Blast from the past - remind us of a thing
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Purosangue said:
remember in the 70s when we were kids had a mate who collected car brochures ,
he would write to the manufacturer and they would send the buff through the post
I used to collect car brochures, but my best pile came from when we went to the Motor Show at the NEC one year. My Dad tended to keep his cars for ages, so there wasn't much reason for him to go around dealers getting brochures. That must be where I get it from.he would write to the manufacturer and they would send the buff through the post
I did write to both Ford and GM in the USA in the hope of getting some brochures. Ford sent me a couple of range brochures which was really nice of them. GM sent me a copy of each individual brochure for pretty much everything they made at the time, a brown envelope around 2" thick just turned up one day. I still have them somewhere, and I remember the one for the Pontiac Firebird and really loved the photo of the black one with the gold phoenix on the bonnet. Postage must have cost them a fortune.
droopsnoot said:
Purosangue said:
remember in the 70s when we were kids had a mate who collected car brochures ,
he would write to the manufacturer and they would send the buff through the post
I used to collect car brochures, but my best pile came from when we went to the Motor Show at the NEC one year. My Dad tended to keep his cars for ages, so there wasn't much reason for him to go around dealers getting brochures. That must be where I get it from.he would write to the manufacturer and they would send the buff through the post
I did write to both Ford and GM in the USA in the hope of getting some brochures. Ford sent me a couple of range brochures which was really nice of them. GM sent me a copy of each individual brochure for pretty much everything they made at the time, a brown envelope around 2" thick just turned up one day. I still have them somewhere, and I remember the one for the Pontiac Firebird and really loved the photo of the black one with the gold phoenix on the bonnet. Postage must have cost them a fortune.
About thirty years ago a stack of timber collapsed on to my bike, a Yamaha. So I repaired the damage and had it resprayed, from red to sparkle black.
Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
Catweazle said:
droopsnoot said:
Purosangue said:
remember in the 70s when we were kids had a mate who collected car brochures ,
he would write to the manufacturer and they would send the buff through the post
I used to collect car brochures, but my best pile came from when we went to the Motor Show at the NEC one year. My Dad tended to keep his cars for ages, so there wasn't much reason for him to go around dealers getting brochures. That must be where I get it from.he would write to the manufacturer and they would send the buff through the post
I did write to both Ford and GM in the USA in the hope of getting some brochures. Ford sent me a couple of range brochures which was really nice of them. GM sent me a copy of each individual brochure for pretty much everything they made at the time, a brown envelope around 2" thick just turned up one day. I still have them somewhere, and I remember the one for the Pontiac Firebird and really loved the photo of the black one with the gold phoenix on the bonnet. Postage must have cost them a fortune.
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
About thirty years ago a stack of timber collapsed on to my bike, a Yamaha. So I repaired the damage and had it resprayed, from red to sparkle black.
Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
I wonder if you could post this on the Trivial Thread. It seems to be in some sort of loop and would benefit no end from some fresh ideas.Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
About thirty years ago a stack of timber collapsed on to my bike, a Yamaha. So I repaired the damage and had it resprayed, from red to sparkle black.
Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
That is bloody awesome!Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
Huff said:
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
About thirty years ago a stack of timber collapsed on to my bike, a Yamaha. So I repaired the damage and had it resprayed, from red to sparkle black.
Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
That is bloody awesome!Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
king coolgenerationx said:
Huff said:
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
About thirty years ago a stack of timber collapsed on to my bike, a Yamaha. So I repaired the damage and had it resprayed, from red to sparkle black.
Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
That is bloody awesome!Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
king coolBut, who is Mr Morimoto?
nismocat said:
generationx said:
Huff said:
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
About thirty years ago a stack of timber collapsed on to my bike, a Yamaha. So I repaired the damage and had it resprayed, from red to sparkle black.
Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
That is bloody awesome!Decided I wanted "Yamaha" in Japanese script on the tank so I found an address in the handbook and wrote to the factory in Iwata.
Couple of months later I got a letter from a Mr Morimoto enclosing three slips of paper with Yamaha written in three different traditional scripts with brush and inkstone, so I got one signwritten on the bike.
Still have the letter somewhere.
king coolBut, who is Mr Morimoto?
https://otomotif.antaranews.com/berita/3324339/ceo...
nismocat said:
That is way cool!
But, who is Mr Morimoto?
If I remember correctly he was the European Sales Director. Something like that. But, who is Mr Morimoto?
I recall thinking it was a bit ironic since the bike was a 49 state spec model originally sold in USA. I bought it from a USN officer stationed here. That was good though because they got the full fat engine and Euro/Brit spec was lower powered.
Now I have to turn the house upside down to find the letter!
this might take a while
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