I do have a video of the whole car inside and out, I will find it and post it ASAP

In 2007 I visited some family in Australia on a one year Visa. While I was there I found an '83 City for sale for $300 AUD. It had a blown headgasket but it came with everything needed to repair it. Long story short, I bought it and had it towed home.

The weather in AUS was great, so everyday I was outside tinkering with the car and putting it back together. I eventually got everything back together. Someone else (I shall leave them un-named) took upon the task of tightening the head bolts. The motor was carbureted so there was also a million hoses to be connected to a million different fittings.

On my maiden drive after everything was back together, just by chance I passed a house with a white City in the driveway. I pulled up, knocked on the door and politely asked if I could compare my vacuum hose layout to theirs. They obliged and even brought me a cold glass of water while I corrected my hoses. Turns out that I literally had EVERY hose connected to the wrong spot, but wouldn't you know it...it still ran.

I drove it for maybe 1 month when it started overheating.....blown headgasket. The coolant shot out of the rad about 6 feet everytime you poured coolant in. It was damn hot.

I later found out from the person who tightened the head bolts that 2 or 3 of the 10 head bolts had stripped threads. It was only a matter of time.

Overall, the car was a champ. IIRC it weighed about 700 KG (1500 LB) and even though it only had a 1200 CC powerplant, it was still quite peppy. During the time I was driving it, I got a flat tire, my windshield was cracked from a big rock on the highway, and my silicone exhaust gasket blew apart making my car sound like a freight train.

You can find many videos of these little cars on youtube. They even had their own race class in Japan. Honda also offered them in a convertible version and in a TURBO version. The turbo body style is absolutely stunning.

Anyhow, on to the pictures.


Sexiest grill of '83


Side view of it's square-ish good looks


The wheels that I wish I brought back to Canada with me


Flat


Flat


Lining up the timing marks


Timing mark on flywheel through transmission window


Engine being assembled


Enjoying the weather


Someones 2 dollar correction of some kind of brake light problem


Longest shifter I've ever used

 

Thats a cool little car.
My 83 civic appears to have the same 3 mile long shifter. lol

 

i like it put a k20 in it lol....keep it have fun with it

 

That is cool! What are your import laws up there? When the first City Turbo II models are old enough to import to the US, I'm soooo bringing one here. I love how mad they look with the flares. Definitely a bulldog!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ocft48q8s

 

locashracing had one. he may still.

 

Nice find!

 

It's long gone brother, I left it in Aussieland when I came back to Canada. I think it fetched $80 AUD in scrap metal

 

Yeah man, they are wicked light and stupid fast. Pretty sure the one guy I met who had one said that factory boost is 7 psi.

 

boost is i think 14psi.. lemme see what i can find out. i know they can safely boost to like 22psi..

 

http://www.trevorgillphotography.com/locash/

rest of his are there.. was in AZ..

rockin rotas:

 

Aaah! How did he get that here? I want it so bad!

 

I want one also!

 

How bad do you want it? I still have it, sitting in my garage.. It's actually for sale for $6500 USD.. I start it up every month or so, and other than needing a new battery, it drives just great.. It's an 86 City Turbo II..

If anyone is seriously interested, I could use the space in my garage for one of my other cars, so drop me a line.. joe@locashracing.com

 

lol I love it! There's some kind of fascination with weird old little cars.

 

I want it bad enough that by the time I get $6500 saved up, you probably won't have it anymore.

 

Doo eeet!

 

 

That is freaking awesome. Wish we could get them easily here in the states

 

aw man, the City is so badass, especially the Turbo. I was thinking of buying one when I go to Japan, I wonder how rare they are now...

 

That crash somehow made me lol

Tiny cars crashing all over the place hahahah

 

^ it's like watching an RC car race! btw thanks for the link 2ndGenGuy, I favorited it

 

So what caused the car to just suddenly steer off and crash into someone?

 

my boss's dad has a city turbo efi and yes it has the moped in the back. was at the dealer for a while just sitting.

 

Zombie bump. I now own that little City Turbo from Locash

 

^Pics or it didn't happen!

Just kidding. Thanks for resurrecting a cool thread! I wish we got these in the States!