Favorite old school imports

[speedminded]

I used to have a '79 Honda Civic 1200. Same thing as a CVCC pretty much, but the wheelbase was a little shorter and it weighed 100lbs or so less. 1200's are more common than CVCC's. Most people just call them all CVCC's but the 1200's were actually "Civics", and the CVCC's were marketed as a different model.

The all aluminum engines in those cars are very light. You can lift the bare block easily with one hand. My dad and I took the motor out of mine by just lifting it out, no lift necessary.

The only downside to those old Civics is the wierd 4x120 bolt pattern that makes it impossibile to get wheels. But if you use later model hubs and the right spindles you can put on 4x100 wheels and any Honda brakes you want.

I was looking at some earlier, there's only 4 or 5 on the antique autotrader though...'78-'83.

Not sure how hard it would be to integrate the later model suspension on one but it would be a blast to have my ITR engine in a '78 with the 500+lbs spring rate/coil-over dampener and a cage/rollbar, lol

[quickdodge®]

Not sure how hard it would be to integrate the later model suspension on one but it would be a blast to have my ITR engine in a '78 with the 500+lbs spring rate/coil-over dampener and a cage/rollbar, lol

I'm already in the process of getting a 97 EX engine in mine. Having to swap over the tranny, too, thus replacing the axles. Later, QD.