Whole Network Most Recent TOP10 Automobilia Automotive Art German Cars Great Drives

 

Mr. Honda's Private Project

Filed in archive Japanese Oldies , Oddball Autos by Philip Powell on December 12, 2006

72 Honda 7.jpg

At first glance I'd have sworn the car in the photo is a Datsun. At second glance, too. But it is a rare - in North America - 1972 Honda 1300 Coupe 7. The story behind it is quite fascinating, for this was a private project of company founder Soichiro Honda and the last one with which he was personally involved. Mr. Honda, who raced cars in his younger years and built fine motorcycles, was eager to display his company's technological prowess with a truly unique automobile. Although the Coupe 7 looks conventional, under the hood is is an air-cooledlinks overhead-cam engine featuring an aluminum block and cylinder head, and dry-sump lubrication. It had front-wheel-drive, four carbs on a Coupe 9 version, and an unusual cross-over swing axle system. Most of the 35,804 Coupes were sold in Japan while a mere 1,058 were exported, largely to Australia. If you'd care to learn more about Soichiro Honda's Coupe 7 and Coupe 9, there's an excellent Web site which also displays a delightful 1:43 diecast model. It is one 1300 Coupe you can, at least, buy here.


Advertisement


Permalink: Mr. Honda's Private Project
Tags: Soichiro  Honda  1300  coupe  7  9  classic  vintage  antique  collector  old  car  cars  auto  automobile  automob 

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/49612



Advertisement


Advertisement


CW ToolbarInstall
RSSrss   | See all blog subscribe options
Googlegoogle   |   What is RSS?
Yahoo!yahoo
AddthisAddThis Feed Button
BloglinesBloglines
Newsletter
Advertisement - Book yours here.

Use our search feature to look for other interesting posts

Just this blog Whole network
Advertisement -
Book yours here..


 
Advertisement
Book yours here.



  • Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network

Advertisement -
Book yours here..






Advertisement - Book yours here..
 
Tagcloud: 1980's Cars AC Cars Alfa Romeo American Independents American Specials Antique Autos As We See Things Auctions Austin Healey Auto Shows Automobilia Automotive Art Aviation Barn Finds Bentley BMW Books British Cars Buick Cadillac Canadian Cars Catalogs Chevrolet Chrysler Classic Boats Classic Rentals Concours Design Deusenberg Electric Cars European Specials Famous Drivers Fashion Items Ferrari Ford French Cars Fun Events General Motors German Cars Gifts Great Drives Great Gifts Historic Transportation Hot Rods Italian Cars Jaguar Japanese Oldies Lincoln Media Sites Mercedes MG Model Cars Morgan Movies Muscle Cars Museums Oddball Autos Oldsmobile Our Story Photographs Plymouth Pony Cars Porsche Private Collections Racers Rally/Retro-Rally Rare Europeans Record Breakers Replicas Restoration Roads to Remember Rolls-Royce Romantic Notions Sponsored Post Station Wagons Tech Stuff Test Drives Vintage Racing Vintage Rentals Vintage Vans