1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
I found a 1982 Honda Civic GL 5-speed hatch on CL for a good deal. Normally I am a Mazda/Ford guy. But, my brother has an 83 Civic DX hatch he picked up just after the first of the year. I drove his a few times and fell in love with it. So I went to take a look at it. It was a little rougher then I thought from the pictures on CL. I was able to get it for a price I felt good paying. The car runs quite well but has it's quirks. It needs a turn signal relay. Needs rear shoes and drums. It's missing some of the side trim and the chrome headlight trim. Could use a coolant flush and some body work here and there. As for the good it has the cool 3 position rear seat with split bottom. A tachometer and clock. Awesome so 80's rear metal Louvers. I already put my mini cooper rims on it for now. They are only place holders until I get new studs and spacers. They contact the struts front and back surprised I squeezed 215/45/16's on it. I also have a set of fender mirrors on the way for it. My plans are to keep the 1500cc in it till it dies. Then swap in an accord 1800cc. Well enough with the words on to some pictures!
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Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
nice project but definitely some work ahead of you.
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Awesome car. I've had two 1983 models myself (wagon and hatch). The Accord engine will be a nice addition to the drive train. I have one in my current '79 Civic. What style fender mirrors did you get? The square ones, I hope? Looks like a little work ahead of you......but that's the fun part.
First order of business? Take those wheels back off! And smaller pictures so we can more easily see them. Good luck, man. |
Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
Originally Posted by E-AT_me
(Post 47007271)
nice project but definitely some work ahead of you.
Originally Posted by Stretch7
(Post 47007477)
Awesome car. I've had two 1983 models myself (wagon and hatch). The Accord engine will be a nice addition to the drive train. I have one in my current '79 Civic. What style fender mirrors did you get? The square ones, I hope? Looks like a little work ahead of you......but that's the fun part.
First order of business? Take those wheels back off! And smaller pictures so we can more easily see them. Good luck, man. |
Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
Well cool on the fender mirrors. Will you be removing the door mounted ones? It may be a minute, but I would imagine you could find a mirror delete or something.
As far as wheels go, I'm not a big wheel person myself. Especially on a small car. It just looks odd to me. Both of my 2nd gens had 13" wheels Fourteen would be my max. But tires are getting tougher to find for the smaller wheels so who knows. Keep it up and I'll be watching. |
Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
I'll have to check, but I "may" have an extra set of the headlight bezels.
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Yay 2nd Gens! Any interior pics and do you want to keep the tach option gauge cluster? I would love to take that off your hands if you don't want it.
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Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
Originally Posted by Stretch7
(Post 47009008)
Well cool on the fender mirrors. Will you be removing the door mounted ones? It may be a minute, but I would imagine you could find a mirror delete or something. As far as wheels go, I'm not a big wheel person myself. Especially on a small car. It just looks odd to me. Both of my 2nd gens had 13" wheels Fourteen would be my max. But tires are getting tougher to find for the smaller wheels so who knows.Keep it up and I'll be watching.
Originally Posted by smithenhiven
(Post 47010682)
I'll have to check, but I "may" have an extra set of the headlight bezels.
Originally Posted by Neen
(Post 47013732)
Yay 2nd Gens! Any interior pics and do you want to keep the tach option gauge cluster? I would love to take that off your hands if you don't want it.
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Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
They look great!
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Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
Looks rough but it has potential. You really have to take those wheels off cause they are too big. Get some nice 14" or maybe 15".
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Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
Originally Posted by 89_accord
(Post 47041026)
Looks rough but it has potential. You really have to take those wheels off cause they are too big. Get some nice 14" or maybe 15".
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Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
The Wheels sold, I found something else to drive though. So the car is for sale, if anyone is interested I am asking $800 for it. Runs and drives fine, has a stereo in it. Interior is in ok shape, the drivers seat has 2 tears passenger and rear are excellent. I will take better pics if anyone is interested.
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Re: 1982 Honda CiVic GL, The start of an excellent daily driver.
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Current Pic http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/237261fb.jpg http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/09d0025b.jpg Interior shots since I have none posted yet. http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/e24acbdf.jpg Front behind the plastic covered chrome things that runs around the window. http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/31c19658.jpg Rear of the same rail by far the worst of it. http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/ed052724.jpg on the hatch http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/75ff0822.jpg Same with this one http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/2df38c50.jpg The roof rails were filled I had my dad help me clean and fix them. They just need new rails installed now. My brother says my car runs better and is quicker then his 83. It's his Daily driver and he hasn't had any problems. I would assume it would make it most anywhere. I am a little more anxious to get this out of here as my miata will be at my house soon. |
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