The Honda Accord is now in its eleventh era, closing in on a half-century because the first Saitama-built examples joined the Civic in American Honda showrooms. The primary-generation 1976-1981 Accords have develop 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 accessible solely in hatchback kind at first, with the sedan model added for the 1979 mannequin 12 months in america market.
This exquisitely Malaise Period paint coloration was named Catherine Brown. The 1980 Accord was additionally accessible in such colours as Amall Blue, Longleet Gold, Saint Moritz Silver and Sophia Pink.
When automobiles rust in coastal California, they have an inclination to take action from the highest down. The hatch on this automotive is fairly far gone.
The inside seems to be good for age 44.
Honda did not go to six-digit odometers in its U.S.-market automobiles till 1981, so we will not 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 guide transmissions received 72 horsepower, however this automotive has the Hondamatic automated (a bizarre motorcycle-derived unit that could possibly be thought-about 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 effectively over 3,200 kilos, by the best way.
The Jeco clock was normal 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 photographs of this automotive with it.
These JDM fender mirrors seemed 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.