[Wally_Kalbacken]

Classic image. Particularly the color. For the first few years of the 70's it seemed like all Japanese imports were that color. The paint would chalk in about 3 years, and the cars rusted rapidly. They started out very bad, but they worked their way up the learning curve rapidly.

[SaveFerris]

Yeah, the paint wasn’t faded at the time. I remember looking at the driver’s door while waiting for the guy. I seem to recall it looked like an inch thick - it was probably 2 inches or less - outer shell, window and inner shell.

It had all the acceleration of my sister’s (eventually-owned) light puke purple Gremlin (why couldn’t she have bought one with a 401?).

I passed somebody in that Gremlin once. That was pretty dang scary. It must have been a 4-cylinder or something (dunno).

[FreedomPoster]

>>They started out very bad, but they worked their way up the learning curve rapidly.

I had an ‘81 Honda Accord that had the best paint job on any car we owned until I a bought an Audi in 2000. In between there was a Ford, a Chrysler, a Potiac, and an Olds, if memory serves. That Accord was really a great little sedan.