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1968 YAMAHA SL-350 SNOWMOBILE
WITH THE 22 HP ENGINE

NOW THAT TESTING IS COMPLETE, THEY ARE SEEKING
ADDITIONAL DEALERS TO SELL YAMAHA SNOWMOBILES.

THE INFORMATION OBTAINED IN TESTING HELPED YAMAHA CREATE
THE 1969 YAMAHA SL-351 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.


AFTER PIECING TOGETHER NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND ADS I HAVE 
ON MY SITE IN THE YAMAHA BROCHURE SECTION.....

THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH.
AFTER EVALUATING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PROTOTYPES IN NOVEMBER 1967 IN THE USA, WORD
WAS SENT BACK TO JAPAN TO START ANOTHER PRODUCTION RUN IN LATE DECEMBER 1967 OR EARLY
JANUARY 1968.

THE 2ND PRODCUTION RUN OF 1968 YAMAHA SL-350 ( 22 HP ) SNOWMOBILES WERE SENT TO CANADA AND USA
FOR CONTINUED TESTING BEFORE THEY STARTED PRODUCTION OF THE 1969 YAMAHA SL-351 SNOWMOBILE.


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.
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.


 
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