Revs rides

[Blueprint]

June 94 when I turned 16 I got my first job at a local Honda dealership. The first new car I ever drove was a 94 Accord I dealer transferred to Edmonton from Calgary, returning in a lowly Odyssey minivan. I remember that car still. Been many moons since I saw a nice 5th gen Accord. Picked this 97 up this week. Traded in at a Honda store. The body looks great for a 29 year old car, no rust anywhere. I'll post some inside pics, its unreliably clean. I love these old cars that seemed to escape time by carful owners. Common cars like this get used up and tossed away.

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Really nice Accord!

[Revelations]

Was really hoping my Daughter would take to it. No joy. Too beige and boring. At least I've managed to veer her off the PT Cruiser idea lol.

[TheHire]

I absolutely love that Accord - I still would love to own a CB7 ('93ish) EX-R Coupe in that teal someday... that'd probably replace the Integra Type R in my garage (because I am supremely weird)

[Revelations]

I absolutely love that Accord - I still would love to own a CB7 ('93ish) EX-R Coupe in that teal someday... that'd probably replace the Integra Type R in my garage (because I am supremely weird)

Hey, it's ok to be weird! There's a teal EX-R sedan local. Older gent always drives it. Looks fairly clean. I love that gen Accord and a 2dr 5 speed would be nice.

[Johnnymac]

Man they really don't make them like they used to.  The 90's to me were kind of peak family sedan era.  The reliable choices were the Camry and Accord,  it there were some decent things coming from domestics as well, who can forget the first generation Ford Taurus SHO with that cool Yamaha 6 cylinder.  Sad that it likely won't ever be repeated.

[Revelations]

Bought this 2001 Silverado 4x4 recently with 140,000 kms. Hoping to ring the bell on this one price wise, hard to find in this condition for sure. Sadly its just a gas job, but that's a plus to some I guess. Sucks that my USA buyer has shifted gears completely out of trucks and into classic/muscle cars, I'd just punt it south and enjoy the sweet exchange rate.

[Firm]

Man, what a find! That's a beauty, and exactly what I'd like to have here as a tow pig / yard truck.

[Revelations]

Today was the first time I've driven this van since I bought it 4 years ago. The transmission was completely rebuilt by a shop in Kelowna and while doing his test run it died and refused to start. I brought it home and played around with the carb, replaced the plugs, and got to the point where it would only run while the choke was on (its a thermal choke) as soon as that choke came off it would die immediately. I found another carburetor off an old Lebaron at the local pick-pull yard, yesterday I swapped mine out and happy to report it runs very well. Those Mikuni carbs are half thermal control (coolant runs through them) half electric, and very fussy, so I'll call this a win.

It's a 1984, first year og Chrysler minivan. Has the 2.6 mitsubishi engine. It shows 30,000 km on the 5 digit odo, in many ways it look like a 30k van (original windshield, plugs, zero rust etc) but I'd lean towards 130k just because. The kids and I drove all over town this morning, nothing blew up and we even got back home!

[Bubba]

Sure doesn't look 40 years old.  I'm glad you got it running again.

[Careener]

Agreed


It's a beaut Clark.

[Firm]

Man that's super clean. I was thinking that with the wood it must have been a pretty highly optioned unit back in the day, but then I noticed the manual windows. It does have tilt though. Top trim, first year minivan, would've been a bold purchase in 1984. 

[Revelations]

yeah its oddly optioned. Has cruise, tilt, tape deck, the uplevel cloth with high back buckets, and optional 2.6 engine. But it has no a/c (odd for a south Okanagan vehicle) crank windows and manual locks.

[Bubba]

tape deck

Time to dig out those mix tapes.

[Oliver]

yeah its oddly optioned. Has cruise, tilt, tape deck, the uplevel cloth with high back buckets, and optional 2.6 engine. But it has no a/c (odd for a south Okanagan vehicle) crank windows and manual locks.

My dad bought a base 1985 Caravan back in 1991. When I say base, I mean zero options. Manual transmission, no third row, no AC, and the 2.2 liter engine. The previous owner had taken the second row out and welded in a three seat green vinyl bench seat likely out of a full size van (thankfully with a reasonably tasteful grey cloth cover), and then put the stock second row in the third row – so it was an 8 passenger Caravan which I don't believe was every available from the factory.

[Bubba]

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1985 Chrysler LeBaron