The Vintage Snowmobile Magazine is published quarterly by Meagher, Inc. Mike Meagher and his wife Judy took it over in 2005 and have plans to publish the magazine for years to come. Below is some of the history of the VSCA.
Vintage Snowmobile
Club of America
The Vintage Snowmobile Club of America (VSCA) was founded by Gary Webster in 1987. The club organized and spread across the Snowbelt of the US and Canada. Gary started this publication as a newsletter that he compiled at his kitchen table. Mike Kohn took over the newsletter in about 1994, and published "The Vintage Snowmobiler" through 1999 and turning it from a newsletter to a magazine. Mike also served as the last President of the VSCA as a club. Charles Pluedemann then took over things and decided to operate the VSCA as a publication only, changing it from a Non-Profit to a Corporation. The Magazine's name changed from "The Vintage Snowmobiler" to "Vintage Snowmobile Magazine" which it is still presently named.
In March of 2005 my wife, Judy and I (Mike Meagher) had the opportunity to purchase the rights and keep the magazine alive. In doing so, Judy and I wanted to maintain the club atmosphere that made the VSCA and Vintage Snowmobiling what it was then and still is today. One of the best groups of people in the snowmobile community!
In the Spring of 2023, Mike Kohn returned as Editor after a 22 year hiatus from the hobby, bringing the publication back full-circle.
As the magazine started covering many show across the US and Canada, myself and others soon realized the workmanship in this sleds was so competitive. We really needed more than area and regional show. We needed to put these sleds in competition on the National level. This was a step to continue to maintain the Club atmosphere we were hoping to achive.
After collecting as much information from the show promoters in the East, Midwest, Western US and across Canada. I then contacted Joey Hallstrom and Scott Schuster. Joey was widely known for his ability to promote and get things done in his position working for Arctic Cat in Thief River Falls, Mn. Scott was a successful Arctic Cat dealer down the road in Grand Forks. At our very first meeting we all decided it was time for a National Show and the 1st Annual VSCA Vintage National Show Championships date was set to be held on xxxx, 2006 in Thief River Falls, Mn.
It was also decided the VSCA Nationals would move to a different region each year to make it as fair to everyone to participate as possible. The show would start in the Midwest, go East, and then to the west. Then start all over again! The 1st Annual was a large success, as all of the shows have been in all regions since. The shows have been a success because of the great promoters and participants we have in the Vintage Snowmobile sport. Following is a list of the VSCA National Shows year by Year and the Crowned VSCA National Show Champion.
- 2006 Thief River Falls, MN David Larson Polaris TX 500
- 2007 West Springfield, MA Howard Billington Viking Vanquisher
- 2008 Coeurd’Alene, ID Dan Lewallen Chaparal
- 2009 Thief river falls, Mn Nancy Ische 793 Puma Mod
- 2010 Boonville, NY Tommy Todd 71 TR 440 Bolens
- 2011 Billings, MO Jacobsen Brothers 72 Polaris Starfire
- 2012 St Ingnace, MI Greg Karbowski 74 Rollo Flex, Wild One
- 2013 Boonville, NY Bob Weaver 71 AMF Ski-Daddler XXX
- 2014 West Yellowstone, MO Wille Ruchet 1966 Polaris Mustang
The magazine is published in March, June, September and December. You can contact us from this page.
