You can alos check out these two sites with many pictures and links.
http://www.dmrgutters.com/600/
http://zcoupe.freeyellow.com/
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Larry Miller wrote:
> Picture of the N series can be seen at:
> http://www.luk-korbmacher.de/Autos/n360.htm
>
> Picture of the Z can be seen at:
> http://www.luk-korbmacher.de/Autos/z600.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike MacLean" <macleans@earthlink.net>
> To: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
> Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:53 PM
> Subject: Re: need an automatic?
>
> > Larry,
> > In 1971 I bought a new Honda Z600 orange coupe. It kinda looked like
> a
> > stubby, small 240Z with a hatchback rear window. The rear window looked
> like a
> > diver's mask, or so I was told. The car came with a 598 cc two cylinder
> > motorcycle motor and I believe, 10 inch tires. A Road and Track article
> at the
> > time explained how to up the performance of this car and I did. I bored
> it out
> > to 750 cc and used the Honda 750 cc motorcycle pistons. I added a high
> rise cam
> > and oversized valves. The head was ported and polished. I put Koni
> shocks all
> > the way around and added wider tires. The car would stick to the road
> like a
> > slot car. The top end went from 75 MPH to 110 MPH, but you could not
> sustain
> > that speed for long, the engine would burn up. I burned it up twice. All
> the
> > independent Honda Mechanic did was to remove the top and bottom of the
> engine,
> > hone it out in the car and add new pistons and rings. It cost me a lot of
> bucks,
> > but it was worth it to see the face of the big Detroit iron V8 driver's
> faces
> > when you passed them on the freeway at over 100 MPH in something that
> could fit
> > in their trunk.
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >
> > Larry Miller wrote:
> >
> > > I just remembered that I took a Honda N600 (Honda's version of the Mini)
> in
> > > as part trade when I sold the MGC. The guy I sold the N600 to still has
> it
> > > and it still runs. Now there was a car that fun to drive. Anybody ever
> have
> > > one of those?
> > >
> > > Larry Miller
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
> > > To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:45 AM
> > > Subject: Re: need an automatic?
> > >
> > > > Had a '69 (4 speed with O/D) back in the early 70's. Cruise all day at
> 90
> > > > but you could not say the word "handle" is the same sentence as "MGC".
> I
> > > > traded a Firebird Formula 400 for it.
> > > >
> > > > Larry Miller
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> > > > To: "Kansa, Robert" <KansaR@diebold.com>;
> <team-thicko@autox.team.net>;
> > > > <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:23 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: need an automatic?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > or a 240Z with electrial demons...
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Kansa, Robert" <KansaR@diebold.com>
> > > > > To: "'Wm. Severin Thompson'" <wsthompson@thicko.com>;
> > > > > <team-thicko@autox.team.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:20 PM
> > > > > Subject: RE: need an automatic?
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