Re: - mirror mounts - YES, Honda has them

[mterrens]

FINALLY - my Honda dealer came up with the rear-view mirror mount. So the
answer is YES, they can get them. They got it from what they referred to
as the "vintage" warehouse. If your local local dealer gives your flack
about this part, just have this photo printed out full-page to illustrate...
http://www.honda600coupe.com/new_mirror_mount.jpg
Good luck,
Steve

[Paige Hunt]

THANKS, STEVE!!!--
too late to try the honda dealer today, but i'll go tomorrow--i see your name on the part ---did you actually get one for yourself?--looks perfect
paige
Steven Michelsen wrote:
FINALLY - my Honda dealer came up with the rear-view mirror mount. So the
answer is YES, they can get them. They got it from what they referred to
as the "vintage" warehouse. If your local local dealer gives your flack
about this part, just have this photo printed out full-page to illustrate...
http://www.honda600coupe.com/new_mirror_mount.jpg
Good luck,
Steve

[mterrens]

Yes, that one is going on my coupe, to replace my yellowed, warped,
mostly-broken one. The new one is identical and fits and works perfectly.

[ari4loans]

This looks very similar to the breakaway mounts used in civics in the
70's. has anyone checked to see if the civic mount works? You would
probably have to use the civic mirror also, but I'm sure that these
are more common than the 600 parts.

[Paige Hunt]

hi--just ordered 1 for me--thanks for all the help--will have it in 7-10 days--7 bucks--wish they had suggested the vintage warehouse before--oh, well-now my car will be finished!!!
paige
Steven Michelsen wrote:
Yes, that one is going on my coupe, to replace my yellowed, warped,
mostly-broken one. The new one is identical and fits and works perfectly.

[John Ph. Graf]

And just what else is available from this "Vintage Warehouse?" How do
we go about finding out?

> > Steven Michelsen wrote:
> > FINALLY - my Honda dealer came up with the rear-view mirror mount.
> So the answer is YES, they can get them. They got it from what they
> referred to as the "vintage" warehouse.

[mterrens]

Can't say. I learned of the existance of a place called the "vintage"
warehouse by an offhand remark from a Honda parts person, as being the
location where they found the mirror mount. I do not know if this facility
is part of Honda itself or a 3rd party. I recommend calling your local
Honda dealer and chatting with the parts department, and see what you can
learn. As far as "what they have", I think no one can tell you - you just
have to try to order a part and see what happens. Generally, I would guess
that the smaller and less important the part, the more likely they will have
it!

[Paige Hunt]

that's what i would say, too--first time i called the honda parts line, i was told the mount was obsolete--never gonna make it again, been out of stock for years, impossible to get--make one yourself or drill through your perfect mirror assembly like everyone else--what made it possible is that steve furnished me with the CORRECT part number and told me of the existance of the mysterious "vintage" warehouse--next time i need a part, i'll get the part number from one of these guys (probably steve or miles) and attempt to order it mentioning the vintage wharehouse ---they probably have a secret password and handshake for the REALLY special stuff
Steven Michelsen wrote: Can't say. I learned of the existance of a place called the "vintage"
warehouse by an offhand remark from a Honda parts person, as being the
location where they found the mirror mount. I do not know if this facility
is part of Honda itself or a 3rd party. I recommend calling your local
Honda dealer and chatting with the parts department, and see what you can
learn. As far as "what they have", I think no one can tell you - you just
have to try to order a part and see what happens. Generally, I would guess
that the smaller and less important the part, the more likely they will have
it!

[mterrens]

Frankly, Bill Colford gave me the part number. It may be a late-70s civic
part number - apparently the same style as the 600.

[Miles]

Back about 10 years ago Honda collected up all their obsolete stock
and scrapped it. They got full current market value even if it was
made back in 1971 they got the 1990's price for it. So if it was a
crank kit that cost $90.00 in 1971 they got to take a loss of
$600.00 for it. That's where most of the old stock went.
Whatever was found later was put in this special warehouse like on
the X-Files in Alpharetta Georgia. It is now all in the Vintage
Warehouse and sometimes as old stock gets found it gets put in the
warehouse. Back around 1994 I would put together want lists and ask
how many were left of each item. This is how I was able to buy out
all the sedan tail light lenses. Back then they were still only
$14.75 each. I bought all they had which was only 12 pieces and were
only the right sides. Left sides for some reason were gone many
years before.
I bought every rotor tool they had also, they were cheap, only $2.88
each, I bought 30 of them. I was also able to buy Honda S600 and
S800 parts through my dealer also. I knew that Honda had these parts
because I owned a copy of the DPPL, the big black book, and would
read and find the items with the S600 S800 center numbers then order
them.
There was a guy in southern Calif also who bought up huge stocks of
parts. He did it intentionally so no one else could have the parts.
Mike Kefurt of the Honda Car Club in North Hollywood also had a huge
collection of parts. I saw his stuff and was supposed to buy some of
it for 10 cents on the dollar, but never got together with him then
he vanished along with the parts.
Miles