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Re: Ebay time [Mr_Shiftright]
by boomchek
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:18 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 08, 2008 10:06 pm)
We are going to do that very thing with a '34 Lagonda in boxes.
Sounds like fun!!
One of these days I'll get myself a simple beater to restore for fun....
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Re: Ebay time [boomchek]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:22 am)
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 10, 2008 10:18 am)
yeah you don't want to tackle a car with wood in the cowl and body tub that's for sure. I'm sure this will be a 5+ year project.
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'84 Accord hatchback in white.
by kyfdx HOST
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:29 am)
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Looks just like it did when the owner retired from school teaching, about 1985..
Okay, I'm guessing on the last part.. but, it was an extremely well-preserved example...
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Re: . [Mr_Shiftright]
by fintail
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:29 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 09, 2008 4:33 pm)
Fintails fared very well in period competition, no reason why one couldn't now.
That thing sure sounds insane compared to my clattery old engine. Must have some kind of massive exhaust modification too. I can't even begin to comprehend those carbs...never seen anything like that before.
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Re: '84 Accord hatchback in white. [kyfdx]
by fintail
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:30 am)
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Replying to: kyfdx (Nov 10, 2008 10:29 am)
That's funny...when I was in school, I did some work for a professor, who drove a well preserved Accord hatch of that generation. He retired not long after.
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Re: . [fintail]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:50 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 10, 2008 10:29 am)
I can't imagine what you'd even race a fintail in---some vintage sedan class I guess, or maybe vintage rallyes--that would be a good use for them, as ruggedness counts even more than speed.
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Re: '84 Accord hatchback in white. [fintail]
by boomchek
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:54 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 10, 2008 10:30 am)
Principal Skinner also drove an Accord hatchback, brown color. Ahh, here it is:
Now thinking about it, my high school PE teacher had an 85 Accord hatchback too.
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Re: . [Mr_Shiftright]
by fintail
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:57 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 10, 2008 10:50 am)
Fintails placed 1-2-3 at Monte Carlo in 1960 and won countless other events, and the 300SE models were beasts in period sedan racing...so something could be done.
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Re: '84 Accord hatchback in white. [boomchek]
by andre1969
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Nov 10, 2008 (10:58 am)
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 10, 2008 10:54 am)
Oh now that's disturbing. That's exactly the same color that one of my friends had on his '80 hatchback back in high school and college. It was a metallic coppery color, and I think it even had a clearcoat, which must have been unprecedented at that time for that class of car.
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Re: '84 Accord hatchback in white. [boomchek]
by fintail
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Nov 10, 2008 (11:00 am)
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 10, 2008 10:54 am)
That was Superintendent Chalmers car ...the 'H' got stolen, and Chalmers said something to the effect of "What's the point of driving a Honda if you can't show it off?"
I remember when I was in grade 5 or so my school principal had one of those oddball flip up headlight Accord hatchbacks that were only made for a couple years.
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