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[2oodoor]

86 DX, 5 speed, gold top valve cover A20A1
A coworker spotted this one in somebody's yard and stopped to ask about it. That was several weeks ago, they called yesteday asking him if he wanted it for 300, he talked them down over the phone to 200, we went and looked at it today during lunch.. and bought it for 180.
He is letting me get it from him for the same price.
I drove it back to work, it is amazingly tight car to have 240K miles. The power steering isnt working, and it really isnt that bad without it!! The clutch was slipping, it was out of adjustment, we adjusted it and it drove great then. It is carbed
For that money I cant go wrong as a parts car but it drives too good to be a parts car, so now I will be conflicted about what to do with it.

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[2oodoor]

I found a whole bundle of reciepts in the glovebox of work that has been done to it all in the past 5 years.
Interior is perfect, just needs shampoo a little. Has crank up windows, manual HVAC controls, not push button... honestly I have never seen an Accord like this before.

[labeledsk8r]

congrats. looks clean except for some small rust spots on the rear. daily driver??

[2ndGenGuy]

If it's carb'd then it sounds like a perfect opportunity for sidedraft Webers, a header and a cam.

[Civic Accord Honda]

looks good give it to me

[2oodoor]

It drives and runs out great but it doenst have the raw guts my auto LX has, the Weber makes a huge difference. I love the way it is so quiet though.
I cant believe it is a drivable car for 180 bucks, crap one of the invoices in the glove box 6000 miles ago was 328 for timing belt and tensioner.

[labeledsk8r]

hold on.... your other accord is an auto with the weber?? well now i see what this car can be used for, swap tranys between cars and wallaa 5 speed weber LX and a perfect auto Daily driver DX

[Civic Accord Honda]

i wish i could find a car that ran and drive for $180 lol my car was 500 and had a shot clutch and trashed body

[A18A]

cool, body looks pretty straight

[mushroom_toy]

Nice man.

[AccordB20A]

thats a mighty funny looking school bus in the background hahaha. Oh and nice car roodoo 2

[Hazwan]

Interior looks clean. Exterior needs some cleaning, but overall nice and clean car for 180.

[forrest89sei]

Great looking car for $180!

Congrats!

[irondragon013]

Damn Roodoo. That was 180. My car cost a grand and its trans was bad. Good find man. Just wish I had found it before you.

[2oodoor]

Irondragon, thier out there... about three weeks ago I found a hatch back for 400 bucks but I passed on it, once, it sold to the next person that looked at it. I could not pass this one up, there are too many things on it I could use. The only thing I see wrong with it is outer RS CV joint and valve cover leaks, no oil spots under the car though.

Wohdog that bus is called a MIdbus, it is the fastest F'n school bus I ever drove. It is kind of uniuque, it has a CD player, intercom, 8.1 liter gas V8 multiport FI..Allison automatic 6 speed, drives like a car, and is not undersprung like a "short bus".

The coworker has side jobs that take him all over the place, so he is always running into deals... we got a nickname for him now "carlot" lol, I am glad he let me get that one

[2oodoor]

hold on.... your other accord is an auto with the weber?? well now i see what this car can be used for, swap tranys between cars and wallaa 5 speed weber LX and a perfect auto Daily driver DX

so you can see my dilemma ? I need to check the weight difference in the two first.
I think I am going to need a third Accord.

[88Accord-DX]

That is damn good deal for 180 bones. Now you need to find another weber to put on this one. Still got them weber hook ups at a local swap thing? People selling cars dirt cheap for water rations or what? lol

[Pico]

Looks like a good car for 180 roodoo Congrats

[2oodoor]

That is damn good deal for 180 bones. Now you need to find another weber to put on this one. Still got them weber hook ups at a local swap thing? People selling cars dirt cheap for water rations or what? lol

good point, but yeah we have plenty of water, Atlanta is dry though. Our lake is dry too but we have Savannah river so were good..
People are selling everything right now, just like on this forum...

[2ndGenGuy]

Hey roodoo, are you a school bus mechanic? A buddy of mine is a school bus mechanic. I'm always blown away by how HUGE all the parts are for buses compared to their car counterparts. Drum brakes that are like 12 inches wide, massive alterantors, huge wheels and tires. Pretty crazy stuff!

[2oodoor]

NOpe, not exclusivley... that is the only yellow bus we have.
What is amazing is those charter buses, pushers.. wow that is some big stuff now.. There is a major charter bus outfit in town though and I trip on those old guys that work on those things, been working on them for years.. I dont see how they do it. Huge detroit diesels that are as big as half a car .
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^^^ the stack of work order invoices in the glove box, totals over 2000 dollars worth of work done to maintain that Accord, dating back to 2003. Oil changes, water pump, brakes, it is neat to look at. My other Accord has all that too in a notepad in the glovebox plus reciepts from before I got it.

[MessyHonda]

cool...im driving my dx......and its a fun lil car...so yeah you are going to do a 5 speed swap on the lx?

[AccordB20A]

Sounds like the car was a gud buy. Mine was $170NZD with a facked, but complete and still working engine, good auto box.

[bullard123]

Not bad for $180. I say B20A it!

[2oodoor]

bumpage, I took the valve cover off my LX and put it on the DX. The 5 speed is cool. I had to fix a few vacuum lines but for now the carb seems ok. This car has a lot of new parts, it drives good.
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