BajaNomad
Not logged in [Login - Register]

Go To Bottom
Printable Version  
Author: Subject: Honda's First Off Road Race Car
TMW
Select Nomad
*******




Posts: 10659
Registered: 9-1-2003
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 4-1-2019 at 11:19 AM
Honda's First Off Road Race Car


From Kevin Ward:

the current owner fired it up and ripped around the parking lot- sounded snappy! would be great to see it run in the NORRA event.






View user's profile
David K
Honored Nomad
*********


Avatar


Posts: 64479
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline

Mood: Have Baja Fever

[*] posted on 4-1-2019 at 12:10 PM


Sweet!
I remember seeing the first Subaru 4WD wagon in the 1975 Baja 1000 (Score's first 1000).




"So Much Baja, So Little Time..."

See the NEW www.VivaBaja.com for maps, travel articles, links, trip photos, and more!
Baja Missions and History On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bajamissions/
Camping, off-roading, Viva Baja discussion: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vivabaja


View user's profile Visit user's homepage
chuckie
Elite Nomad
******




Posts: 6082
Registered: 2-20-2012
Location: Kansas Prairies
Member Is Offline

Mood: Weary

[*] posted on 4-1-2019 at 03:02 PM


It wasn't the First HONDA.....Was it?
View user's profile
advrider
Super Nomad
****




Posts: 1847
Registered: 10-2-2015
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 4-1-2019 at 06:45 PM


Very cool.
View user's profile
willardguy
Elite Nomad
******




Posts: 6451
Registered: 9-19-2009
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 4-1-2019 at 07:01 PM


failed CV joint was its demise.

A failure in the CV joint drive hub snap rings caused them to come apart when the car would jump, and become airborne… Every time this happened, [Robertson] would get out and shove the hub back into place, and go a bit farther until it would come apart again. He did this until the early morning. Exhausted, he threw in the towel, and the little N600 was returned back home, a little worse for the wear.

[Edited on 4-2-2019 by willardguy]
View user's profile
chuckie
Elite Nomad
******




Posts: 6082
Registered: 2-20-2012
Location: Kansas Prairies
Member Is Offline

Mood: Weary

[*] posted on 4-1-2019 at 07:06 PM


Imagine what they could do now, if they wanted to!
View user's profile
willardguy
Elite Nomad
******




Posts: 6451
Registered: 9-19-2009
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 4-1-2019 at 08:29 PM


Quote: Originally posted by chuckie  
Imagine what they could do now, if they wanted to!


build a bike that can finish Dakar and a competitive F1 car? :lol:
View user's profile
4x4abc
Ultra Nomad
*****


Avatar


Posts: 4163
Registered: 4-24-2009
Location: La Paz, BCS
Member Is Offline

Mood: happy - always

[*] posted on 4-1-2019 at 08:40 PM


lets not forget - without Dave Ekins and Billy Robertson Jr. driving down Baja in 1962 on Honda's new Honda CL72 Scrambler motorcycle there would be no Baja 1000



Harald Pietschmann
View user's profile Visit user's homepage
basautter
Senior Nomad
***




Posts: 862
Registered: 7-1-2013
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 4-2-2019 at 05:38 AM


Awesome!

Attachment: Jay2.MHT (216kB)
This file has been downloaded 212 times

Attachment: Jay2.MHT (216kB)
This file has been downloaded 223 times

View user's profile

  Go To Top

 






All Content Copyright 1997- Q87 International; All Rights Reserved.
Powered by XMB; XMB Forum Software © 2001-2014 The XMB Group






"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez

 

"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

 

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes

 

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

 

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law







Thank you to Baja Bound Mexico Insurance Services for your long-term support of the BajaNomad.com Forums site.







Emergency Baja Contacts Include:

Desert Hawks; El Rosario-based ambulance transport; Emergency #: (616) 103-0262