Cool video even if you're not an import fan

[Profreedomokie]

This had to be a cool feeling. This guy found the first Honda ever imported to the USA, s/n 1 at a swap meet. He restored it and gave it to a museum so people can see it themselves. Honda started the compact car revolution in the US, and see the first car in this revolution brought back to life is pretty cool.

There were some Honda S500 sportscars brought over years earlier. They were made 1963-1964 I believe . As far as starting the compact car revolution in the US, I would think the VW Beetle started it way before Honda. Beetles went in production in 1949. Good posting .

 

[Aries]

I remember seeing them in the mid to late 70's the first few years after I started driving, and joking that they looked like a spare car that you'd keep in the trunk of your real car for emergencies like a flat tire.

 

[Tanis143]

There were some Honda S500 sportscars brought over years earlier. They were made 1963-1964 I believe . As far as starting the compact car revolution in the US, I would think the VW Beetle started it way before Honda. Beetles went in production in 1949. Good posting .

I know there were earlier imports, but nothing that sipped the gas like the N600. It had a mpg of over 50, the beetle only got about 25. And technically I don't believe the beetle was considered a sub-compact like the N600, it was just a compact.

 

[okie362]

I dated a girl in high school that drove one of those Honda's.

I barely fit in it, and we certainly didn't have any "fun" in it....

That's what the hood was for

 

[Profreedomokie]

I don't think the mileage has anything to do with which make or model was here first. I agree that the Beetle was a compact car, that is why I said it was sold here long before the Honda and started the compact car revolution.

 

[beardking]

Here's another odd little car that I've always wanted. Lancia Stratos.

 

[AKguy1985]

I had an 86 toyota supra when I was 18. Car was fun but was abused badly by a previous owner.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

Man, I've been wanting an Opel GT for a long time. I keep looking them up on Craigslist and wanting one...

Didn't they have the giant lever by the console to open the retractable headlights? You had to mechanically open them.

 

[beardking]

Didn't they have the giant lever by the console to open the retractable headlights? You had to mechanically open them.

I'm not sure where the lever for the headlights is (never actually been in one), but they are mechanical. And cool looking.

 

[beardking]

This is a pic I got of an Opel that is around here in Norman. It was at the Norman Coffee and Cars this month. Sweet looking little thing.