Accord magazine articles, adverts & brochures

[79cord]

Right, I found these images of period Accord magazine articles courtesy of Trigger's retro roadtests on Flicker and I thought we should have a thread for these and others that people have & can share.
I also have bunch of Australian & US articles to add soon that I had scanned for the www.nipponklassik.de website who had displayed them for a while but has now reduced to just a thumbnail, so I will have to dig them up again & rehost them somewhere....
In the meantime please add any more you can find.

edit: We've already got some brochure threads:
European Accord brochures
lostscotiaguy's
brochures
2nd gen guy also posted this one:
JDM '81 brochure
Haridev"s:
Malaysian '81 saloon brochure


Honda Accord 1600 & Volkswagen Golf 1600 GLS Test
CAR (UK) Feburary1977.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trigger...n/photostream/

Honda Accord LX, Ford Fairmont ESO & Volkswagen Scirocco Sidewinder II Group Road Test
MotorTrend (USA) June 1978

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trigger...n/photostream/

Honda Accord 4-Door - Peugeot 305 SR & Renault 18 GTS Test
CAR (UK) April 1979

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trigger...n/photostream/

[2ndGenGuy]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing those! I've got a couple magazines with some road tests in them as well. I will have to scan and post them soon!

[79cord]

Still adding files to this folder:
http://sdrv.ms/MZXxTf
I found the tests I had scanned, some include multiple pages within a Tiff file that might not be seen fully until downloaded but others are still page-by-page so I wonder about trying to stick them together in a similar way, or upload as is...

[Dr_Snooz]

Hard to believe they put a Ford Fairmont up against a 1g. That is classic!

[lostscotiaguy]

Great Idea and great articles! Thanks for sharing.

[79cord]

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resi...A79B5B2BF2!246
Accord first review
Wheels (AUST) Dec1976.


Accord short drive.
Car&Driver (USA) May1977.


Accord short drive.
Wheels (AUST) Feb1979.


Accord Sedan & Prelude test reviews.
Road&Track Buyers guide (USA) Dec1979


Prelude test review
ModernMotor (AUST) July 1979

Added so far.

Fairmont comparison certainly shows how radically the market was changing, & how expensive the Accord was.
The Prelude tests showed how disappointed they were that it wasn't a revolution over the Accord, after waiting vainly for Honda to build an Accord to take on the Scirocco more directly.

[2ndGenGuy]

Those are sweet man! Thanks for posting! I'll see about uploading the images to the 3geez image host and then doing a sticky so they are archived forever.

[POS carb]

There are some very interesting clips in there, their reviews are very thorough when it comes to breaking down the specs for the cars!

[79cord]

Sorry for being so slow.
Road&Track 1976 RoadTest
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43331...A79B5B2BF2!262

Motor Trend Sept. 1976 RoadTest
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43331...A79B5B2BF2!263

More still to come.
I was also loaned a Factory 1977 (first edition 6/78) Non-CVCC Accord Shop Manual, unbound that I was able to scan & convert to PDF....

[79cord]

1976? Japanese Accord Brochure.
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43331...A79B5B2BF2!264
If you want to see the most basic Accord spec. check out the SL.

Motor Manual (Aust) July 1976 First review.
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43331...A79B5B2BF2!265

[79cord]

Modern Motor (Aust) April 1977 roadtest
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx...ive&Bsrc=Share

Modern Manual (Aust) Top Ten cars 1977 roadtest; Accord & Civic
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx...ive&Bsrc=Share

[79cord]

Just stumbled across the Japanese 1st & 2nd generation Accord Owners club website again & thought I should share this '81 Accord brochure/advertising I found there.


note Painted bumpers (Longleet Gold I think.),
Prelude steering wheel & interesting seats.

Edit:
Found more pictures of it here:
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/yuukazegen/1078844.html

[2ndGenGuy]

Man they have SUCH classier looking cars than ours are.



Also, I dunno if that's an optional dash that they had, but I really like that. with all the ticks in between and the different fonts.

[79cord]

Man they have SUCH classier looking cars than ours are.
http://img5.blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ybi/1/...4_7?1319082388
Also, I dunno if that's an optional dash that they had, but I really like that. with all the ticks in between and the different fonts.

Beautiful photos/lighting.
Hadn't noticed the gauges before, (too busy saving copies) the black surround & finer incremental markings does give a different look to normal grey
I Like the black b-pillar trim, black interior & bold colour. Big additional bump-stops. Black sills & tail-lamp trim? ...
Suddenly made me think of Hazwans car again.

[mopuddin]

rad. thanks!

[79cord]

Wheels (Aust) April 1977 roadtest
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43331...A79B5B2BF2!272

Wheels (Aust) July 1977 roadtest comparison "Battle of the hatchbacks"
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43331...A79B5B2BF2!273

Car&Driver (USA) April 1978 roadtest Accord LX
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43331...A79B5B2BF2!270
Sums up the Accords character well; and references the Minilite Accord Turbo Article that Car and Driver (USA) tested Feb. 1978
That 2ndGenGuy posted in this thread

Honda Australia Dealer sales bulletin August 1978: 1979 model year changes
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43331...A79B5B2BF2!271