~sp33~

Nice addition to your collection Smithenhiven.

RWOL

amazing collection!!

Fat Head

nice collection!

NOFX

Second from last pic in the first post is down. Could you please re-host it?

smithenhiven

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Thanks for noticing, it should be up again now.

NOFX

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Thanks.

smithenhiven

Got a few more items (sorry for the bad pics):

These are dealer binder inserts, showing specs, prices, optional items, etc...








These are neat, they came with the above dealer binder sheets, original paint samples:



Here's some advertisements:





Here's another S600 rent a car brochure:



That's all for now, Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

smithenhiven

Here's some pics of a couple more S600 "rent a car" literatures I recently acquired:

xjdmshezx

wow! thats is absolutly amazing to see that many brochures that are that old, talk about old school! many props for having such a collection

smithenhiven

Been a while since I updated this thread, here are some more additions to my collection:

1960's Honda Sales Manual (there's a lot more pages obviously, but I only took a few pics of some of the pages that show pictures):







Here are 4 variations of the S600 owners manual (previously I had three, the newest is the top left corner, it's actually a dual S500/S600 owners manual)


Here's a pic of various factory books, manuals, etc...


S500 Brochure:




S600 Brochure:





French S600 Brochure:




S600 Brochure:




S600 brochure/leaflet:



S600 Brochure:







Honda "N" "T" "L" Brochure:




Honda T360 Leaflet:


More dealer binder inserts:



Honda Service Factory brochures (almost identicle, but there are some obvious differences):




Several brochures, leaflets, info sheets from the Honda S600 "rent a car" program:











Honda S600 Full page color news paper advertisement


This one is pretty neat, it's an original "Guide to Saitama Factory" brochure:

















Various S600 magazine ads from the 1960's


Various S600 dealer leaflet like brochures:


And last but not least, a dealership poster for Honda genuine oils:

ballerstatus99

Wow, nice stuff. You ever gotten it appraised? It worth much?

smithenhiven

Never had it appraised, I don't think an appraiser would really know what's it worth.

Basically, I keep an eye on ebay, and if something I already have sells, that tells me what mine should be worth. Not sure how much the entire collection would be worth, if everything was sold individually, maybe a couple thousand dollars (things like the original shop manual, optional parts catalog, etc... can bring hundreds of dollars a peice).

But to me, it's priceless, and I don't plan on selling anything (although some of my "doubles" of things I'll trade for other things that I'm looking for). Actually, I hope to be able to pass my S600 and this Literature Collection down to my daughter one day, whom I hope will do the same.

smithenhiven

It's been a long while since I've been able to update this thread. I guess with any collection, when it reaches a certain point, it's hard to find "new" things, but here's a few items I recently obtained that are new to me.

Another S600 rent a car brochure, with price sheet, and possible destinations (?) sheet.




Here's a couple S600 magazine adverts for the Rent a Car program.



Next is something that I consider especially neat, as anything even referencing the "S500" is hard to come by. This is a dealship postcard, which appears to be a sales reminder type of card since it has pricing for the S500 and S600. I've got some of these for the S600 individually that are new never sent, but this one actually appears to have went through the mail system since it has a postmark/address on it.




Last but not least, an owners manual for the ultra rare 1960's Honda L/P 800

83 CVCC

I think you just about have it all.

kev84

neat smithen, i wonder if u have a spare manual u could sell to me, i think its impossible to find one in malaysia at all!

Stretch7

That Honda wagon manual is very cool, dude.

smithenhiven

I don't have a spare that I'd like to sell at the moment, but if I ever come across another, I'll be sure to let you know.

billsey

I'd like any info you have on paint colors for the S600s. My coupe is a 1965 (as are almost all) and it was originally the light bluish green color. It's since been painted yellow and I'd like to take it back where it belongs. I have paint swatches for Metallic Nassau Blue, but it doesn't look right (probably for a later model). Some of your literature looks like it might have color info...

smithenhiven

I've been meaning to upload all my paint samples and paint related info, as there are other people who have asked for it as well. I admit I've been slow in that regard, but one of these days (hopefully sooner than later), I'll get around to making that info available.

NW Classic Honda

Great stuff like usual!!!

1953 Dream E

Hi
I own a 1953 Honda Dream E3. Seen you got some sales brochures
and manuals.
I would love to get some scans from what ever you got for that model.
Thanks alot already.
My e-mail adress is coleymotors@aol.com
Kind regards
Richard Coley

smithenhiven

Hi Richard,

I have a 1952 Dream 2E, not many of these bikes here in the US (I assume that's where you're from as well?).

I could probably make you some scans of my E-type documents. Send me an email when you get a chance, would love to see a pic or two of your bike if you'd like to share.

Regards,
Jason
smithenhiven@hotmail.com