barn find of the century..

[cincy90h22]

Ok, so its not really a barn find.. more like a garage. A customer of mine was in need of a car for his daughter, which at the time I didnt have any for sale. He talked to his mother, whom is very old and needs outside care, she told him to give her the old accord in the garage. He said it had been sitting for a few years, all kinds of crap had stacked up almost covering the car. Before giving it to his daughter he wanted us to look it over, and replace anything it needed.

He finally gets it to the shop, after getting new tires and a new battery. This car is in perfect, I mean show room condition. Inside and out. She bought it new in 91, and in 07 she parked it when she bought a brand new accord.







the most amazing part is it has 37, 937 original miles







It still has the factory assembly paint on everything






I just had to share this with you guys, I am so jelous of the girl getting this beautiful CB. And Idid ask him if he would sell it. He said "no way, its damn near brand new." Lol oh well.

[wagonkid]

Wow i wish i was that lucky

[oni_cb7]

woooowwwwwww..... wish I had this.

that even looks like the original battery...

[MikeW]

It's been discussed before about the downside to this that a lot of people forget about.

37,000 miles in 26 years is roughly 1400 miles per year. That's good for a few years. But over time ,especially after sitting, things start to break down, even if the car is being driven.

Now, obviously, you guys checked it over and Im not saying that it's going to fall apart on this girl in a matter of months. That may not be the case. But when looking at a car and it's mileage, making sure it doesnt have too HIGH mileage is always the standard. But making sure the mileage isnt too LOW is also important. Cars with stupid low miles never got driven, broken in, and sat for long periods of time with the same parts and fluids in them.

Like I said, it's not necessarily a bad thing but there's always room for caution, especially with a car this old. But it is a Honda and it does appear to be in really good shape.

[Madpol]

wow that is a find...lucky girl getting it.

i still find it funny the electric seat belts...we never see them here

[cincy90h22]

It's been discussed before about the downside to this that a lot of people forget about.

37,000 miles in 26 years is roughly 1400 miles per year. That's good for a few years. But over time ,especially after sitting, things start to break down, even if the car is being driven.

Now, obviously, you guys checked it over and Im not saying that it's going to fall apart on this girl in a matter of months. That may not be the case. But when looking at a car and it's mileage, making sure it doesnt have too HIGH mileage is always the standard. But making sure the mileage isnt too LOW is also important. Cars with stupid low miles never got driven, broken in, and sat for long periods of time with the same parts and fluids in them.

Like I said, it's not necessarily a bad thing but there's always room for caution, especially with a car this old. But it is a Honda and it does appear to be in really good shape.

We are replacing ALL the fluids, timing belt, water pump, cam crank and balance seals, oil pan gasket (it was actually leaking) dist o ring, valve cover gasket, dist cap and rotor(which had lots of corrosion), fuel and air filter. The oil pan gasket, valve cover and all the seals I replaced were all hard as a rock. It is a certainty, if we didnt replace those now she would have some bad oil leaks in the near future.

[GunRunner]

wow, super clean.

[Ralphie]

This pisses me off.

But then Im in love again.

And then I want to burn down cities.

WHY CAN I NOT HAVE CLEAN CB.

LOL!

Hopefully she is cared for the way she was, but something tell's me she will be worn down quickly.

[tutsuo]

Damn NICE find. Once the girl has the car, lets hope she takes care of it.

[Raf99]

Nice. Granny find for the win!

We all know somewhere in the world there is a cb7 with less than 2000 miles sitting in a garage

[oni_cb7]

We are replacing ALL the fluids, timing belt, water pump, cam crank and balance seals, oil pan gasket (it was actually leaking) dist o ring, valve cover gasket, dist cap and rotor(which had lots of corrosion), fuel and air filter. The oil pan gasket, valve cover and all the seals I replaced were all hard as a rock. It is a certainty, if we didnt replace those now she would have some bad oil leaks in the near future.

You might want to check the actual fuel tank. You don't want to clean everything out and have a hole bunch of crap from the fuel tank get pumped through the lines.

[Macaqueistrong]

The odometer numbers look uneven. Isn't that a sign that it had been rolled back?

[Cb_JoeyG]

woooowwwwwww..... wish I had this.

that even looks like the original battery...

Lol the battery is a Die-Hard from sears

This is a nice find tho!

[MikeW]

This pisses me off.

But then Im in love again.

And then I want to burn down cities.

WHY CAN I NOT HAVE CLEAN CB.

LOL!

Hopefully she is cared for the way she was, but something tell's me she will be worn down quickly.

Pipe down...























You already had one.

[cincy90h22]

The odometer numbers look uneven. Isn't that a sign that it had been rolled back?

I promise you it hasnt. One owner, an old lady, and my customer would have no benifit in rolling it back.. hes not selling it. Besides if you saw this car in person, you would know its legit.

Im not sure how old the girl is, I know she is not a new driver, I just hope she takes care of it. No offense to the ladies of the forum..