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Old Jan 26, 2017 | 12:40 AM
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Some more 50 Year pics, courtesy of Tokyo Tuner:






The last one an S500... Neko
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Old Jan 26, 2017 | 03:57 PM
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They are all seriously great photos however, I like the S500 photo most.
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Old Jan 28, 2017 | 08:07 AM
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Love the S500 photo as well........but then each is special in it's own way.
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Old Feb 12, 2017 | 12:46 AM
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The S800 was made when the Honda mark was still the wide-H. Getting matching Honda mark stuff is pretty hard. Momo-style horn buttons alone cost \30,000 or more. I was however able to pick-up this wide-H gear **** for next to nothing off Yafuoku. It's smooth, warm in winter, and much easier on big hands.
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Old Feb 12, 2017 | 05:11 AM
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I need this shift **** in my life right now! This would go perfect in my 1975 Honda CVCC wagon!
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Old Feb 12, 2017 | 07:18 AM
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The wood shift **** looks good Neko and the Honda "H" mimics the one found on the steering wheel center cap.
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Old Feb 13, 2017 | 12:53 PM
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... except I replaced my OEM wheel with a period Chris Amon, and the Momo-style button has the modern H-mark...
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Old Feb 13, 2017 | 03:09 PM
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Have you thought about the Momo Prototipo steering wheel? I had one and loved it, I regret selling it with my last car...
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Old Feb 14, 2017 | 12:11 AM
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The Chris Amon wheel is very similar in feel, and though perhaps not as classic in looks as the Prototipo, it was given to me, so that suits me fine!
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Old Feb 14, 2017 | 11:08 AM
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The Chris Amon wheel suites your interior. I had to chuckle at the "Remove before flight" tag.
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Old Feb 15, 2017 | 03:21 AM
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Ha!
The Remove Before Flight is a kludge with the clothes peg to hold the choke on, as like most, it slips in slowly otherwise...



Night drive!
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Old Feb 20, 2017 | 08:21 AM
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Neko,

Are you familiar with this S500 that is up for auction? It looks to be in great shape.

???????500?HONDA S500 - ????!
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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Vanishing Point
Are you familiar with this S500 that is up for auction? It looks to be in great shape.
Yes. Same S500 as above, and same one as here:


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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 04:01 AM
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... except I replaced my OEM wheel with a period Chris Amon, and the Momo-style button has the modern H-mark...
your speedometer is in mph?
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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 04:52 AM
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Thank you Neko for verifying that S500 is the same one in the auction. It appears the owner added backup lights to the rear facia, which wasn't original to the S500. This may have been done for aesthetics or for added safety, either way it's still a very nice car and I hope it finds a good home.
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Old Feb 24, 2017 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Caoboy
your speedometer is in mph?
Indeed!
The car was a UK delivery, and one of many repatriated.
I have converted the water temp gauge to normal units, but not the speedmeter yet.

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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 04:43 AM
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Shinjuku at night....



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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 07:38 AM
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Neko, photo number 1 is "picture perfect", amazing content captured in that one photograph.

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Old Mar 26, 2017 | 01:47 PM
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My matching shiftknob and steer cover, the S is an early march '67 800
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Old Mar 27, 2017 | 12:57 AM
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That's pretty neat - and rare!
Feel free to share more pics of the car...
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Old Mar 27, 2017 | 06:41 PM
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Great picture bramdax, and to think that's what my car used to look like before the transformation to a roadster.

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Old Apr 12, 2017 | 04:52 AM
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Bwa ha ha haaa... Not sure how I missed the tag and choke peg before. Great stuff!
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Old Apr 17, 2017 | 03:14 AM
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Found some time to answer with a few pictures; while looking for N and Z parts i found an other steer and shift badge, and add some pictures from the S, it's an early (02-67) one in EU, sold new in GB, i changed the airfilter and exhaust system and painted all moving parts gloss black and for a more racylook and put some old racenr on.
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Old Apr 22, 2017 | 01:47 AM
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Great stuff!

Love those red H.
Looks like your car has a radiator blind? Is that what that handle on the driver side is for?
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Old Jun 12, 2017 | 02:27 AM
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Its been a while since I've worked on the S.
Mostly I suppose because I've just been driving... Shopping, race meets, weekends away, picking my wife up from work, late night ice creams on the Wangan. Typical little sports car excuses.



I did however meet two shinkansen drivers a few weeks ago - 1x Hako S20 equipped GT-R and 1x V-spec II Nur GT-R each - and one kindly mentioned my wide wheels were illegal and I might expect the police to ping me. Notably as they've been clamping down on mods, at least on heavily modified cars.
So I grabbed a set of cheap and nasty fender extensions and fitted to eliminate at least one shaken violation...



All wheel and tires now under the body as they should be, so drive...



Chasing Porsche...



Stopping for snacks...



See ya!
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