Restoration Progress of Soichiro Honda's Gem, 1965 Honda S600

[Kevin Lee]

car welding works finishing up and relining it

 

[LittleWhiteWagon]

WOOHOO! Then after this painting?
Im so excitied to see it gleaming in the yellow paint you wanna paint it haha

 

[Kevin Lee]

yes, painting it indeed LWW, damn ur posting is fast, lol!

todays update

 

[LittleWhiteWagon]

Whats LWW?
Haha damn right, im following this thread arent I? Its so cool to see the car coming to life, its like been given a 2nd chance to live again... So sad this isnt so popular among the younger guys :bebored:

 

[wsukun]

LWW, means littlewhitewagon la
kev did type LWW and tell what is stands for before right?
i so long din surf the net d
its nice to see the restoration still kicking

 

[LittleWhiteWagon]

Twice I forgot, HOW FAIL CAN I GET?
Hahaha I really must cuba ingat my initals lah

 

[Kevin Lee]

welding works finished, so busy showing my british friend around my town.

anyways, heres picture of her modelling with the car and the honda tuning mag!

 

[TitanRev]

Nice...finally the car will be coming back to life again.....nice work....the seats still looks very new in the picture....you changed it already or it was originally like that new?

 

[Kevin Lee]

seats were refabricated by the ex-owner to cloth material, not the original touch, as the original was black vinyl. so i will replace them once the car is finished up.

anyways, car welded for a bill of rm3500! damn. car was then collected and towed to the painters. lets see what the painters can do!

look at how tiny this car is, in comparison to a kancil

 

[JerKinXx]

Wow.... this is going to be epic :D

 

[TitanRev]

very cute car....

 

[wsukun]

3.5k is worth la kev
imagine magazines around the world interview you
then ppl shooting movies rent your car
appear on front page magazine somemore
or even calendar blowout
wahh... side income leh
haha... again i remind dont u forget the welding uncle..

 

[USJ101]

welding works finished, so busy showing my british friend around my town.

anyways, heres picture of her modelling with the car and the honda tuning mag!

Is she your girlfriend?

 

[LittleWhiteWagon]

Awesome stuff man
Seats you going for vinyl or black leather?

 

[wsukun]

i heard kev said he's going for recaro fabric and some silk on the pads together with some "typeR" red stitches and bride railing as the finishing touch...

 

[LittleWhiteWagon]

HAHAHAHAHA. Silk pads, i'd looove to see his seats when hes cornering hard
The recaro fabric would be cool if he was restore + modding his car though

 

[Kevin Lee]

lol guys, no such thing. i'd consider recaro bucket seats and takata seatbelts to go with the car. maybe like a retro s2000 car hahah

USJ101, she said ILY yesterday, so i guess she is now

not much update with the painters. only started removing parts from the car again. at the mean time, other parts needed to be chromed and electroplated were sent to a specialist in ipoh, the state capital of my area. the specialist also does up the crown prince's triumph, could be a good thing with the quality and price then i hope!

 

[skalock77]

eager to know how the look after painting......:D

 

[Kevin Lee]

cant wait too myself, skalock :D

anyways, the painter is gonna throw acid on top of the car now, so he is preparing for that :D

measured the pistons at 55.235 . i managed to find some new pistons in johor and some other s600 New Old Stock parts :D looking nice now!

 

[LittleWhiteWagon]

Kev, how does it feel to see your baby going to be painted? Haha.

Why not go for bride seats with takata harnesses instead of Recaro?... Recaros very euro but takata is super JDM, kinda odd. Just my 2 cents worth :rolleyes: