The Honda 1300 77s is a small compact car which was designed in the mid sixties. Soichiro Honda was so obsessed with air-cooling, that he wanted to incorporate this on the cars that he built. The engineering team of Mr. Honda did not approve of what his vision was. They were worried that once the cars were exported to the United States, they might not meet their emissions standards.
Mr. Honda still had it his way. The 1300 arrived in April 1969. It was the most powerful 1300 car during that time, reaching 110 mph in a straight line but had horrible handling. If Ford Motors have the "Edsel", Honda in turn have the 1300 77s. Delays from production and it's high price against the competition made Honda Motors lose a lot of money.
There is another Tomica Limited Vintage version of this car, the Honda 1300 99s that comes with round headlights and different grills.
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