An Afternoon At The Honda Museum - Edited With Link To Article

I'm about to spend something like eighteen of the next twenty-one days on the road. You'd think I'd spend my remaining Ohio time catching up on all the work I owe everyone. Instead, I took one of TTAC's most popular writers to the new Honda Heritage Center, located right across the street from my old office in the Marysville Motorcycle Plant.

John Mohr is an automotive historian by trade and one of the most interesting Millennials in the autowriting game. Somehow he found out that Honda had recently opened a museum next to the plant that currently assembles the Accord and TLX. We promptly reserved two spots for today and headed out.

John's observations about the facility and Honda's choices of what to display will appear in TTAC some time in the next week or so. (And here they are!) Keep in mind that this museum is fundamentally focused on Honda's presence in the United States. You won't see anything in the building that wasn't either sold here (like the Super Cub, an early example of which is in the foyer) or built here (like the right-hand-drive Accord Aerodeck, assembled in Marysville for overseas sale). There's not a Type-R in the place, either. You will, however, find showroom-new examples of cars and motorcycles that have largely rusted out of existence, including a black CBX six-cylinder with 2.5 miles on the odo.

There are a few motorsports vehicles there as well: the ARX LMP1, a Comptech ALMS GT NSX, and a hopped-up Odyssey from One Lap Of America. I'd have rather they used the space for a '77 Accord, any of the longitudinal-engine sedans, and maybe a third generation aerodeck, but nobody asked me.

There's no charge to visit and even the most fanatical Honda loyalist won't find more than an hour's worth of stuff to look at. So if you're nearby, check it out.