“Now for something completely different,” as Monty Python used to say in introducing the group’s most offbeat comedy sketches.
The Pick of the Day is a 1981 Honda Accord, a first-generation 3-door hatchback that is a survivor from an era when cars like these were generally driven into the ground and scrapped.
This intact Accord is equipped with a 5-speed gearbox and according to the Lenoir, Tennessee, dealer advertising the car on ClassicCars.com, the car is in “excellent condition” with 108,000 miles, believed to be original.
Since its inception, Accord has been one of the best-selling and most-reliable cars ever built, still offering today the high degree of reliability, performance and quality that makes it a consistently strong-selling midsize car every model year.
When the Accord was first introduced in the US in 1977, it was hailed as one of the best cars ever, with practically every motoring journalist around the world raving about it. A step up from the Honda Civic, Accord offered a level of drivability and practicality that was almost unheard of at the time. It was also fun to drive, which I know having owned a 1977 Accord many decades ago.
The seller describes the Honda in great detail, stating that the body looks to be rock solid with phenomenal fit of all its panels, and with doors that open and shut with ease. The car is finished in its original Oslo Ivory factory paint, which the dealer says has been kept polished to a beautiful finish.
All the brightwork on this Honda is in great condition along with all the glass, the ad notes, pointing out that even the taillight lenses look fresh along with the headlights. The car still has its original factory 13-inch wheels with chrome trim rings.
The interior is finished in factory-correct two-tone saddle-brown vinyl with tan cloth centers and also in excellent condition, as are the door panels, the seller adds. The dashboard is good but faded, something common with brown dashes of this era, although this one is somehow uncracked.
All gauges and trouble lights look to be in good shape and are said to be working as they should. The headliner and sun visors are as good as the rest of the interior, the seller says.
The car is described as a pleasure to drive with responsive steering and solid brakes.
Time-capsule Hondas from the 1980s are quite hard to find as so many were used as daily transportation, then handed down to children and eventually to other owners who drove them until they stopped working and were too beat up to repair.
Few early Accords survive in this fine condition, making the asking price for this car of $10,995 seem reasonable. This one would be a fun car to bring to the next RadWood event.
To view this listing on ClassicCars.com, see Pick of the Day.
October 03, 2020 at 08:19AM
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