Just a Honda Nerd Thing: 8500rpm S800 Imported into Hong Kong From the UK

[@DirtyDuramax]

I’m a plumber and originally a Honda nerd since i was a kid. One day i was working in a customers house and asked him if the interior panels sitting on the floor in the basement were from a 90-93 integra. He was shocked i knew what they were. He proceeded to tell me about his two sons who built a DA integra endurance car. Then said “if you think that’s cool you should see what i have in the garage. The door opens and my jaw dropped. There sat a Honda s600 and a Toyota s800. And also a Vespa car. He told me i could drive it when it was done but i lost touch and can’t remember what house he lived in. You never know what’s sitting behind someone’s house.

[@brycebrown1]

I'm a carpet layer, similar experience meeting a guy with two BMW 2002s... one he'd owned 40 years, the other full race. The car world unites 🙂

[@morphiasas]

Frank is so witty and funny... He's the kind of friends you have around that always wipe out funny phrases like champ, such a joy to talk to and chill😂😂😂

[@wickedpony4633]

Loved this video. The car, the owner, and his story were very entertaining. Thanks again for an enjoyable experience.

[@mattcook3801]

So, my old man is a Honda nerd, used to race an S800, so this speaks to me. This video is great, the owner of this car is a legend. Loved this.

[@amduser86]

honda s800 was the first honda sold in germany. about 10 years ago they did cost next to nothing (about 15k) and people germany just like the engine that was truly ahead of it times

[@reinerhildebrand5915]

This S800, what a beauty! Stunning pictures!

[@all4thedriversubaru815]

Wow Larry! Thank you for taking us on your travels. Please support this gentleman and buy his prints! Not a day goes by I dont stare at my Daniel Wu print for a good while and feel better. Best money iv ever spent!

[@benjohnston997]

Just last week came across a Honda S800 restoration project that’s apparently going to be up for auction soon - so cool to see it in depth here!

[@angeloah]

Good to see another one pop up. I dig these a lot. Soft top hard top, no top. They are cool little beasts.

[@rekleif]

It had 70hp so it can't be that slow. It was also famous for revving all the way to 10k rpm, reliably. It has roller bearings in the engine so you won't kill your engine quite as fast with no oil pressure, just like a motorbike.... Honda are masters of engines, this is what they did 55 years ago.....

[@ChandonP]

Love this dude's vibe

[@josephnerney4823]

Shout frank good dude had a great shop in auckland before he left, held some rad events

[@dstevens518]

Love these Honda models, both this one and Daniel's, that you previously covered. Fun in its purest form.

[@westincello]

Always wanted one of these cars in the coupe version. Looks so slick, I wish something in this style was available today.

[@josephmatuszak3855]

The 1300S Coupe is my favorite Honda. I would love to L15B7 swap one as a RWD. Lightweight, but got that sweet notchy 70's look.

[@hdoglesby]

Love this car and the owner's awesome attitude. Larry out there covering to most unique and obscure cars

[@VirtualGuth]

Awesome car, awesome owner, awesome story. It would have been interesting to see this S800 parked next to the yellow S660 that was there in the same lot.

[@shiftyslc]

The Honk Gauge going wild at 23:53 on the far left. What a cool car.

[@Christopher-martin39]

Always enjoy watching your videos of different cars

[@IDv8I]

Very cool car and story, never heard of that Honda. I wanted to make note that casually in the background of the video I noticed a plate with NSX R on it at 2:50, you just never know what you will see in the Asian vlogs, and it is so cool. Great vlogs this trip for sure Larry, ty.

[@sar1352]

Pretty sure this is Hong Kong tho

[@IDv8I]

@@sar1352 oops, ty, I fixed it. I thought it was Japan because he has been doing a bunch of videos from there lately.

[@pipoms]

this is the prettiest car i've ever seen 😮💖

[@Skiridr22]

I enjoyed this episode so much brought back childhood memories, I drove one of those in Jamaica I was a big mini cooper fan and almost switched to the S800 😊

[@mrfunatparties6763]

That dark blue src looks sick. I remember i saw it in grand turismo 4 and the minute danny showed his i knew they would go up in price

[@A2KLAU]

OMG! You were in Hong Kong?? P.S. This guy doing his builds in his car park is totally unheard of in Hong Kong! The level of respect this dude deserves is off the charts! It’s not like how we have the luxury of a driveway and garage in the west.

[@6rimR3ap3r]

Fun thing about Germany and the Honda S is the myth of the broken engine dyno. It says a university revved one of these to 13.000rpm until it exploded - the dyno, not the engine :-D My father used to be a car mechanic here in Germany in the late 60s, mostly NSU. But of all cars in the world one of their customers had a Honda S500/600/800 and my dad vividly remembers adjusting the valves with shims.

[@Starbord77]

Thank you Larry!!! We love honda engineering

[@Ginbaubabe]

19:01 DLS the infamous road block at Sunny Bay 😂 Motoring in HK is so frustrating

[@calexwhite8724]

Man you got to revisit with this guy after while. That guy needs a KZbin channel, he’s entertaining

[@badassme]

Hi Larry! I own the yellow S800 with RSC wheels and Abarth exhaust you recently saw here in Manila. Awesome feature that I can totally relate!

[@badassme]

Matthias Ortmann from Germany is definitely our parts guy!

[@brycebrown1]

Love it! So, so cool! And, kia ora from New Zealand! Amazing how often we come up in the car world.

[@AdinSLaboy]

Wow very good story now I'm not gonna complete doing mine that got parts all over 😅 my respect for this guy❤

[@scottmaz4063]

What an amazing car

[@josephmatuszak3855]

I want one of these soooooooo badly. I've had a dream of shoving a flat 6 from a certain Honda touring bike into it....

[@possibly8180]

Would a goldwing engine fit in the bay?

[@simblorr]

Uncle Frank! So fierce.

[@bukwok]

larry chen in hong kong !

[@85gt]

To go full nerd, and bring in both a German and New Zealand connections seeing the owner is a ex-Kiwi. F1 / sports car champion driver - Denny Hulme drove a s600/s800 to class victory at 1964 Nurburgring 500 race, the equivalent of todays 24hour.. Likely why the S series were popular both in NZ and in Germany. Was also Honda's first ever win in motorsports and the inspiration / validation to go on and build world beating F1 powerplants.

[@andrewbryant8814]

Yea cool , there’s a guy end of my street with a mint restored S800 tucked away in his garage here in Auckland NewZealand , daily drives a FK8 type r . I’m amazed car guys don’t know about these cars .

[@85gt]

@@andrewbryant8814 Hi Andrew, as a suffering car tragic, I have found most "car guys", even the guy above you mention are mostly only interested in one brand, one country or one type of car, ie RWD American only etc.. Nothing wrong with that, some people only like one type of music... problem is they never wear headphones.

[@garlenseong38]

Definitely a unique vehicle...

[@UncleManuel]

"And I took off the soft-top. 3 horsepower, baby!" 😂😁🤟

[@Ice-Crime]

superfastmatt enter the chat.

[@connoisseuroftigolbitts]

it’s so cute, I love it so much! 😍🥰😭

[@shelbybut7562]

Welcome to Hong Kong~

[@MrGrentch]

"tropical dial" 😁 fellow watch nerd too. 👍

[@modocroughstock5700]

Hey Larry, guide me to a site that specifically deals in the cvcc 79.. new to Hondas but I found a clean low mileage one..There's a S-2000 in a garage, in Lakeside Montana..

[@mikelyon5595]

I have never seen an S800 in the US, but I have seen multiple S600s! The scary thing to me is the Price of S2000s!

[@urivalkrinkonov]

Frank! Og nz all motor crew!

[@mickael7778]

Beautiful!

[@Ginbaubabe]

Very very nice car, but who with a sane mind would move from NZ to HK 😂

[@Tony-ui8eg]

I always wanted one of these, my s2k could use a partner lol

[@franciscoon1083]

Honda cool 😎

[@boredom.victim]

Goldwing swap? 😂 ❤ it!

[@4dshow]

Is this og 10 sec evo Frank?

[@CrannyNoko]

Hell yeah

[@bomade2621]

Does anyone know if a 2015 Honda S660 engine would work on an S600?

[@spencersgarage]

Fun car

[@AngelLopez-hc2df]

❤ Toyota Corolla GR 2024 ❤

[@geraldschreiner9485]

❤

[@mikeypv6]

I can't believe how much the roads in Hong Kong look like the UK roads... I genuinely thought you were in the UK

[@turbod15]

British owned

[@orrettdouglas2723]

Wow

[@thomaslarsen9867]

Its actually more like 70 hp.

[@Haffschlappe]

Sadly due to Schlaboubve laws in EU soon All Gas cars will be forbidden!

[@wr1ght939]

If the engine blows this thing would fuck with an S2000 drivetrain.

[@_IMNNO]

NGL, I thought the first two images were AI generated.

[@kingn8dagr8]

8500 rpm and yet...i scrolled through the whole video looking for that redline pull. not a single one... disappointed.

[@possibly8180]

9:37 I mean that's pretty reasonable for an aging parts-starved car.

[@Just_Modify]

Just K swap it and be done.

[@Agraviadore]

The only good Honda is a RWD Honda.

[@sezuawn3861]

Second: other guy is a bot.

[@socaldatsun6910]

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