American Honda 60th Anniversary Chevy Delivery TruckHonda Honda corporates latest restoration efforts are of a less-than-usual subject, this 1961 Chevrolet Apache long-bed used to deliver motorcycles to dealers in the mid-1960s.The restoration was completed for Hondas 60th anniversary of selling vehicles in America.Powering the truck is a 283-cubic-inch V8 coupled to a three-speed manual transmission, which is more than enough to carry around a couple of lightweight motorcycles.Speaking of which, the bikes in the bed are a 1965 Super Cub with a 49-cc motor; and a 1965 CB160 with a 161-cc two-cylinder motor.The truck isnt the exact vehicle that was used by Honda in the 60s, but it has been painstakingly recreated to look just like it. Honda worked hard to make the combination as close as it could to an archival photo it had of the truck, including the hand-painted livery with Honda Americas original home office address. Honda didnt start building its own cars until the mid-sixties, and even then they werent something that could haul a bunch of bikes around. At the time, Soichiro Honda was fully engrossed in racing, and the companys focus was on cutting-edge motorcycles, which is why its first car, the Honda S600, was built of mostly motorcycle parts.The truck and motorcycle combo will be making an appearance at this years SEMA show, as well as going on a nation-wide tour, before going back home to Torrance, California, where it will be displayed in front of a replica of Hondas 1959
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