Picture of the N series can be seen at:
http://www.luk-korbmacher.de/Autos/n360.htm
Picture of the Z can be seen at:
http://www.luk-korbmacher.de/Autos/z600.htm
----- Original Message -----
From "Mike MacLean" <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: need an automatic?
> Larry,
> In 1971 I bought a new Honda Z600 orange coupe. It kinda looked like
a
> stubby, small 240Z with a hatchback rear window. The rear window looked
like a
> diver's mask, or so I was told. The car came with a 598 cc two cylinder
> motorcycle motor and I believe, 10 inch tires. A Road and Track article
at the
> time explained how to up the performance of this car and I did. I bored
it out
> to 750 cc and used the Honda 750 cc motorcycle pistons. I added a high
rise cam
> and oversized valves. The head was ported and polished. I put Koni
shocks all
> the way around and added wider tires. The car would stick to the road
like a
> slot car. The top end went from 75 MPH to 110 MPH, but you could not
sustain
> that speed for long, the engine would burn up. I burned it up twice. All
the
> independent Honda Mechanic did was to remove the top and bottom of the
engine,
> hone it out in the car and add new pistons and rings. It cost me a lot of
bucks,
> but it was worth it to see the face of the big Detroit iron V8 driver's
faces
> when you passed them on the freeway at over 100 MPH in something that
could fit
> in their trunk.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
> Larry Miller wrote:
>
> > I just remembered that I took a Honda N600 (Honda's version of the Mini)
in
> > as part trade when I sold the MGC. The guy I sold the N600 to still has
it
> > and it still runs. Now there was a car that fun to drive. Anybody ever
have
> > one of those?
> >
> > Larry Miller
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
> > To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: need an automatic?
> >
> > > Had a '69 (4 speed with O/D) back in the early 70's. Cruise all day at
90
> > > but you could not say the word "handle" is the same sentence as "MGC".
I
> > > traded a Firebird Formula 400 for it.
> > >
> > > Larry Miller
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> > > To: "Kansa, Robert" <KansaR@diebold.com>;
<team-thicko@autox.team.net>;
> > > <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:23 AM
> > > Subject: Re: need an automatic?
> > >
> > >
> > > > or a 240Z with electrial demons...
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Kansa, Robert" <KansaR@diebold.com>
> > > > To: "'Wm. Severin Thompson'" <wsthompson@thicko.com>;
> > > > <team-thicko@autox.team.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:20 PM
> > > > Subject: RE: need an automatic?
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