DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
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1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILE
OVER
THE YEARS, WITH THE INFO I WAS ABLE TO GATHER, I THOUGHT THAT YAMAHA HAD
2
PRODUCTION RUNS OF THEIR 1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILE.
ACCORDING
TO THE INFO ON THE INTERNET.....
(
300 ) 1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILES WERE PRODUCED.
270
SENT TO CANADA AND USA AND 30 HELD BACK IN JAPAN FOR TESTING.
WHAT
I READ IS THAT YAMAHA PRODUCED SOME 1968 YAMAHA SL-350 ( 20
HP ) PROTOTYPES FOR
TESTING
IN CANADA AND USA. THESE UNITS WERE TESTED IN NOVEMBER 1967.
I DISCOVERED THAT THE
1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILE.....
WERE OFFERED WITH 2
MOTORS.
A
20 HP ENGINE THAT I THINK WAS FOR THE 1ST PRODUCTION.
AND
A
22 HP ENGINE THAT I THINK WAS FOR THE 2ND PRODUCTION.
1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILE
IT'S JUST MY
OPINION THAT THE NUMEROUS ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE
1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILE.....
ARE BEING COPIED ONE
AFTER ANOTHER AND RETOLD AS FACT.
I
AM NO EXPERT BUT AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THIS MODEL, I FIND IT HARD
TO
BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE
ONLY 300 TOTAL 1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILES
MADE AND
THE
TOTAL OF SLEDS THAT WERE DELIVERED TO THE USA AND CANADA WERE 270 UNITS.
THE OTHER 30 WERE KEPT
IN JAPAN.
IT
IS HARD TO GET THE TRUE HISTORY AFTER SO MANY YEARS HAVE GONE BY.
NOTE
!!
I
SEARCHED THE NEWSPAPERS ON MANY OCCASIONS.
THERE
ARE HUNDREDS OF ADS IN
THE FALL OF 1967 AND
EARLY
1968 LISTING 1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILES
FOR SALE AT YAMAHA DEALERS.
SOME
DEALERS HAVE UP TO 5 OF THEM TO SELL.
SOME
ADS HAVE A 20 HP MOTOR
AND SOME ADS AND ARTICLES HAVE A 22 HP MOTOR.
IT
DOES NOT MAKE SENSE THAT ALL ACROSS THE USA AND CANADA THAT
THERE
WERE ONLY 270 - 1968 YAMAHA SLEDS.
DAVID
S.
