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bender
 Post subject: Early Accord Design Sketch
PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:39 am 

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I just came upon this early sketch on the Honda Worldwide site and wanted to share it. I can't help but notice that the rear 3/4 view bares a strikingly resemblance to the AMC Pacer. Here is a link to the Honda Worldwide story about the development of the first generation of Accords if you are interested. http://world.honda.com/history/challeng ... index.html

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Tripmaster
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:17 am 

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Good find. Looks like early Accords were meant to roll on deep dish wheels :D
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2ndGenGuy
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They were also supposed to be RWD, and be a competitor with the Mustang. If only... but then they would probably be way cooler and I wouldn't be able to have mine. :)

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tumminello123
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Looks an awful lot like the shape of a 1971 Ford Pinto:

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Garant
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on a semi-related note, i came across this pic on cardomain
and got me wondering how small of bumpers came on the non-usa accords

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Sven7
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VERY cool stuff. I'd love to see moaaarrr. Why don't they release old design sketches?

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john
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Sven7 wrote:
Why don't they release old design sketches?


because they get stolen and posted on internet forums... :P
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KresSlyda180
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2ndGenGuy wrote:
They were also supposed to be RWD, and be a competitor with the Mustang.

That seems about right... since the mid 70s Mustang IIs were slow 4 cylinder shitboxes to begin with.

No way they could've competed with the V8 Stangs.

Although, for reliability, I'd go with the Honda.
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