{"id":5833,"date":"2014-08-08T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T20:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2014-08-10T13:50:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T20:50:11","slug":"spamboni-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/08\/spamboni-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Spamboni For Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Pioneer Press<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hey, hockey fans! Remember the ‘Spamboni’? It’s for sale<\/h1>\n

By Nick Ferraro<\/em><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\"TheThe old Hormel-sponsored “Spamboni” ice resurfacer wheels around the St. Paul Civic Center in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Xcel Energy Center)<\/em><\/p>\n

A slice of Minnesota hockey history is up for grabs.<\/p>\n

The old Hormel-sponsored “Spamboni” ice resurfacer that once wheeled around the St. Paul Civic Center — all the while promoting the Austin, Minn.-based company’s canned meat — is being sold, as is.<\/p>\n

The Xcel Energy Center and Visit St. Paul hope to get $2,000 for the 42-year-old relic, which for the past decade has been relegated to clearing the ice at the Wells Fargo Winter Skate outdoor rink at the Landmark Plaza.<\/p>\n

Hockey fans might recall watching the yellow and blue Zamboni in between periods of Minnesota Fighting Saints games during the 1970s and at high-school hockey state tournaments and Minnesota Moose games.<\/p>\n

“It still makes a good sheet of ice,” Larson said.<\/p>\n

Indoor city-owned rinks are not an option because it wouldn’t pass today’s indoor-air quality rules, he said.<\/p>\n

It does need some engine work — this past winter one of the engine’s four cylinders became stuck — as well as attention to general wear-and-tear items like bearings and bushings, he said.<\/p>\n

“It runs on a retooled Volkswagen engine, so it’s not that complicated,” Larson said.<\/p>\n

[ click to read full article at Pioneer Press<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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