By Robert Emslie
I know this isn’t Friday, which is when we usually do Mystery Car, but then again, this isn’t a usual Mystery Car picture either, now is it? Here, instead of a mere sliver of an exterior shot, you’re getting the whole dashboard. You can tell a lot from a dash, and so I’m sure you’ll have this Mystery Dash figured out in your usual record time. What we want is make, model and year range. And for extra points – actually there’s no points at all, but you’ll be all proud if you can get it – what engine is under the hood, or floor, or wherever it keeps it?
And. . . THINK!
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Kamil Kaluski
Hmm…. small, RHD, column-shift manual, appears to be denominated in MPH. So, very likely English… Also looks like it has a transmission hump for RWD.
I wish I had a better knowledge of 60's UK iron, but that's my vague guess.
Where the hell I can find interior photo of older, seventies, say 1974 Reliant Robin? Google fail. Anyway, that's my guess.
Edit: wrong guess, must be electric (no points)?
Well, of course that's the dash to a….ummm… I don't really know. The first thing that comes to mind is a Vauxhall Victor but I'm probably not right.
Clearly, it is not a Humber Super Snipe.
No bloody clue on this one.
I was thinking Japanese, rather than British. An old Datsun?
I'm leaning Japanese as well, for no reason other than the absence of the usual style and roundness you will usually see in a British car.
Sort of going out on a limb here, but a Honda L700/800? I could swear I see the Honda H on the steering wheel, and it seems simple and utilitarian enough to fit.
L700 would be my guess, too. Look at the pic of the dashboard in the brochure:
<img src="http://hondasportsregistry.com/images/brochures/L700brochure1_2.jpg">
Gotta agree– the pedals and door release are also right for early Hondas.
Wow. Well done.
I'm going to give you this one, but unlike Alex Trebek, I prefer the answer not to be in the form of a question.
Good job, yes it's a 1965 Honda L700 light delivery. It used the drivetrain (including the DOHC 687-cc 52-horse four) from the S600. The L700 had but a single year model run, being replaced by the hairier-chested (58-hp) L800 in '66.
I should've known watching that much Jeopardy in my formative years would have a negative effect.
Also, would this be the model from the Honda Collection?
I can't tell from the photos (and I cannot read the Japanese brochure); Is this a front- or rear-wheel drive vehicle? Wikipedia makes reference to the Honda S600 having chain-drive to each rear wheel, but I don't know if that applies to the L700.
Wonder what the big 52 refers to? The horsepower, or the MPG? Or both?
Rust-MyEnemy wishes it to be known that he made a guess that was laughably, hopelessly wide of the mark and that he can rightly be condemned to driving a Ford Aspire for the rest of his life.
You're being much too hard on yourself. Feel free to upgrade your ride to a Hyundai S Coupé Turbo.
"Upgrade"? You're very kind.
I did say "Turbo!"
Rescue attempt (it worked!)
The Scoupe was actually a very nice econobox! While this will out me as an even greater pervert than my admission of liking the Mustang II, I will go on record as someone who honestly liked the naturally aspirated Scoupe LSi. Yes, handling was scary in the snow or above 70 mph, but it was extremely reliable and in a landscape filled with nothing but gray Corollas and Sunnys it stood out as a distinctive design.
"They did do a turbo!"
"Not on this one."
"…Not on this one."
Also, for the era, and the size of car, I'm going to guess that we're looking at one of the fabled 4-on-the-tree manual transmissions.
Well, it is definitely not an NSX dash.
<img src="http://images.pistonheads.com/aimg/825/825034-4.jpg">
Red interiors always make me think I'm looking at a surgery manual.
Honestly, I find the NSX dash kind of depressingly accord-like and a bit of a let-down from the rest of the car. Has Honda done a single distinctive looking interior in the last 20 years? It seems like they're always nice but vanilla. I'll take the red leather though.
Let me guess…you've looked at a photo of a supermodel and said, "nice, but she has long, skinny hands."
And I was so certain that it was one of those less-remembered Jaguars, based entirely on that fuzzy horn button.