My 1971 n600 restoration

cfio · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:47 pm

Wats up everyone I'm new to the site so any tips are wellcome anything that gains more knowledge. I bought my n600 about 3 months ago (march 2010) It's currently at the shop geting the head gaskets changed, chain, roller, tensionor also new clutch and steering rack rebuilt. Mechanic said later this week should be done, can't wait to rev it up!!

Heres some pics getting home with the car.

This is something I did due to the header sheild was all broken.

rasta N · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:55 pm

sickk!!! a bought time man.

joaoh2ohonda · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:03 pm

Looks like a solid car, complete and running!

I am rebuilding a n600, in Portugal, but my car was really bad, when compared to yours.
Has for knowledge, I have the complete parts catalog and shop manual, If you want I will send it to you!
I also have a very good parts supplier here, and he is a specialist mecanic in these cars.
Be careful wile running without an air filter...

cfio · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:58 pm

Thanks joaoh and I got lucky on this one no major damage at all or rust and got it running just needed a tune up can't wait to get it bak hopefully this weekend. As for the manual I got it here on the web site thanks on that. As far as parts I'm looking for a dash board. Any help?
Heres actually a recent pic of the motor. Took it out just to clean an paint it.

joaoh2ohonda · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:35 am

With the air cleaner unit on it looks a lot better.
Has for the dash, what is the problem with yours?
I have an extra complete dash, with all the instruments and so on,the big problem is that the parts car I took it from had been vandalized, and the dash is broken in half, I am just keeping it for the instruments and other small bits.
The dash on my car is ok, I just had the top "padded" bit upholstered,and now it looks good

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My parts man has at least one brand new dash, but Icant imagine the price...

cfio · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:11 pm

I just had the top "padded" bit upholstered,and now it looks good

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My dash is just cracked and ofcourse, bad fading. I might have do something like u did, looks good. As for ur parts guy I'm sure $$$$.

joaoh2ohonda · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:57 pm

For most things, I do not consider his prices to be too hi, but some things are very rare and therefore are expensive, and the dash was surely an expensive replacement part, even back in the day...
In my dash the upholster guy used a flexible vinyl and made the hole thing without any seams, so it looks close to what it was when original

cfio · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:42 pm

Here's an up date of my car, got it bak from the shop and it's running good that same day got it registered "Cali plates".

After getting it home and driving the car around "fun car!!" time to start on the interior.

rasta N · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:44 am

lookin good man! movin along pretty quickly. i cant wait to see it with the 10s on it.

cfio · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:46 pm

After taking out all the carpet, I found all this...

Soo it's time to do some labor....

Just got my rims bak 2day from getting them powdercoated black.

rasta N · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:25 am

rims came out really nice.

cfio · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:03 am

Put the rims on the car, looks alot better now.

rasta N · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:06 am

that test drive we took was soo fun. i cant wait to finish mine.

Douglass · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:53 pm

Looks like its coming along really nice. Keep up the good work.

cfio · **Posted:** Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:25 pm

Update:
Soo after test driving the car, my breaks keep locking up. So I took out the master cylinder, took it to a buddy and took it apart cleaned it up and the release " presure hole" was clogged.. Cleaned it and now I have breaks.
Soo JCC was coming up and I decided to enter my car. it was time to make sure my car can make it to long beach.

Came across these tires on eBay so I picked them up.

I also need to change the front passenger shock "made it drive 10 times better"
Then after some lil bolts here and there and going 70mph on the freeway, I made it to the Queen Mary!!

vynx · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:55 pm

Nice work inside, looks like it had not much rust or at least not any hole, did you use a rust converter or just sanding?
Greetings and nice 600

cfio · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:31 pm

vynx wrote:

Nice work inside, looks like it had not much rust or at least not any hole, did you use a rust converter or just sanding?
Greetings and nice 600

I sanded everything, not too bad of rust I found one lil hole nothing bad. Thanks

Sven7 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:54 pm

Looks great. Were those first tires some sort of racing tire or what? They look fancy.

I love the JCCS photo- it's a rainbow of Hondas! :tu:

Robb · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:35 pm

Very nice !

cfio · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:32 pm

Another pic at The show

My 1971 n600 restoration

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