sold it and bought a 1980 liquid cooled MotoSki 440 – now that sled could scare you! Great memories of sledding in Northern MN in my younger years.
In a blizzard with no traffic on any road, what fun to run from the Miller Hill Mall to downtown on 194 on a wide open road.
Grew up on the Range near Grand Rapids.
I had a 72 TNT 340 and my Dad had a 72 440. Sweet spot, as the weight and power were decent. They were bogies, as we went from deep snow (Tug Hill) to plowed roads (no lubrication for early sliders). I did pull start a 775, it was stout.
My town was big into snowmobiles for two reasons. An annual racing event on South Bay, and the Champlain Barge Canal which once it froze over, would be a perfect extended highway for sleds. One old timer who lived way out of town, having lost his license for DWI years before, would wait for the canal to freeze over every year so he could ride his Arctic Cat from his house to the bars. He would send his dog out onto the ice, proclaiming ‘If the dog can make it, so can the cat.’
Great sled ! Love them all , but the Sst with the 433 Yamaha the Sno jet , was the best fit in 73.
I like the light weight, power to do a wheelie, a real fun ride.
I can actually move this one without getting a hernia.
I do like some of the newer ( not that new) stuff too.
Remember the saying “Yamaha go sideways”? :0
The price is fairly realistic. You would assume the shown odometer is not accurate if it needs a speedometer cable? The seat cover at minimum has been replaced. You can’t tell if the original foam is under it? A new quality and nice seat is $400 and they are available. Still, the price is a little high but not too much.
Rode a friends TNT Free Air back then and it was an awesome sled. Always likes the open cylinder heads showing in the front.
I had a 72 440 t’nt back in the day and let me say that thing was still fast even after being beat on by several previous owners! The 15″ track felt like it was a high powered pencil. Thanks for the memories!
The 72 440 T’NT’s were excellent sleds. My brother bought one new that year and put 2700 miles on it. Most were on the lake in front of our house where the areas local drag strip seemed to always be alive with action. We had about 6 340’s in our area that year and they were overachievers. They ran really good for 340’s but were no threat to beat the 440. 72 was a good year for Ski-doo. The 72 440 was the first narrow track T’NT 440 and people really wanted one after the slightly disappointing 71 440 widetrack T’NT.