NS-X Prototype launch material photos (56k warning!)

[Arshad]

Yesterday a friend who used to own an Acura dealership when the NSX launched very kindly gave me a bunch of his early launch material. I plan on scanning the interesting stuff in for everyone to enjoy but I'm currently having technical difficulties with my scanner. In the meantime, here are some pics I snapped with a digital camera. These are all downrezzed and have JPEG lossines, so they aren't the best quality. If any of these are interesting I can post up the higher resolution images until I get my scanner situation resolved.

More details in this thread here:

http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93158

Due to the size of the images, please post responses in the thread above rather than here.

This is the cover of a folder that had a number of black and white photos that were sent to dealers in Feb '89. Cover:

Two of the photos from inside (the others are exterior and interior shots):

 

[Arshad]

This is an invitation for dealers to come to the Montreal Grand Prix to come and test drive the car. Cover and foldout:

 

[Arshad]

Page 1 of a 3 page letter sent to canadian dealers on the NSX launch:

 

[Arshad]

The NSX Design and Development book. Lots of good info and lots of great illustrations. Here is the cover and a bunch of pics. These will be great for the NSX Wiki once I get better, higher resolution images scanned in!

 

[Arshad]

Cover for the press kit. Inside is a notepad and a bunch of info on the car for the press. No pictures.

 

[Arshad]

NSX Technical Training Manual for nsx-trained techs.

Cover and a couple of pages from inside:

 

[Arshad]

Booklet on the new Tochigi Factory. Cover and a few pages from inside:

 

[Arshad]

Front and back of a small handout:

 

[Arshad]

Cover of an NSX press booklet. I didn't include any of the pages here, but inside is a catalog of NSX paraphanelia and articles/interviews all in japanese.

 

[Arshad]

Cover of a foldout which includes a sketch of the early prototype as well as 3 panes with actual pictures of the car.

 

[Arshad]

These are pics from a booklet entitled "The nicest people in California" which has interviews with new owners (all in japanese). Some nice pics here, including this one from California showing a billboard advertising the car:

I love this picture!

That's all for now -- hope you enjoyed it! Now hopefully I can get my scanner situation resolved so I can get better quality, higher resolution scans for everyone.

 

[slamstrom]

Thanks for posting the NSX lauch material. Very interesting reading. Almost feels like a history class.:wink:

 

[davidf]

Did I read that right? Titanium connecting rods? Our cars have this?

 

[Big_D]

You didn't know that??? You should study up on your car some more.:smile: I think there is some good info in the FAQ...it is now found in Wiki

http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Technical/GeneralSpecs.htm

 

[Heeltoe914]

Nice collection of stuff you should enjoy every bit of reading. I did Thanks for posting.

 

[my1stnsx]

Very nice!!!:smile:

 

[Meeyatch1]

Oh...my....goodness....I want that stuff.

 

[MvM]

Wow, absolutely great stuff !!

This is definately the kind of material that I would have liked to add to my collection of NSX-material.

@davidf

You really should get your hands on at least one book on the NSX. I get the impression that you have no idea just how good the NSX was when it was introduced.

 

[Deltron Zero]

Didn't realize there was so much to the TCS. Now I feel bad turning it off every time I start the car.

 

[mazinger Z]

COOL... Great stuff.

Bernie

 

[mrsarit]

so coooooool:biggrin:

 

[PhiAlpha44]

Wow! And yes David, all NSX's are built with titanium connecting rods.

 

[amgnsx]

Cool stuffs u got there.
btw would u have more pix of the NSX factory in high res? :smile:

 

[Arshad]

Here are a few more higher res pics. I still can't get my scanner to work so these will have to do until I get that sorted out -- sorry!!

Another pic from the Feb '98 folder of Black and White photos:

Closer up picture of the production process from "Introduction To Tochigi"

Honda list of accomplishments (sorry about the lighting near the bottom!)

 

[Arshad]

Due to the interest in this material, I am going to start a second thread with some of the text pages scanned in from the "Design Overview" book.

Thread here: http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93328