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Great little sports car, I had the Honda S800 coupe in the early 70's, slightly more powerful at 70bhp. It had been repainted in Lotus JPS black with pinstriping, not my most favourite look, but an absolute hoot to drive and left the Midgets/MGB's in its wake. Listening to the sound of the engine during JL's drive brought back fond memories.

I've looked at buying one again, most rebuilt one's are getting expensive these days and parts availability even back in the early 70's was pretty thin then with long lead times as most parts had to come direct from Japan, dealers carried very few spares for them, which could lead to long periods off the road. I couldn't get a replacement windscreen back in the 70's when it cracked following a stone chip, so had to sell it on for spares. From memory the chain drive diff had gone with the S800. Very underrated cars, a hoot to rev the engine and it handled pretty well and with the coupe a massive load area in the back even 4 up with my Aunt in the front and my much younger brother and sister always cadging a ride down to the farm crouched up on the rear deck of the car. The things we used to do back then!