1965 Honda S600 Fastback coupe, first restoration project

kev84 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:15 am

thanks ed

car would be cruiser and showcar. well wont be long distance, but like a trip to the grocery store and department store

would be joining vintage car shows for showing off though. ed, im going to reupholster everything. all my money would be spent on this car

kev84 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:15 pm

Car completely grinded and new parts arrived from Japan.

Brake lights, reverse lights, number plate lights, side mirror rubbers and VIN number stickers

eduardo i. · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:48 pm

Thats some nice progress. :shock:

, whare did you get those vin number stickers, where they specially made?

I cant remember if i already asked, but what color is the car going to be?

colink · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:23 pm

New parts look good sooooo when do we think it will have some paint then? :lol:

kev84 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:38 pm

thanks guys, jnc has been down, this is updates from a couple of days ago

paint stripped finished and painted primer

neigbouring car doing a AE101 Corolla SEG conversion to AE111 Sprinter tail lamps, nice

kev84 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:51 pm

Well, I went to the chrome shop and suprised they haven't done anything yet. I'm really hoping they'd finish it up soon. God, all my stuffs has been laying in dust. I guess the painter wasn't the only one being slow. LOL

I realised there's tons of old Honda motorcycles there and some old Honda Parts. Seems like the chrome guy must be a Honda motorcyle fan. He has the Honda 90 under restoration

poindextrose15 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:27 pm

Looking good! I would have like to have seen this when it was green

kev84 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:57 am

what do u mean green? lol, haha thanks for the compliment

anyways, guy filled with putty/fiber on the roof and welding spots

eduardo i. · **Posted:** Sat Feb 27, 2010 5:43 am

How is that 1k putty hardened? Is it by temperature?Its amazing that they didnt have to use bondo :shock:

, they must have spent alot of time staightening metal right?

kev84 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:24 am

well asia is pretty warm, especially this part of the world. i am 7 degrees north of the equator. i think this is just normal temp, so perhaps it dries better?

yeah i think they did a lot of straightening works. kudos to them

more smoothing work

kev84 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:49 am

anyways, the next door welder, helped me to fill up some holes, buried under the old paint. hopefully primering works is on schedule

kev84 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:55 am

skunk, sad to say, but no one gives a proper care about safety and such, its just sad!

ansarghani · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:37 am

going good! :tu:

kev84 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:32 am

thanks guy, i really cant wait to see it painted, really!

today the painter helped primer the right hand side. hopefully to get the whole car primered soon. next door welding working on a ke20 coupe, nice!

kev84 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:20 am

today i chose the color from the color swatch provided by the paint supplier shop

i chose c, row number four (code C4, plastic dynamite color indeed)

eduardo i. · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:35 pm

Thats a great yellow color

, its not too strong and looks classy.The paint brand is also really good

.Keep up the quality project it is, cant wait to see it finished.Are the chrome parts ready?

kev84 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:55 am

chrome parts are not ready ed.

i now find out that im in a dilemma and indecisive in the color

im trying to copy the golden yellow color off the honda s800 into this car.

there is no code Y-13 and i am not sure how the color looks like

looking at the spectrum, it could be E, row5, it seems to have a shade of green

i dont know how it looks like to everyone, but anyone with great eyes, please let me know, thanks. heres sample pic of the s800 rsc

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/internati ... -s800.html

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008/05 ... -hall.aspx

eduardo i. · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:09 pm

Those are some nice pictures

,They sure make one want to rstore old hondas

. I would say the color is something in between the F5 and the E5.Perhaps the picture of the one outside the museum is a different color from the rsc race car?
You should ask for the color code in the following forum, Its also really nice.You should post a link to your proyect there too

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http://www.1stgencivic.org/world/c1zr/m ... m.php?f=98

I can ask the question for you there if you want

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kev84 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:32 pm

sure, well help me ask if you could. feels awkward since my car isnt a first gen. haha

anyways, i have additional info from a fellow Just-S members

Hello Kevin.
The color code plate on the fire wall of my '67 S800 clearly states the color as being code Y-13. If you would like more information, go to this web site and email the shop that restored my car and ask for the manufacturer and type of paint they used to match the original Honda Y-13 color. It is an exact match!.
http://www.harborvette.com/honda.htm
Good luck!
John

Kevin.
IMHO the best match is C-4.
John

eduardo i. · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:48 am

Asked, lets see if I get replies

1965 Honda S600 Fastback coupe, first restoration project

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