# Smithenhiven's 1964 Honda S600 restoration thread.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [May 25, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448 "2006-05-25T13:45:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@smithenhiven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smithenhiven)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/1 "2006-05-25T13:45:16Z")
Since this project is picking up some pace, I figured I’d post some pics/info:
About the car: 1964 Honda S600, 22,000 original Kilometers (that’s something like 13000ish miles), early S500 style glass covered headlights (only the first few hundred S600’s came like this). Oldest known “S600” to exist in the US.
Some pics,
When I first got the car:
The interior: needs fully restored (if anybody on here does reupholstery work, shot me a PM).
The engine, 606cc DOHC quad carb, 4 cyclinder:
Taking the drivetrain out of the car soon to repaint the engine bay:
The plan is to do an all original restoration, bring it back to how it left the factory (well except for the carbs, I don’t want to rebuild the original sidedrafts, so the Mikuni’s will do).
I’ll post some more pics soon, when I pull the engine, send it out for some paint touchups, etc…
Thanks for looking.
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### Author:  [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/2 "2006-05-25T13:49:03Z")
supercool 🆒
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### Author:  [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/3 "2006-05-25T13:49:45Z")
> [@rookee](#):
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> supercool 🆒
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Morris](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mark_Morris)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/4 "2006-05-25T14:11:36Z")
Really cool! 🙂
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### Author:  [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/5 "2006-05-25T15:14:08Z")
awesome
very unique
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### Author:  [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/6 "2006-05-25T15:16:34Z")
different, is that where the S2000 got some of its heritage?
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### Author:  [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/7 "2006-05-25T15:20:01Z")
wow thats unique.
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### Author:  [@grindpunk16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grindpunk16)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/8 "2006-05-25T18:44:11Z")
yep and that is awesome!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/9 "2006-05-25T20:07:36Z")
Look in goooooooood. Need any help setting up the Carbs? Mike loves playing with the Mikuni’s.
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### Author:  [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/10 "2006-05-25T22:00:07Z")
thats so awesome! i want a early 70’s civic
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### Author:  [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/11 "2006-05-26T06:05:33Z")
looks like an awesome, and expensive project. good luck
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### Author:  [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/12 "2006-05-26T16:55:05Z")
looks like a fun project.
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### Author:  [@smithenhiven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smithenhiven)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/13 "2006-05-27T20:25:20Z")
Thanks for the compliments eveyone.
Today I was able to get the engine/tranny out of the car, I’m going to repaint the engine bay, try to clean up and polish what I can on the engine. I’m just waiting on some key parts to arrive and this car should be on the road by the end of summer.
I’ll post some more pics next week.
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### Author:  [@smithenhiven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smithenhiven)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/14 "2006-05-31T09:34:23Z")
Some pics from this weekend, pulled the engine/tranny out.
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### Author:  [@Habib88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Habib88)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/15 "2006-05-31T23:10:54Z")
> [@Quik](#):
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> different, is that where the S2000 got some of its heritage?
Yea oddly enough, Honda went from building RWD roadsters to FWD shitboxes (j/k). I dunno if you could fit a V8 in there quik you may just want to stick with the S2000 on that idea hehe.
smithenhiven - I dunno if you go to the Pittburgh Vintage Gran Prix at all but that past few years a S800? I think keeps showing up to race and doesn’t to half bad at all. Thats a awesome project though, very different. Is it safe to say you can’t get any parts from a honda dealership or does some other company supply them? Keep up the good work I can’t wait to see that when its done.
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### Author:  [@smithenhiven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smithenhiven)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smithenhivens-1964-honda-s600-restoration-thread/182448/16 "2006-06-01T05:49:36Z")
> [@Habib88](#):
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> smithenhiven - I dunno if you go to the Pittburgh Vintage Gran Prix at all but that past few years a S800? I think keeps showing up to race and doesn’t to half bad at all. Thats a awesome project though, very different. Is it safe to say you can’t get any parts from a honda dealership or does some other company supply them? Keep up the good work I can’t wait to see that when its done.
I’ve never seen the S800 at the PGP, but I was told before about one showing up, I’ll have to go next time to check it out. Yeah, Honda stopped selling parts for these cars in the early 90’s I believe, there’s a few company’s in Japan, Europe, and Australia that sell reproduction parts, and many people sell NOS parts.