istdercollen

Well I live right around the corner from the very first one. Don't worry it looks like all the rest with the blue sign and wavy awning design, but I thought someone out there might be trying to put together a scrapbook, or just want to talk about it. It's in Honolulu, as is the first Mazda, Toyota, and Nissan dealers.. lol. I think they came here first because it was so close. I wonder where the first cars they sold are.

They used to be called Downtown Honda. and their jingle was set to Help me Rhonda by the Beach Boys.. it went "Downtown Honda YEAH, Serves you right here in town!"


It was started by Jimmy Pflueger in 1963. His sons Alan and Michael are both avid auto racers. They employ 137 people and recorded somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-40 million dollars in sales last year.


I wonder where some of those first cars are for real! S500s, S600s,8s, scooters and cycles! Anyway here's some pics.




some i took on my own.

berlinablackie

I could've sworn I read somewhere that the first Honda dealer was in Los Angeles. I'm not doubting your statement, I'm not an expert, but now I have some google work tonight.

istdercollen

haha, i dunno man. It's not my statement. It's on their sign!

NNY S2k

I think the 1 in LA was the 1st on the mainland.

berlinablackie

I read the sign, I was just professing my confusion from what I read months ago from another source. I found what I read months ago. It turned out to be Honda's first US Motorcycle shop...

http://corporate.honda.com/america/history.aspx

My bad.

jeggy

enlighten me on how the S in your (OP) sig is AS (A stock) and have on an after market hardtop?
to my understanding, even the oem hardtop is debatable in AS.

congrats on the points championship.

istdercollen

that pic was taken during a "fun run" after the events. I had it on for an event one time and someone in a different class said that I was affecting PAX times. It turned into a heated debate but I got it all worked out finally.

istdercollen

They also tried to protest my side strakes and "spoiler"



without hardtop visual evidence.. haha