About 10 years ago I owned a few Honda S600s and an S800 coupe. They are fun
little cars with amazing engines, the S600 would easily rev past 10000rpm.
The S600s had a chain drive rear end with coil-over shock absorbers that were
mounted on a 45deg angle, when you accelerated hard the tail of the car would
lift up about 6 inches. The gearboxes have their own oil pump to circulate
the oil through the box. They are VERY small, if a Sprite pulls up next to
you you have to look up to see it. Here in Australia we also got the Honda
T500. These are a really small truck that has the same engine as the S500.
(500cc twin-cam all alloy engine with needle roller conrod bearings and 4
side draught carbs.) These trucks are worth more than the sports cars these
days.
Alan Bent - Queensland , Australia
1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1965 Silvia CSP311
1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310
1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310 - 1964 Cedric Wagon WP31
1963 Bluebird P312 - 1963 Bluebird P312
1963 Cedric P31 - 1964 Cedric Wagon 1964
1969 Super Six G130
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Greg Glass wrote:
> I was looking at a book at Barnes and Noble last night about sports cars.
> It had a nice section on the Datsun 1600, although it pictured the
> dash/interior of a 2000 - oh well.
>
> The book also had a nice section on 60's Honda Roadsters...the S500, S600
> and S800.
>
> Has anyone ever seen one, driven one, owned one?
> Would it make a nice pal for my 66 1600?
> Know anyone selling one?
>
> Greg Glass
> 66 1600
> Burbank, CA
> SocalROC
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