S800 Rat Rod: initial planning

Rummaging through the parts bin, I discovered I had two complete Honda S800 motors, and an S600 chassis. Brain Wave: What could be better than a 1.6 litre straight 8 in a stretched rat rod chassis? Out came the saw, and 0.600" of 3/32" square rod was quickly inserted into the chassis between the firewall and the forward engine mounts.



Next was gluing the two blocks end to end.



The stock air filters will get replaced with 8 intake trumpets. Rear suspension from the S600 is a pair of chain drives and while a nice IRS would be an interesting fit, the chain drives are suitably funky and may be retained. Ride height, wheel style, body, all this is still up in the air.

Stay tuned, this could get silly. The objective is to consume some of the boxes of spares and not open anything up that hasn't previously been cannibalised.