1980 Honda Accord with 37k original miles cold engine start-up video

This vintage now 40-year-old Honda Accord only has 37,140 original miles. My then 15-year old and I flew all the way to Dallas to the 2nd oldest Honda dealership in the country (1st one was in Santa Rosa California), that sold this car new to a local gentleman about to retire, who 31 years later (when his knee started bothering him that made the stick-shift clutch uncomfortable) took it back to that same Honda dealership and traded in for another new Honda sedan, that one an automatic for his compromised knee. We flew down with one-way tickets and bought this great little car and drove it about 1,000 miles back home to be its next good caretaker. This charming gleaming little auto got many smiles and some questions along our trouble-free journey home... some asked if it was a vintage BMW, some thought and old Benz, but all were charmed by it. This 1st-generation Honda Accord was a landmark model that helped transform Honda from a niche maker of quirky very small cars and in small numbers, to an impressive rapidly growing and quite independent maker of incredibly satisfying and impressive cars at any price. This is the one and only generation of the Accord that was more of a true old-school Japanese style, while the very next generation leaped to be a larger more modern contemporary mainstream style that also become more 'Americanized'... making this an especially special historic Accord generation as it marked this rapidly transformative time for the 'American Honda Motor Company' After many years of keeping this car garaged and cared for, we are listing in on the national BAT collector auction site to find a new owner to put it in their collection, a museum, or for a Honda dealership to permanently display it on their new-car Honda showroom floor in contrast to the greatly evolved modern-day new Accords as a special historic conversation piece.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

In 1980 I bought this car same color. It cost me $10K. The most I ever spent on a new car. It was a very good car.

[@19320000000000]

Kind Sr. Can you please make more videos of this car. It is a beautiful classic.

[@19320000000000]

Especially driving if possible!!!!

[@thoughtgarden]

This exact model and color was my first car in 1986....good memories! Thanks for sharing...

[@BeastFromTheEast79]

Very cool video sir. Im in North Texas and have 2 1st gens. 1 Hatch and the other a Sedan. Obviously not as clean of an example as this one, but they are not rusted and saved from the elements. Excellent find :)

[@danebeck7900]

Used to have one of these. Forgot how cool that dashboard looks when you light it up!

[@efrainramos7593]

Hola Tengo un accord 1982 ubicado en Bogota Buen precio Se puede exportar Hablemos !!!

[@kainr.a2376]

Muy buen carro!!🤯 Saludos desde Colombia 👍💤

[@ji.s.c6519]

Un auto muy especial, de gratos recuerdos. 👍👍👍

[@graysonmonroeprescott861]

Very Special 👑

[@10cpaul]

Wow my mother had the same cat and i learned how to drive a stick on it.

[@saidtalha6883]

Very good

[@tbarto100]

This was my first car that I bought for I think $7k new. It was a great car.

[@efrainramos7593]

Hola Tengo accord 1982 Ubicado en Bogotá Se puede exportar Buen precio Hablemos !

[@jairocastellanos5929]

Ese carrito es una belleza, es muy bonito y economico potente

[@efrainramos7593]

Hola Tengoun Hondaaccord 1982 Ubicado en Bogota Buen precio Hablemos !!!

[@leonshackleford9585]

I love The Mk1 Honda Accords they look so much like the Triumph Acclaim Cars

[@jairocastellanos5929]

Tengo uno y quisiera arreglarlo bien

[@efrainramos7593]

Tengo accord 1982 buen estado Me es imposible invertirle para dejarlo cómo una joya... Busco quien lo pueda cuidar por otros 40 años Buen precio ! ubicado en Bogota Se puede exportar Hablemos !!!

[@leonshackleford9585]

I love the Saloons Honda Accords

[@DOLARDIS]

Hi, did you ever had to replace the front wiper blades?

[@AlbertoHernandez-ht8od]

It’s for sale ?

[@mattcoats896]

Looks cool. Wow 37k mikes

[@Psychlist1972]

There are a lot of these listed with low mileage. The thing is, the odometer rolls over at 99,999, so most of them are 100K+ if not 200K+. I mean, look at how worn the stick shift is in this. Mine had well over 100k back then and the shift knob wasn't anywhere near as worn. This is a beautiful example, though.

[@austindavid1862]

@@Psychlist1972 that thing looks brand new, no way is it over 100k

[@Psychlist1972]

@@austindavid1862 Mine looked similar when I got it, and I recall it had something like 100k miles in 1989-ish. Look at the clutch pedal wear, headrest wear, stick shift, back seat, chipping on the steering wheel hub, etc. It's just been well cleaned and detailed. I mean, it *could* have only 37k miles, but that is highly unlikely. Used car dealers were always shady about total mileage back then.

[@AlbertoHernandez-ht8od]

Is for sale ????

[@thewiseguy3529]

You could probably get $17,900 for that.