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My 1985 1.8 EX Automatic
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Holy crap thats CLEAN!! And you haven't given it a proper cleaning yet??!
Any engine pics?
:welcome: to the forum!
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I haven't got an engine pic yet, but that's a good idea - I'll take one tomorrow, if it isn't raining!
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Damn man that is NICE! Really rare over there in the UK I hear. Everything is stock and perfect on that thing! Don't change a thing! Kinda funny to see a manual choke though up to 85. Did you have the ET1 or EZ engine in that?
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Very nice :thumbup: Looks like it came out of a museum!
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2ndGenGuy
Damn man that is NICE! Really rare over there in the UK I hear. Everything is stock and perfect on that thing! Don't change a thing! Kinda funny to see a manual choke though up to 85. Did you have the ET1 or EZ engine in that?
Yeah, with anti-lock brakes. Far out.
Welcome to the forum!
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And headlight wipers! Talk about Benz-style features! I want!
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wow that's cleannn. john im assuming its a ET1 since he says its a 1.8L. get some pictures of the engine bay :)
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John Sweeney
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John Sweeney
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beautiful car! was it in a time capsule?
excuse my ignorance, but i thought you brits measured distance in kilometers, not miles. just curious about that...
and stop touching your wood, there are children present! :)
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Ha ha! Advice noted. Don't you guys say 'touch wood' for luck? Anyway, thanks for the welcome, everyone.
Lil Mike, you are correct that it is a an ET1 engine - is that important?
Evil88accordLX, we measure distance in miles, just like you guys. I think the EU would rather we'd switch to km like the rest of Europe, but we've always been the naughty child at the back of the class, EU wise, so thankfully that's not going to happen. And, no, it wasn't in a time capsule! It was in a garage in Bolton-le-Sands about three miles from where I live. It was owned my an elderly gentleman from new and he had it serviced at his local Honda dealer until June, when he decided he wanted a smaller car. So he traded it in, and it found its way to me.
2ndGenGuy, I'm with you on keeping it standard. They're such a rare car over here that it would be a crime to change anything.
John.
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Could I ask a question as well? I've only just arrived and already I'm asking questions!
Is the radio of a standard size, or is it unique to the Accord? I was thinking that if and when the original radio gives up the ghost, I might perhaps put in a CD player. Is that possible?
John.
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Here are the engine pics, as promised. Not really clean, but not bad for a 23 year old. Taken with my phone, so not fantastic quality - sorry!
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...7/Image018.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...7/Image019.jpg
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that car is friggin amazing...nice find!
oh...and the saying is "knock on wood"
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John Sweeney
Here are the engine pics, as promised. Not really clean, but not bad for a 23 year old.
Oh Gawd, clean that nasty thing!!!
Nah, it looks really good. I love it! Definitely agree with 2ndGen: don't change a thing. Oh, and I didn't really say it before, so
Welcome! :wave:
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Dang, that is clean!!! I thought my find was clean, but yours = +10
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Welcome, I think your car came from near me, it was flagged up on the ebay thread of OLDJAPANESECAR.COM:Forum thread. I didn't realise it was that GOOD, Another English Honda to a good home. John
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Wow, thats a nice example indeed and a bargain price to boot.
I had it in my watch list last week just to see what it would do, I too have the identical model but mine is in blue metallic. I bought mine 2 years ago with 37k miles on the clock & now its over 41k so I'm restricting its use so I don't pile on too many more miles! Maybe you'll need to employ tactics to keep it such a low mileage..!
Yours is way nicer than mine as the previous owner of mine lived in London & the car is pretty much battle scarred - although there is little rust to speak of... but there is some :eek:
I'd suggest keeping yours garaged if it isn't already as they have a propensity to rust and to employ as much preservation as you can... I recommend the products from www.bilthamber.com as they are good value & seem to do what they say on the tin.
I note that your rear number plate must have been renewed at some point... in that it has the new smaller type lettering. Wonder what happened to the original number plate? One of my other Accords has the new style plates on which I need to urgently address before the new laws come in which will outlaw non-compliant number plates - ie. non current - in the UK on the 1st November.
Good luck with your new car & welcome to this ever growing band of this forum :)
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John Sweeney
Is the radio of a standard size, or is it unique to the Accord? I was thinking that if and when the original radio gives up the ghost, I might perhaps put in a CD player. Is that possible?
John.
It is improbable that the original radio will ever fail. You now drive a Honda!
A normal CD player will fit the space but I trial fitted one to my '82 and found it a slightly 'loose' fit. One could easily be made to fit securely I'm sure. I decided to refit a standard radio, though an FM version from a '84 Accord, for retro-ness.
The radio wiring is unique to JDM - Japanese dealer market - Honda's I think. I got an adaptor from the US - ebay - but it doesn't fit & I'm not prepared to butcher the present wiring so I'll stick with stock for now.
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I've got an aftermarket deck in mine. You need to get the little wireframe "basket" that clips into the dash. Then any DIN sized deck should go in standard. But behind the deck, the wiring is REALLY tight. You have to really be careful routing the wires and tucking them so that the deck will go all the way back.
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Yo guys in the U.K. hit me up on Facebook if you have it user name is Rjudgey name is richard judge that 2G is amazing!! Shame it's auto though but good find!! Loving it!! ET1's are great they are amazingly easy to modify for big power!!! Had one in my lude till it blew up!! Be nice to meet up some day when it's nice and dry where are you from??
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Accord83, it is from near you. Very near, in fact - I also live in Lancaster! How uncanny... Thanks also for the link to the thread on OldJapaneseCar.com.
Denhonda, it was garaged previously but, unfortunately, I don't have one that I can use myself. I'm just going to have to take great care of the bodywork. The original owner had it waxoiled fairly regularly, so I'm going to keep that up. I also plan to wax the paintwork fairly often.
That's interesting about the number plate - I hadn't noticed! Does that mean I'll have to change the front one as well? It's a pity it doesn't have the original. It probably used to have the Ribble Valley Honda logo on it! Still, the tax disk holder and the sticker in the rear window are still there.
Thanks Denhonda and 2ndGenGuy about the radio info. The cassette player is very fuzzy, which is why I asked. You can't really hear anything, but I'm going to have a go with a cassette head cleaner and see if that makes any difference.
Thanks for the welcome, guys. It's nice to be here!
John.
P.S. - Does anyone know where is a good place to get parts in the UK?
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Parts in the UK, Denhonda might know better, but I appear to be at the mercy of ebay, except for routine service parts, which I get from my local factors, CarCare, Garstang. Regarding your cassette unit, I have the original National MW/LW, one speaker radio fitted. Turn a corner, retune, turn a corner, retune.... etc. John
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I tried the cassette cleaning thingy this evening, but it didn't make much difference - the sound is still really fuzzy and quiet. Not sure what to try next, really. I'd like to keep the original radio, but I'm not sure I can stand an eternity of 'The Bay'! :)
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Welcome!
That's a clean car you've got there! I have a Panasonic deck mounted in my 82, seemed to fit like normal. The wiring in behind is tight though, I usually pull off the panel underneath the ashtray and the ashtray itself so I can properly arrange the wiring during installation.
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Nice ride John, I'm jealous of what you're starting out with over there. Forget the stock radio, you can always re-install it later if you really want to. It's not bad to put in a new one. Try Crutchfield. I don't know that they deliver to the U.K. but you can at least get an idea of what fits. If you can get delivery from them they provide the wiring conversion harness so it's no trouble. Keep us posted. I install a Blaupunkt that fit nice and snug.
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John Sweeney
Accord83, it is from near you. Very near, in fact - I also live in Lancaster! How uncanny... Thanks also for the link to the thread on OldJapaneseCar.com.
Denhonda, it was garaged previously but, unfortunately, I don't have one that I can use myself. I'm just going to have to take great care of the bodywork. The original owner had it waxoiled fairly regularly, so I'm going to keep that up. I also plan to wax the paintwork fairly often.
That's interesting about the number plate - I hadn't noticed! Does that mean I'll have to change the front one as well? It's a pity it doesn't have the original. It probably used to have the Ribble Valley Honda logo on it! Still, the tax disk holder and the sticker in the rear window are still there.
Thanks Denhonda and 2ndGenGuy about the radio info. The cassette player is very fuzzy, which is why I asked. You can't really hear anything, but I'm going to have a go with a cassette head cleaner and see if that makes any difference.
Thanks for the welcome, guys. It's nice to be here!
John.
P.S. - Does anyone know where is a good place to get parts in the UK?
Hey John,
Re. all your comments...
I recommend products from www.bilthamber.com
I can't recommend Waxoyl, instead consider using the cavity wax from the folk above. I recently bought clay bars & there high gloss wax - autobalm, which gives a really wet look, I never thought my Honda would come up they way it has done. Gives approximately three months protection too, as opposed to the next to no protection ordinary liquid polishes give.
Maybe you could consider renting a garage locally? My Honda came from a heated garage in London & since coming up to Scotland & being ungaraged a lot of the time - bad me - rust has started in a couple of places. It will be back in its garage again in the next couple of weeks though having being kept on a friends drive for the past year. I'm using it as my daily atm so its getting plenty of exercise now!
You can keep the number plates the way they are, but for originalities sake it would be nice if they matched... but I'm over fussy that way!
I have a spare radio cassette the same as yours, but without testing it I've no idea if the tape deck will be okay or not. Let me know if you're interested & I'll check it out.
Parts are available from Honda dealers - though they can be expensive, also from ebay obviously, from some motor factors & from me!! I have numerous odds & sods from parts I've acquired over the years...
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Thanks Denhonda. PM Sent!
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Hi all. This is my first post and I just wanted to compliment John on his Accord and say how glad I am it has found a good home. I too was keeping an eye on it on eBay and had no idea just how perfect it is; absolutely stunning.
I have a particular reason for being jealous of your car John, namely this which is the 1985 Misty Beige 1.8 EX I bought earlier this year and aside from being a manual, is identical in every way, though nowhere near as good! :lol:
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/100_1020.jpg
I'll start a thread of my own to introduce the car and take some pics as it is now when I get chance and tell you about the work I've been doing on the car recently.
Cheers
Mark :wave:
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^ nice, looking forward to seeing more. welcome to the board :thumbup:
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Cripes! They could be twins. I've never seen one registered as late as that either. I'd love to see some more photos of it.
And ta for the compliment! I wish I could take some of the credit, but really it was just luck. That and the fact that the car has been so well looked after by its previous owners!
John.
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Wow another nice UK car! Cool to see more of them popping up! Welcome to the site! :welcome: Can't wait to see more!
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that a great car have i seen...............
