My 1981 Honda Accord Pt 1(of 2)

Walk around of a classic old Honda car!

[@FPH-yi8yl]

I love your car! I have a 1981 Civic 1500 GL.

[@AngelRivera-to8je]

WUAO PERFECT

[@ksk101963]

Love to do this with my mom's car like this it's silver with red interior

[@HamiltonSRink]

I remember back in the day, a first year Prelude with silver and red interior. Very stunning! The radio was mounted high in the dash with the main knobs right next to each other. As if they redesigned the radio just for the car. I only ever saw one, that one.

[@ksk101963]

@@HamiltonSRink yes that car they didn't make as many as the accord's but yes it too was a very nice looking car as well I just wish they would have made a better carb to put on both like the aftermarket Weber that allot of people are going to but I wish they could make a adapter plate so you could use the stock air cleaner underneath of it

[@HamiltonSRink]

@@ksk101963 Actually, as I was a factory trained Honda tech working flat rate at the local dealership, I had the opportunity to learn what gives with that carb. The carburetor was truly excellent. All carburetors need to be serviced every 5 years or so. The Keihin 3 bore carb is no different. The mixture is quite precise, and if you had a slow leak in the distributor vaccum advance diaphram, or the vaccum controlled bowl vent, or the choke pull off, or anywhere for that matter, it ran poorly. If the customer was a little old lady who thought 24mph was just fine, it would carbon up the auxliary valve. In short, they had their idiosyncracies, but the carb was really well made, and worked well most of the time. The webers were resorted to by those who did not have the patience to learn the Honda way. The webers ran ok, but the emissions were greater than the stock carb and all systems working well. Personally, I liked the Keihin carb.

[@ZiadRahhal]

Good job. Where do you find spare parts for it? I need them for my own similar Honda Accord in order to be able to keep it.

[@HamiltonSRink]

I had parts because I broke cars, and I was a Honda dealership mechanic. Plus, before it became collectable, Ebay was a treasure trove of parts, at very low prices. I do still have a few parts left over. I sold the car, What are you looking for?

[@brandonledesma4013]

I thinking of buying one is it worth it or do they not sale parts for them no more?

[@HamiltonSRink]

Parts are hard to find, these days.