Junkyard Gem: 1980 Honda Accord Hatchback

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The Honda Accord is now in its eleventh era, closing in on a half-century since the primary Saitama-built examples joined the Civic in American Honda showrooms. The primary-generation 1976-1981 Accords have turn into skinny on the bottom in American junkyards in recent times, however this ’80 hatchback appeared in a boneyard close to Santa Cruz not way back.


The Accord was out there solely in hatchback type at first, with the sedan model added for the 1979 mannequin yr in america market.


This exquisitely Malaise Period paint colour was named Catherine Brown. The 1980 Accord was additionally out there in such colours as Amall Blue, Longleet Gold, Saint Moritz Silver and Sophia Pink.


When vehicles rust in coastal California, they have a tendency to take action from the highest down. The hatch on this automotive is fairly far gone.


The inside seems good for age 44.


Honda did not go to six-digit odometers in its U.S.-market vehicles till 1981, so we won’t know whether or not this automotive had 97,352 or 497,452 miles on the finish. One of the best-traveled Accord I’ve ever present in a junkyard was an ’88 with 626,476 miles (topped solely by a 631k-mile Volvo 240, a 648k-mile Camry and a 949k-mile Avalon).


The engine is a 1751cc straight-four with the CVCC stratified-charge fuel-delivery system, rated at 68 horsepower and 94 pound-feet.


The 1980 Accords with five-speed handbook transmissions bought 72 horsepower, however this automotive has the Hondamatic automated (a bizarre motorcycle-derived unit that might be thought of a two-speed or a three-speed, relying in your definitions).


The curb weight of this automotive was a mere 2,145 kilos, roughly the identical as that of the 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage. The present Accord scales in at properly over 3,200 kilos, by the best way.


The Jeco clock was customary tools, uncommon for such an reasonably priced automotive on the time.


The MSRP for this automotive with Hondamatic was $6,199, or about $25,062 in 2024 {dollars}.


I had a 1940 Agfa Speedex movie digital camera with me on my journey to California junkyards, as one does, and I took a couple of pictures of this automotive with it.

These JDM fender mirrors appeared good on the Accord.

Honda wasn’t constructing Accords in Ohio when this automotive was new (the primary one rolled off the Marysville line in late 1982), however they examined them there.

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