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General Discussion / Re: Yutivo Camaro Finds New Home
« on: April 23, 2008, 06:40:10 PM »
Yes, KurtS, that's a U.S.-style '69 Norwood trim tag that we installed for the show. Code UU Le Mans Blue with a Code 749 Black Houndstooth Bucket Seat Interior. It was given to me by my engine rebuilder Ben Lim for use during the show. I was actually waiting for the sixty-four-dollar question from any of the judges, "Is that a restified Yutivo Camaro?" To my amazement, not one of them proffered the question. Maybe that was because I was competing in the modified class anyway. I personally cleaned up and detailed the original Yutivo tag, and it is proudly going back to its permanent home on the passengers side of the firewall in the next day or so.
For your additional info, the exposed VIN# location on '68 and later cars as mandated by U.S. law to be visible thru the windshield is also used in the American-origin Yutivo cars from '68 on, containing the same Yutivo-exclusive VIN# found on the Yutivo plate, stamped at the Yutivo production facility.
Further Yutivo-exclusive "badges of honor" I am searching for are the chrome dealer scripts that say "Northern Motors, Inc." (For Manila and the main island of Luzon) and "Southern Motors, Inc". (For the Southern islands of Visayas and Mindanao). These scripts were affixed to the rear facia or trunklids of the cars sold by said dealer concerns, which were also owned by the Yutivo family. I recall that these scripts were intended to be installed during the delivery of the new vehicle, when the proud owner was given the option to take the scripts home as a souvenir, or have the scripts affixed permanently to the vehicle (which meant drilling three holes and installing emblem locks on the car, something many owners did not want done to their brand-spanking-new rides). Not only did these scripts look bad, especially when fitted diagonally on the rear fascia between the fuel filler and passenger side tail light on the first generation Camaro, they actually caused premature rust on the fascia panel. Nevertheless, these dealer scripts complete the "Yutivo-look" package. Finally, a less-offensive 1.5"x1.5" bumper sticker that said "Power Tuned by Northern Motors, Inc. was an often-seen item, usually located near the passenger-side end corner of the rear bumper. My good friend and auto historian Eduardo "Nonoy" Chanco Jr. is now feverishly searching for a "Northern Motors, Inc." dealer script which he says he kept somewhere in his parts bin. He is planning to give that script to me as an advance birthday present, once he unearths it. He is also searching for photos or a copy of that "Power Tuned" bumper sticker, and he plans to digitally reproduce it for more "historical" impact on the Yutivo cars. Rest assured that if I ever get the Northern Motors Inc. dealer script from my good buddy Nonoy, it will never be affixed on the vehicle, but rather will share closet space with the radio block-off plate and the heater-delete plate.
I will check on the drivetrain numbers and make a report on this thread as soon as I have the chance to go on my "numbers fishing expedition".
Thanks again for your interest in the Yutivo Camaro!
For your additional info, the exposed VIN# location on '68 and later cars as mandated by U.S. law to be visible thru the windshield is also used in the American-origin Yutivo cars from '68 on, containing the same Yutivo-exclusive VIN# found on the Yutivo plate, stamped at the Yutivo production facility.
Further Yutivo-exclusive "badges of honor" I am searching for are the chrome dealer scripts that say "Northern Motors, Inc." (For Manila and the main island of Luzon) and "Southern Motors, Inc". (For the Southern islands of Visayas and Mindanao). These scripts were affixed to the rear facia or trunklids of the cars sold by said dealer concerns, which were also owned by the Yutivo family. I recall that these scripts were intended to be installed during the delivery of the new vehicle, when the proud owner was given the option to take the scripts home as a souvenir, or have the scripts affixed permanently to the vehicle (which meant drilling three holes and installing emblem locks on the car, something many owners did not want done to their brand-spanking-new rides). Not only did these scripts look bad, especially when fitted diagonally on the rear fascia between the fuel filler and passenger side tail light on the first generation Camaro, they actually caused premature rust on the fascia panel. Nevertheless, these dealer scripts complete the "Yutivo-look" package. Finally, a less-offensive 1.5"x1.5" bumper sticker that said "Power Tuned by Northern Motors, Inc. was an often-seen item, usually located near the passenger-side end corner of the rear bumper. My good friend and auto historian Eduardo "Nonoy" Chanco Jr. is now feverishly searching for a "Northern Motors, Inc." dealer script which he says he kept somewhere in his parts bin. He is planning to give that script to me as an advance birthday present, once he unearths it. He is also searching for photos or a copy of that "Power Tuned" bumper sticker, and he plans to digitally reproduce it for more "historical" impact on the Yutivo cars. Rest assured that if I ever get the Northern Motors Inc. dealer script from my good buddy Nonoy, it will never be affixed on the vehicle, but rather will share closet space with the radio block-off plate and the heater-delete plate.
I will check on the drivetrain numbers and make a report on this thread as soon as I have the chance to go on my "numbers fishing expedition".
Thanks again for your interest in the Yutivo Camaro!